The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-12
FOUR-M|NUTE MEN
FIND THEIR WORK
GROWING N VALUE
Local Chairman Bolts Announces
Weeks Assignments Income
Tax Dodgers; Americans Really
Fortunate, Compared to Others.

The announcement IN The Herald yes
trrduy that the government has mr..
ranged for q special drive uf -Four Min
ute Men from March VI tu 2i inclusive.
added u new impetus o. the patriotic
impulse 81 AlbuquerqusHr. and New
McNirans. " was u iiNt topic for dis
cussiou ON the streets and boo the offices
of loeyl business men today.
The question grew IN Importance when
u was learned that ir 900 probability
the idea of this special campaign, 10
make clear the NECESSITY .f HIl citizens
paving their income i0N promptly, or.
igin1ird with the lcndIr. Iour Minnie
Men of the state. Fur'hyr. they prob.
ably we're influential m getting the
question favorahly brfuIr the proper
Officials nj Washington
Chaitmuu Bolts at tby local Four
Minute men program. got busy aud has
made the Following assignment, '1r Ice.
cal t1cntcrs: John 7 ~imms M the
"B,' aud Pastimc tonight; r. T..
Barnes ~ the Lyric Tonight: Laurence
+. Lee M the ''B' aud pn.timc Friday
evening: q. :. Dowuet af Lyric Friday
night.
AHANN NIfNkNlN VIII .-' NiNNNNNNhN N'
explain the workings uf the income tuN.
That would take many minutes. They
will try to iudtac indifferent people.
aud some who are slightly tiucturcd
with ~dsslnvultV. not q. wait for tho
government To- hale them before the
proper officials. but o. come forward
voluntarily and do thc.r duty like men.
Something ot the government : view
on the Income tax aud kindred matters
was voiced bv Chairman Bot suhstuu.
TALLY rs follows:
1--WE must learn 20 realize that all ~
us who pay our mite arc really capital.
lists. Five hundred Thousand Americans
paid iucumc taxes bcfufr the war. This
wear We shall have G.iuu.U uu such cap.
iialisis. Heretofore a.. per cent paid
IS per cent of the taxes; uoN the Gg.
urcs will H. still more startling.
"a capitalist IL simply 70 person who
hus q claim ON u bit Of the world :
storcd.up wealth. The unmarried man
90 woman earning $1,000 "a year is los
no means 'poor'-with rar, exceptions.
he or she has something laid hy iu q
bond. or Ia rrul estate. or q few dol.
lars in Il savings buuk. Nm Income 80
$1,000 j. considerably above the az.
eragc.
And after AN what vs.. >nv. % - tax.
your share II Won urc single and make.
say. loo; and what rs n 40 tax to %
married man earning $500! surely
~, ms Americans win nll pay that much
chccrfully.
"Thc Next Liberty Loan 81, coming
the purchase of bonds is voluntary foo
those who ran afford 20 huy. The tax ID
obligatory. anl the only way iu which
the gond american who owes q tax run
show his patriotism la this matter H. bv
getting his blank promptly and Cling
his returns promptly, thus helping "a
clear the decks for the third Liberty
Loan.
"Whcn our taxpayers look across the
Atlantic, they realize that the burden.
here. on the average. are indeed ION
paratiycly light. In Great Britain IN,
man with $500 income pays 1925 tax,
and 5000 " his income L. not earned.
i. g. Il II is interest on bonds or the
likc-$22j ns against $40 In our couu
try. On $500 the American will pay %