Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-03-15
mr.. SIMPkINS PAYS
HIS INCOME TAX
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c3sIf Var and bod died bYsysly On shs
nshs If action. NJ. ssmpkins throat
see>< nos for TWO reasons: First. he
y~ssfes~s1 and sdsred the nsmofy 81
his father secondly. hts age and rs
.,<s and his game isg xouldpt iet him
70 10 sxf himself And as he observed
The martial bearing and opeompromis
sns ssss Of Colonel Slmpkins he sa~.
IN Inns gina lion. shr KHAKI clad lads ~
ths rev generation marching forth and
crossing three thousand miles OF sea TO
night. maybe die. for liberty.
NJ simpllns peered around 10 make
surs that neither Bless nor John twho
sere at the teasing ages OF sixteen
and seventeen) we're where they could
see him. then he sfralghtened and
threw his right arm np for n salute.
hni bis gonfy shoulder twinged. and be
xroaDed tie couldn't even salute.
Damn" said Mr.. sinpklna. snG
with his other hand flefeely twirled bis
white musiaehlos
lie turned and inped into the A.
hrnry sud sat down sreakily before the
mahogany desk on ablch we're lying
The blanka for his Income Tar state
neat. blanks which ne bad rather
grumpily got from the Internal Reeve
nss officer only that day after lunch
con on bis way home from the club.
Mr.. S'mrkins' income fer 1917 had
amounted 70 lasg shout $4,000. and he
had been rather snappy on the sub !
bect OF tates ever since he had discoy- /
cred that the more income man has |
the greater the percentage OF II he
ssai men who, like himself, we're mar
ri~d and had two children, and yet,
although their incomes we're nearly /
half Of his. they would pay only
ssnail fraction Of the amount ke paid.
tie siocmiiy drew the blank nearer
and began fiIlng In the information
that Il asked for.
A. Mr. Slmpklns' income was $4,000
be had 20 ngure out the amounts pay.
sbis on eaeb OF the successive smaller
classes Of Incomes IN order 10 arrive
81 the total due from himself. He
passed over the FIRST class who must
pay taxes. that II, single men making
evcr loo His calculation for mar ,
Red men then showed % as follows;
First. they pay per cent sunder l
Ihe 1919 lawl on all income over I
S.tscc. deducting $500 for each Of their .
hiidren under eighteen years. In Mr. :
'lmpkins' ease this was s2le. which he
'ui down IN the payable column.
He saw next that under the 1917 =
Nv. married men pay an additional 4
sT cent on all over 5000 with the i,
ane allowance for children THIS
dded $3.50 10 his payable" column. y
lie thsn observed that for every
: 600 Iaiap In hts income over 5000
. had 20 pay q Surtnx. the percentage
rowing larger with each jump This 3
as $3.50 more added 70 his burden
I'd on top % 81 this came an Tx =
'ss Profits" tax ~ per cent. on al 4,
occupation" income over $1,000 max 81
x s520 more N
TIE total. then he must pas was four 81
~ hundred and thlrtyfnnr dollars.
"Hhrw 2" exclaimed Mr. Slmpkins al
Igfiiy There's young Henry VII. -
as. who married Jake Johnsons ritl.
makes 5000 and he doesn't pay a
o. ~ taxes I guess ibis Is his war
veil ns mlne,'
Thlnklne " ypuas Henry wilkins. a.
remembered that Mrs wilkins went
cry afiefuaen 90 mnkc handagcs Tor IN
c uei Cross sud that Henry, who
~ lawyer VAS aldinF the Local o
-agi hoard with iis luesilonnaires.
swell be admitted % himself.
hat makes a difference
lie Thought next ~ Judge willoueh. ~
. whose Income was about $1,000 -,
eiie only pays $50 commented Mr. -
mpkins. not quite SO angrliy this ID
~ ard then thought struck hlm
q be sat up ri1idiy 20 his chair G,
Judge Wiliouehbys son had been N
owned on he 1useanla when il WIS ne
bsnarinsd eiih the loss o. two hum ''a
80 soldiers
Judge Wiiinnehhy gave bis son 10 =.
nerica muftVred Nr SimpkiaS ~
tie leaned forward suddenly aud put b..
} fnce o. his hands Go
por . long time AR Slmpkins sat M
~ stu In that position There was "a
sound IN the library except the
king % The tall clock aud an occs- ~
,nnl trim - laughter from the chill =,
70 ssylarkinx upstairs The square d,
Hight en tho carpet gradually with a.
- ifaslf through The wiu'iow. and tie
81 tullighl aud then aarsuesS <estissd ~
stoai ih< 1aiet. white halsesi. some
ses lfseifsie old man cd
~. ~mpkies oas thinking things
Sch hs aouid never asierwari speak
b. Was thinking things fhas were "
/, sscrt1 eys- % 30 pat iasa words
< ssne btilas ~ his thoughts may
faund ID h's re0lader "a Nv 81
reAiaf efea fhat placid iadY ceme
and termed 90 the ushts. and asked lN
8 whether hs WAS ready fef dinnef
Judge wAiouEhbys only son was
,rih as moeh Is fourteen hu6drrd
4 ihl~s f0aF dollars. wasn't hers p
!. Slrertlns demanded % her
As Ms eife MAo was not unused %
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