Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-17
TAX COLLECTED
ON INCOMES IS
LARGE TOTAL
Revenue to Government From Rock
Island County Estimated at
Nearly $S,OOO,OOO.
RETURNS SATURDAY ARE 1907
Mark for Days Work Is Expected
to Shatter All Records $4,000
Is Largest Payment

1t is estimated that income tax
schedules filed in Rock Island coun-
ty will approximate 10000, with to-
tai revenue of about $4,000, 900, ac-
cording to figures compiled at the
local revenue Office.
of this total more than one-half
will come from Rock Island and
the lower end of the county. On
Saturday alone what is thought to
be record was established when
4,007 returns were taken during the
DAY and until the Office closed at
midnight
The largest payment received
was a check from a single indiyid-
ual for $4,000, representing a
quarter instalIment upon the re-
turn filed. There were several
more totalling over $4,000 each,
Tnlfe n number of corporations
Lied with payments of from $4,000
to $4,000. The majority of sched-
ules called for tender of less than
$1,000, however.
Smallest amount received was 3
cents, paid by a resident of Rock
Island late Sunday afternoon. 1t
may go on record as the smallest
Individual income tax paid by a
citizen of the United States.
Alien Slackers Many.
Few aliens had filed returns I'M
I'll Saturday, when a large number
presented themselves. But a very
small part of the number of non
resident aliens known to reside in
this county made return, according
to the estimate of r. J. Cavanaugh.
deputy internal revenue agent here,
All are now declared delinquent
and upon apprehension will be
prosecuted to the fullest extent of
the law.
The money order window at the
postoffice proved a boon to many
who desired to make payment of
tax installments in this manner.
-Four clerks accommodated a long
line of the waiting Saturday night.
being kept busy with an unprece-
denied volume of business until
nearly midnight. All records were
shattered for days work in the
money order department, it is an
nounced.
B1g JOO-C2Fan2ughs
1T has been big job," said Dep
uty T. ]. Cavanaugh, after it was
all over. ut has been a bigger
job than we anticipated and we are
glad it is completed.
In thanking those who assisted
materially in tightening our bur-
den, L wish to thank especially the
newspapers, the banks and the
larger manufacturing concerns and
many individuals themselves, who
ty prompt payment of their returns
facilitated the work Of the collec-
tors. Various public officials, to-
gether with experts, kindly put to
work by the various manufacturing
concerns, helped considerably by
assisting in filling out blanks be-
fore the individual presented him
self personally at the office to file.
n this way much time md trouble
was saved.
On the whole the have been
few complaints and tn people have
been willing to pay out of their
prosperity the share the govern
ment Is asking for the war debts.
1t has been a much larger IN
dertaking than last year and we
nave been overwhelmed with work.
Now that is over, we know that we
have enjoyed it.
There have been many amusing
incidents and they have made up
for all the trouble and vexations.
Naturally We cannot give names OF
individuals who paid the highest or
the smallest tax, as that is infor-
nation in which the public is not
concerned. 1 think the public in
general now understands the law
to such an extent that another
year will see much of what proved
necessary this year as unneces-
sary."