Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-25
WHOLE NATION WORKING
TO COLLECT WAR TAX
Thousands OF Business, Civic, Re
ligious and Professional Men
Arc Cooperating.
PAY ON PATRIOTIC GROUNDS
although Payments Arc Not Due I'm
i til juno 10, Many Persons Have
Sent Checks and Obtained Pro-
vided Discount.
Icy Associated rrcss

10y Associated i'rcssl
WASHINGTON. March 2i.--'rhc whole
'ation Is at work willingly helping 10
'ather its own war taxes. according
reports gathered from all parts OF
nc country and made public by the
Internal Revenue Bureau.
Unlike the old days when publicans
we're classcd with sinners and tax
;atherers were the periodical pests OF
very community. this years collec-
ion OF the Liberty tax In the United
'tatcs is marked by emphatic co-opera-
ION with the officials by thousands OF
BUSINESS. civic. religious, professional.
raternal and labor organizations.
Tho spirit this year lis different. says
paniel c. Roper. the Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue. The grudging atti-
ude OF former times is gone. ana in
ONE returns which now are reaching
electors By the thousands indicate
'illingncss 20 pay the levics on patri-
tic grounds, or TO assist voluntarily.
n the roundup OF The returns by
tpril ].
Although payments are not due unit!
unc -, many persons have sent checks
Nth their returns and received a per
en-. discount.
This readiness Is partly spontaneous
nd partly the result OF well nrSan!Hed
Propaganda supervised By &. Il. iiurrey.
ircctor OF business corporations OF
nc Internal Revenue Bureau. Under
is direction. publicity has been given
he multitudinous problem Of the In
ONE tax by banks and trust COM
anies. preachers, public speakers. mov-
~ picture houses, Chambers OF Com
lercc, rotar" CLUBS cartooE.sts. daily
cwspa pcrs, magazines and the trade
ress, mail carriers. street car advcr-
semcnts public utilities. merchants.
chool-tea chcrs and other agencies.
IANY BANKS AND TRUST
COMPANIES AID L. :.
Many nanks and trust companies
ave organized special information
urcaus TO furnish the public with
ounsel on the fling OF their income
eturns. with tho employment OF from
nc 10 twenty men each. In some
asses they printed at their own expense
Ak return blanks TO eliminate delay In
b,aining these from revenue officials.
lost OF these information departments
ere established after consultation
18th Mr.. iiurrcy. OF the Revenue Bu-
eau. and furnished well defined chan
els for disseminating revenue rulings
ircrt 10 the public.
Columns OF Informative publicity
ave been published by newspapers and
eriod cals. Some OF this news WAS
'rittcn by staff writers. assigned 10
rake a close study Of technical phases
{ the income and excess profits law.
nd some was supplied by district In
.rnal revenue collectors or the head
uartcrs AZ Washington The revenue
urcau has relied strongly on tho press
ssociations TO distribute to news papers
II over the country Information on
lies and regulations relating 10 tho
altering OF tax returns. Popular
iagazlncs, agricultural! papers, re-
sious, trade and other journals have
iven many pages 10 TAX matters. AT
digestion OF tho revenue bureau, car
oonists called attention p!ctor!ally 10
items tax duties. Organizations sup
lying news in the form OF rcady-to-
rlnt plate. sent out tons Of tax pub
city.
REACTION COMPANIES GIVE
SPACE TO ADVISE PUBLIC
Companies managing street car adj
ert!sins recently have contributed
orc than $4,000 worth OF space urg-
,E citizens 70 nle their returns by
pril /. Along with monthly bills on
arch /, hundreds Of public utility
,mpanics and business houses enclosed
,aflets on the income tax.
Nearly every moving picture house
the country displays daily appeals
make returns promptly, toEcthr-
ith a short sermon from Secretary
cAdoo or Commissioned Roper on tho
rivilcgc OF participating in the Liberty
*.
Merchants advertising in daily news
lpers insert tax slogans furnished
trough tho advertising mems organ
atoms Preachers have been supplied
it'll model dissertations, and tabloid
formation, TO form the basis ot tax
icas from the pulpit. Twenty
thousand four minute have invad-
thcaters and other public assembly
aces % push home the doctrine OF
.triotism by tax paying. The Post
uce Department agreed Il put city
nd rural carriers into the tax service.
nd gave them thousands OF informa-
ca TdS 10 us. 'putt W nv 49,
These are only the outstanding fca-
,res of the nations campaign 70 col
ct its war taxes, which arc expected
aggregate $4,000, 100000 before next
Nv 1. without this help. it would have
zen impossible to gather the vast sum,
uc;ols saw That is the reason they
u, il a popular tax, not a government
Wy.
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