The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-04
Collector OF Internal Revenue for
Iowa Has Sent in His Letter to
the Department at Wash
inston.
WILL GO INTO BUSINESS
Ar. murphy Was Appointed in 1912
by President Wilson and Has
Had Plenty of
Work.
rsnecsaI 70 The Gate City.l

rspecsaI TO The Gate City.l
r,T4pT-oy-p Iowa Oct Louis
Mercy. collector OF internal revenue
fnr Iowa has resigned 10 engage in
r-SYsse business He has asked the
Sarar-nsut 10 relieve him al the
ee-isest possible date. and hopes 10
Is checked out by October 81.
Caslecsnr Nuray was appointed
nv President Wilson shortly after me
ss-serss inauguration, and took ONCE
On JuEy 4. 1918 There were then
ro collection districts II Iowa, Dus
an the FOLLOWING August the districts
rere CON hineG. giving toieccGf
nunay jurisdiction over the whole
state.
NJ Murphy was N such favor
s-ter he 1919 election that he could
have anything N reason from Presi-
dent Wilson. His friends urged the
coIlecforsiip On the grounds mat II
was a sinecur-a position anc Roz
lob. So il had been The joke was
on me- Mr.. Murphy has said on more
than one occasion. IF the colecSoE-
ship is a position, l wonder what :
a lob a great change came N the
t,,ties OF the Office One new tax
law followed another until there was
q profusion Of them From four
rooms the employees spread out over
floor and crowded the halls,
souatted in a court room, and nnsl!s
crossed the street and overfoTed Dig
hall. From nine they increased 10
1e6. and collections mounted rom
half a million year TO twenty-nFe
million a year From few thousa1a
taxpayers the number jumped TO more
nm $-r ~
naon,e of the state. The organization
was built and rebuilt almost IN rs
entirety not less than three times,
and II got 50 that to secure competent
neonle appeal had to be made them
m patriotic grounds. The collector
mad 10 contend with the so7ely tried
1arnayer who asked for forms, On
the one hand, and the Washington
office. which didn't supply them Be
cause If couldn't get them from he
overtaxed printing Office. on the
other hand. Taxpayers penalized for
neglect, sometimes unirstly, wonder,
ed what sort OF man vas AurpsE-
whereas Murphy had no part n the
assessment OF penalties, these BENG
;rnnosed bv law. and assessed under
the law BY the commissioner. NJ.
Mummy lost two OF his chief dept
ties. their death superinduced By The
strain of work and he suffered him
sa,f TWO nervous breakdowH, after
abandoning other connections to gre
his whole time 10 the job
~Brt II has been & great eEpe7-
ence.- be said 20 reporters SATURDAY.
.The high spots are. With but few
executions, the honesty and loyalty
OF the people who hare been asSc
ciated with ne; the nzHiHcsa-
spirit OF cooperation and sac-Hcs
revealed BIZ bankers particularly, and
.zrozye-s little and big tu-t-g -1s
war. and the generally patient te-p'e-
az re E-eat mass Of nez EoId-'t
hare missed + fo- the --o-ic aid !
-pzl1r'- 20 through Z again sI~p;
-F.z TIE COUNTY, q -z-, To- z-y'
TING
Much Money Collected
n the noe +Ez1 seTe1 -ezE q.
M E-c--ba1cr " H-phy's CE-e
raz COLLECTED and accounted Eo- sf@z,
no go. His bonds aggregate ss1a.
ErT He VS. summoned % waiting
On II the vinte- q 1913 ID ADAPT Il
sg1e nation. original pans Le Tad p
tNIed IN Iowz- and spe-t so-e -c-1:
OF ranking CeCC-T c0-- Zs=+C1s- q
internal -eTe1ue- One c+-c-cE-lc=
pointing 70 tLe eAcie2E q lis -
r7IfnistratiO- L thai Iowa L eszt--
among the states z the cZ-t=7 o
income taxpayers, New Eo-E Pe-
eylYania, AasSach-=eE ELz-rEs
Ohio. California and Ee- Tegey Eez5
ing Il while ]. o-z-= .-
weather AID uo-e poVLCs E-e-ei
as Indiana LisEgC-L Mig
Texas, Connectic-- EEr-eg9-z *
others. Iowa nov has 10 ~ z-co-=
taxpayers, and before t5e yez- = q
10000 deItnquentg viii b. l3[e5 Z
that number
'sPlease say FOR ne said IL -
firing collector. that there would =
no such record 70 point 70 with 2-s1:
hut for the cooperation OF what
sincerely believe to be the lbs
loyal, intelligent, and induzEoGl