Evening star., 1925-09-01

decrease in some classes of income tax
returns Is indicated in lists of pay
ments made by a hundred or more
prominent Chicagoans. published to-
day In the Chicago Tribune and the
Herald and Examiner.
Many taxpayers In the higher brack-
cts availed themselves of various
legal and permissible expedients for
avoiding burdensome payments, 1t was
thought.
The largest tax paid by those listed
in the newspapers came from L. L.
Cooke, chief engineer and head of
the Chicago Engineering Works, a
correspondence school. His return
was $300,7s7 and that of Mrs. Cooke
s92,71o.
The largest reduction published by
the newspapers was that of William
Wrigley, jr., the chewing gum manu-
facturer, whose 1924 taxes were listed
at 80 ,644, as against $836,5S6 for 1923.
a figure far above any other individ-
ual amount In the Chicago district.
Writes OF Losses.
Representatives of Mr.. Wrigley ex-
plained that the new revenue act en-
abied auditors to write off certain
losses suffered by him dating as far
back az 1914. 1t was pointed out the
figures given were for the manufae-
turer personally. and corporation
taxes for the various companies In
which he Is a dominant figure have
| not been published.
In some cases material increases
| were shown in 1924 payments over
| those of 1923.
One of the largest Of these was the
return of Edward N. Hurley. former
Shipping Board head, who for 1928
paid $40, 1877 and for 1924 S1se,9 A
| similar case was that of Frank B.
| Stout, railroad and lumber man, who
paid in 1924 s1s6.576, as against SAL
| 4o5 for 1923
Silas FL. Strawn led the list of law
yers with reported payment of S39, ;
| s4S, slightly more than in 1928. Clar-
ence Darrow. chief defense counsel
In the Scopes trial, paid $4,000. O.
ST11 more than In 1928
Some of the most widely known
business men did not, because OF
| business and investment losses, nav
anything. This was true of John r
! Thompson, head of the chain res
taurant concern, and of Charles w
| Gray, manager of q taxicab company
An increase of s4.142 was reported
paid by Charles III. Markham, presi
dent of the Illinois Central Railroad
Hertz Tax Lower.
John Hertz. taxicab and motor bus
manufacture, ran second to Mr.
| Wrigley in the published lists in the
| amount of decreases of man taxpay
ers. For 1924 he paid 1886, while
FOR 1923 his payment was si69, psf
Mrs. Fannie X. Hertz had the largest
reduction of the few women listed
her 1928 payment being s5.2l5, as
against s202.S2s for 1928.
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| which more than 1904 came from
individuals with incomes under s.. 900
| INDIVIDUALS with incomes of s25 900 or
less made more than SO 900 returns
while l5i ,s36 were listed as non-tax
able individuals.
Tribune Men
Taxes Of the Tribune men included
in the newspapers lists were: Col
! *. X. Mccormick, co-editor, tts
Tribune. sls4,lo5: 1923, sss,si5; J. NJ
patterson, co-editor, the Tribune
sl4o '4ss: 1928, ss7.s21. Edward s
seck: managing editor, the Tribune
| s43,751; 1928, ss3,ss9; Max Amen
burg, circulation manager, the Trih.
| une. s37.2s1; 1923, S32, $50; Sidney
Smith, cartoonist, the Tribune, SIS.
500; 1928, $11.s7s; John T. Nc
| Cutcheon, cartoonist, the Tribune
| s6,45S; 1923, s2.s9s; Frank King, car.
toonist. the Tribune. s4,ee7; Harvey
! Woodruff, sports writer, the Tribune
bs10355; 1928, s17,466.
Taxes paid by other prominent Chi
| cagoans follow: George e. Brennan,
Democratic leader. s4,467; 1928
| S4,60s. United States Senator Charles
! S. Deneen, s4.0ss; 1928, s1,5i5. A. D
Lasker, former Shipping Board chair
| man, sl22.eo4; 1928. ss9,5l4. Mrs
A. d. Lasker, S4f42s;. 1928. $Io.n5S