The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-10

Charles u. summary ol Nit
Stewart proposition the
other day from
4. member Of the house Of repre-
sentatives ways and means com.
mittee. which has been doping out
methods Of complying with recon-
mendations from the treasury head
and before which he has appeared
repeatedly as a witness My inform
ant knew he was eXaggerauns
slightly and consequently wouldn't
permit me 70 quote him by name
Nevertheless. what he SAID was
pretty good as a not overly drawn
caricature
'Henry's scheme" he explained
10 IRE. is to take from. the taN.
payer. IN imposts. every cent he S
got and quite q lot more. and then
to borrow from HIM. out OF his re-
naming minus
The ways and means committee
man didn't speak Of this program
disapprovingly. wise. he
agreed that Uncle sam simply has
10 have the money. for himself and
TO help the rest Of the United Ma
tons. and he also Endorsed the idea
that it's desirable TO lmpound plen-
~ Of the public's capacity for mill
tarily non-essential buying. TO pre-
vent II from initiating US. Still. he
warned. it'll surprise folk. as the
pinch really begins to make itself
felt
Income Tax Heaviest
The income tax appears certain
10 hurt most. because II : most OBJ
viously a big out-of- pocket expense
Hikes in the prices Of .uXuries
like tobacco and drinks and even
necessities such as food and clothes
aren't Sc painful Collectively. IN
the course Of. say year. they may
do more damage to an income than
a check annually or quarterly to a
federal internal revenue Office. but
they hit the victim only few
cents, or. at most. a few dollars at
4 time. whereas an income tax pay
more figures per shot
Besides, a thrifty individual can
economize on his smokes ana
uauid refreshments and perhaps
persuade his wife to be bit eco
nomical at the grocer's. and at the
dressmaker's and milliner's
There's no econonnizing on the
income tax collector. though.
We income earners In the Oft
mentioned 'lower brackets" are due
to catch particular hades. too. un-
der the rev law
The higher bracketeers are as
sessed so mercilessly already as to
amount almost to confscation 81
their entire wads IF Secretary
Morgenthau cops of all that they
have left It won't amount 10 much.
they're hardly worth his while to
bother with We little fellows have
not been mulcted at any such per
centa yes And we're vastly more
numerous than the high bracket
GERS. stick Us al a stiff additional
rate. then multiply it by our num-
Der and the treasury gets sub
stanual total out Of Us
In my time. income taxation,
starting from none at all. finally
horned in. Just little and. with
that start. increased gradually.
year by year until finally II
reached a point where II vas what,
at that juncture. was regarded as a
middling heavy load
Last years were the highest ever
The federal deputy collector half
apologized TO me as he helped me
to make out my 1871 return
No Apologies Now
He didn't apologize this year.
however though the figure was a
few dollars In excess Of three times
what il was then And next year.
under the new Law were advised.
II viii be twice or three times what
Were's paying nov
i foresaw what was coming and
invested in some tax anticipation
notes-about half enough though
The bill for them made my bank
account ache
don't much like the idea II 4
law requiring my boss to hold 4
percentage out Of my weekly pay
check and turn the deduction over
TO Uncle Sam or account Of my
tax. due in March. 1915 II seems
like a dictatorial interference WITH
my personal financiering
And yet I'm not so sure that It
isn't the only way for Uncle SAM
uel to get his dough in the gen.
crafty Of Instances I've my doubts
II the average small brscketeer has
the strength Of mind 10 save. out
Of his weekly or monthly stipend
enough 70 meet the government a
requirement on March IS Of next
year Perhaps IL will be q kind Of
a mercy to him TO have such an
impcssibii;ty taken off his hands by
Treasury Secretary Morgen'rau
Otherwise he's liable 70 be sent 10
tsii as a tax dodger. like ~
Capone