The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-03-30
Mr.. SIMPkINS PAYS
HIS INCOME TAX
BY ROBERT MesLAlR.

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Damn ]! said MT. Slmpklns, anu
with MS other hand herceIy tw,rled MS
white musfachlos.
lie turned and iimped into the IL
brary ana sat down renk'iy BEFORE tho
mahogany desk on which were lying
the blanks for his income tax state
ment. blanks which he hnd rather
grumpily got from the Internal Neve'
nue. officer only that dny after lunch
con on his way home from the club.
Mr.. Slmpkins' income for 1917 Ind
amounted to Just about $4,000. and he
had been rnther snappy on the sub
ject of taxes ever since he had discov-
cred that the more Income man has
the greater the percentage OF 1t he
pays In taxes. He could think OF sew
ernl men who. like himself. were mnr-
rIed and Ind two children. and yet.
although their incomes were nenrly
half Of his. they would pny only a
small fraction Of the amount he paid.
He gloomily drew the blink nenrer
md began flflng In the information
that II asked for.
As Mr.. Slmpkins' income WAS $4,000
he had to figure ont the amounts pay
able on each Of the successive smaller
classes of incomes In order to arrive
mt the total due from himself. He
passed over the first class who must
pay taxes. that is. single men making
over 1000. His calculation for mar
ried men then showed up rs follows:
First. they pay . per cent. (undcr
the 1910 law) on all income over
| $4,000, detluctinE 5000 for each Of their
children under eighteen years. In Mr..
Simpkins' case this was 1912. which he
put down In the payable column.
He saw next that, under the 1917
law, ma rried men pay an additional 2
per cent. on all over S2OO0-wIth the
same allowance for children. This
added 1852 to his payable" column.
He then observed that for every
g. 500 jump In his income over 5000
he had to pay Surtnx, the percentage
growing larger with each jump. This
was $3.50 more added to his burden.
And on top Of all this came an FIX
cess Profits" tax Of 8 per cent. on all
"occupa ton" income over $1,000. max
ing 500 more
The total. then, he must pay was four
teen hundred and thirty-four dollars.
"Whew exclaimed Mr.. Simpkins
angrily. There's young Henry Will
kins, who married Jake Johnson's girl,
he makes $1,000 and he doesn't pay a
cent. Of taxes guess this 10 his war
MS well as minei"
Thinking Of young Henry wilkins,
he remembered that Mrs. wilkins went
every afternoon to make bandages for
| the Red Cross and that Henry, who
! was a lawyer. was aiding the Local
draft Ron ri with Ita ouestIonnoIrea
"Well," he admitted to himself,
THAT makes a difference"
He thought next Of Judge WilIough.
by, whose Income was about 5000.
"He only pays $50" commented Mr.
Simpkins, not quite SO angrily this
time: and then a thought struck him
| md he sat IN rigidly In his chair.
Judye wI,louphby's son Ind heen