Douglas Island news., 1920-02-20
PLUMBERS NOT
 ONLY ONES HIT
Other Iaborom Are Affected by Che Income Tax Law. Even Down
 to the Longsh0rmen

 .b0r" according to William u Ed
 wards United satca Internal rev.
 onuc collector for Ono Second and Third Districts of Now York; In whose districts m.a year moro chan .st5000O0OO0 win Doc gathered uf for Uncle Sam
 High wages and profitable oyor umc. says Mr. Edwards have raised to Che income uz paying ust such workers m lone.horom0 garment makers. paper hangers. railroad brakomon chaulelra sailors. truck drivers and piano movers "And don't forget thc chorus rirIH Che movie aau and Che hotel walters declared tbo collector. adding Cha. some of Che latter arc making mor thau s5.00O yoar ln tps alone.
 Stree, ear conductors and motor men u Brooklyn ior Instance. hc said. have made as much as ff0 r wock and. il tho.r yearly ncomc ez- cccds 21.0oO for a single man of S2.O00 for One head or a family thoy win be required Co contribute their ahorc toward Che running ol Che government Mr. Edwards cited n flow m.nnoe. without of course. mentioning uny unmos. of boofb'achs milkwaeon drivers and bollboy who in lalo earned in excess of tboIr cz- cmpuon and who win bo required to fo rotuua
 Payment of Che Income az began on January and win continue until midnight ol March l5. at which umc an rcuuns must be in to c. cape thc 'buitv of O maximum Of f1o00 0ne for delinquency While Collector Edwards waa opening h. mail ho other day out fe1 a check for f2.Ss&5l539. representing Che payment ol n corporation taz witch penalty and Interest Tho ncst lot- ter he opened vaa from Montoloir N. J. which .a alro m his district u had been registered to ray am inc como tn2 of S1.37
 A rocont caller at tho colloe'or'e office was woman whose nc, in- rome uas G5 ccnta Her taz amount nd to four ccut She wanted to know I she could make tho paymonta 'quarlcr'v" When ioId she could sho smiled and a.d aho guessed she would pay It au at once and handed 1yor four shining pennies and took her receipt Another patriotic cII-. zen foreign born f'oi a careful rotun showing Chat ho had no inc come which was subject to taxation 40 Che bottom of h.s return wra Ih. following notation "No taz due but would usa to pay some tax and enclose Sl00"
 Collector Edwards said that m- dcr hc low Inc was not permitted to. accept Che check but chat hc forward cd it to CommI toner Roper in Washington to dispose Of as he saw Gt This year Che Income taz rato Is lea chan asl Mr. Edwards m.d -ho normal rate being four DOT cent on Che Gr. sL000 Of met ncomc above tho exemption and g per cent nm tbe remaining met Income instead m 6 and 70 per cent as in 1918.
 "Omaud." said Che collector Zone would hardly think that a lonrshoro- man eamc within One requirements Of One Income nx law Certainly Incl did uo. fcv ycar ago when many of hcm found it hard to make @ living In thc past year or two. however many Iona Increment hayc been making from f3.000 to s5.000 a yclr
 "Thc Income tax also hits some members Of thc theatrical profession pretty hard Some of thcse actors. including motion picture stars por- hons make as hi-h as s20o to f2oo a week for sis months In the yoar. They live weil and by the tlme their income tax payment is due may be out of am oncrecmont Thcy are confronted witb O eool-s.zoi toz without any Immediate means u Is hcn mp to them to get It
 "Iast year my investigators fouud many diamond merchants hovo boon doing business in th's country four or five years without paving toyc7 We got aftcr hcm and incroas,d our returns by moro than slc0o- 0O0. Some of tbc actroees who wore delinquent Inst ycar said hoy did not nay because thcy could mot drure out iust how much thoy woro exempt boc1use Of thc cost Of Choir gowns mxcabs and o.hor mzurios X 50 per cent penalty was imposed because of hor failure to pay whom Che taxes were due.
 "ncomc taxes. mld che collector.