Evening star., 1919-03-11
CITIZENS BES|EGE
REVENUE OFFICES
Long Line Awaits Chance to
Pay, With Only Four Days
Now Remaining.

With only four days remaining in
which to settle with the internal rev.
enue bureau for taxes on last years
income. hundreds of Washington
residents hesieged the Office at 8th
and G streets today to square UP with
Uncle Sam AS early as O'Clock
this morning line began forming,
and half an hour later a single rank
of would-be tax aiqqidators extended
from the G street car tracks into the
Office and, past the, windows of
small army of clerks receiving the
contributions.
This is one of the best little argu-
ments I've seen for votes for Wash
ington people," remarked one man,
who might have been either lawyer
or any one of dozen kinds of gov
ernment clerk, from the brief case
ne carried. I'VE can't vote, but no
body has to send deputy marshaIs
after us when the time comes to step
up to the desk and pay taxes
Suffragist Speaks.
A woman two or three stations far
ther along in the line heard the re-
mark and turned. at imminent peril
was possessed of equal suffrage con-
victions.
Very true" she said, over her
shoulder but don't overlook the fact
that there sara several women in this
line who can't vote much of any
where, while you men only have to
step over the District line to become
citizens of the United States. But you
notice that the government doesn't
exempt us when it comes to paying
taxes.
Will Not Accept Cash.
In spite of the fact that repeated
announcement has been made that
cash is not good at the office of the
deputy collector, many persons still
do not understand that payment of
income tax at the Office at sth and G
streets must be by check. draft or
money order.
This is the first tine..I ever knew
that Uncle Sans own money isn't
good for paying debts due to the old
gentlemen" was a remark made by
more than one in the Ifne.
However, it is true. Treasury notes.
federal reserve notes. gold certificates
and even coin--gold or silver--seem
to lose their value when effort Is
made to pas them over the counter at
the income tax mans office. Nothing
goes but checks. drafts or post Office
money orders. The reason for this, it
was explained today, is the fact that
there are several thousand deputy
collectors in the United States. many
of them doing business in offices not
equipped with safes or any other
means of safeguarding cash. For
this reason the internal revenue bu-
reau some time ago issued an order
requiring payment by check, draft or
money order, except at main offices,
such as the one at Baltimore.
Youthful appearance of many
men and women alike-in the long
iine was evidence Of the facts that
salaries have gone up lot since the
United States became partner in
the world war. and that the tax COL
lector uses an exceedingly fine
toothed comb in going after those
subject to the income tax. Youngsters
who a few years ago might have been
working for Sc a week stood in the
line. waiting their turn to square a,c-
counts with the tax man. Boys, to all
appearances, in those funny little
pinch back coats with the dinky tails.
and girls of the georgette waist. silk
hose and high-heeled pump type were
fairly numerous. while half a dozen or
more colored women and men, plainly
of the ordinary 1aboring class, stood
in line for their turn at one of the
half dozen windows inside the build
ing.