The evening world. Newspaper, February 23, 1920, Page 5

“SIATENCOME TAX LEME ON PA "OFS. SLDER bine: fn Bookkeeping Mulcts Men Who Fought for Nation. Wayite ttre tact thet the iaw speoi- provites that “miaries, wages (nl eter compensation received as @Mictal or employee of the United tm either civil, military or awet Gorvice” wre exempt from taxn- en, eokiiers who were dischanged 3919, are being required to pay @mome taxes on the money feocived from the Government. , _ EMe collection ts made by a trick bookkeeping, whereby a person is fequired to deduct from his personal exemption the compensation recetved team the United. States, For instance, Y i { h v volees this feeling in letter to the Editor ot The ‘World: “Why must soldiers and sailors vir- tually pay a double tax to the Stat of New York en the civilians who stayed home allowed an exemp- tion of $1,000 $2,000, depending on whether they are married or single? Is this to help the Albany pork bar- rel or to defray expenses of try\ the Socialist Assembiymen? At ani promptu meeting of the John M. Hen- nessey Post, No. 606, hald last night, myself and a number of other mem- bers have decided if this is the kind of treatment the Government allows its soldiers to get we'd just as leave be in jail as out. “If you look under the New York following Evening Legista’ bro} situations, as it will attract mor building purposes. able, however, “that will be amended dof exemption will continue only for five years, at the dinner, Hotel Pennsylvania, evening. end of which time, it rents: will have res. go that the peri ve the same 6 now fiven residents, That thée*interest from up to $40,000 of the principal be ex- g empted from the income tax. Th advocates of this that it will tend to relieve the rent pro) It is quit is believ: will State Income tax blank under calou- | the lation of taxes, item No. 12, articles 14 and 15, you will note that for the privilege of having served Uncle Sam we are charged taxes, whereas, on another page, under instruction 6, it distinctly says that salaries, wages and compensations received as an official or an employee of the United States in gither civil, mijitary or naval service are non-taxable income. eral stations state that paid, I am, therefore, these few lines in the hoy will give this matter to help the men that did the save what little they did get the balance of 1919 after they came back ies. measure removes tion which United States now enjoy under the State Income Tax Law. | ASK $975,000 FOR THE POOR. Higher Rentals and Increased Cost of Food the Reason. For seventy-seven and took off tle once honored khaki.” | pa 2 for $975,000 he i eter, f aye prt the retief of famili it year INCOME TAX LAW Pibgais lana this ears relict wal cost contains these further at non-resident income tax pay~- hall recei exemptions declare vy prob- | William Street, 1 P. M. to to normal years the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor bas been caring for the city’s sick and destitute fam- ‘That it may do so this year it IN NEW YORK TO-DAY, er Meeting, Hotel Astor Brace ‘Washington's for and Brooklyn at the h ‘o. a a 6 P.M. |..Young men’s Bible class of the Fifth Avenue Baptiet Church, annual Bastern District ¥. M. try carnival, al Avenue, corner pe |!yn, 7 P.M. John M, Hennessey Post Né. 606, . meeting, sat | t Keap Street, Brook- Sone of the American Revolution, York Chapter, patriotic mass wie Hall, 10.30 A. M.; Memorial Newsboys’ Home, y i celebration and dinner to 1,200 boys of New York CA, ballding, itedtora | nnual dinner, Hotel Wi sociation, dort-Astor veni Exempt and Volunteer Fire Amssciation of New York City, annual Park, 2 P. eon, ‘Veteran Corps Arti Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, 1 ‘a arch ivine Firat. Ch of Boten: > New York Lis as hal Soctety, dinn: Hotel Astor, 7 P. M. First New York Mounted Rift dinner, Hotel Astor, 6 P. M. Clio Club, meeting, Hotel Astor, t Bs rade, form in Union quer ‘al- | ce, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, § er, les, 2 | | | 3 East 48th Street Retiring From Retail Business in America more. @ @ soltier received $600 ¢rom th CHANGES SOUGHT } tunds,"” cays Me, Bties” “arbor eset ; Government during 1919, poet phason Ee ior" the homen ot our’ femiliee Extraordinary Sale by pay and bonus, he must deduct | State Legislature Is Asked to} 100 per ant Raper vncxathine bas ‘ad~ é feom th vanced Ser tae oe Bae seveten| Broaden Inspection Povers of of Imported Materials We exemption thus becomes but $500, mptrotier. _ i Rav oe ea nae carves tas on Ue= | se ako oe Goatince Gian ans emotion of $1,008." In other words, State Comptroller by billa Introduced Gabardines —_—Tricotines_ —_Serges money he got ¢rom the ent, | by the Chairmen of the Senate Velours _ Silk Velvets Duvetyne a stuty $e Meme 12, 13, 3 44 and 16, and Assembly Taxation Committees, Satins Meteors Fancy Silks Ser thee Mitte tow toe is done, | Grains itt enter ce ee Laces Trimmings Braids Buttons feam 12 minos item 14, It is explained parenthesis that if item 14 equals ftem 13, no personal ex- may be claimed. In other a former soldier received as $1,000 from the Government, taxes on every cent he re- soldiers are incensed at Qe ruling. T. G. Murphy, formerly @ member of Company C, 107th In- famtry, of the 27th Division, and now reatding at No, 429 East 139th Street, 3 dodging the State income tax. Three methods are proposed for getting at what Comptroller Travis calls the “tax slackers” and compelling any person whom the Comptroller be- lieves receives more than $1,000 if single and $2,000 if married, to make a return of his income. They are: Giving the State Income .Tax Bu- real authority to inspect the Federal | income tax returns filed with Inter- nal Revenue Collectors; giving agents of the Comptroller's Department au- | thority to inspect bank accounts and to obtain information from other sources. The tax programme outlined by the State's tax experts and leaders of the, —— is the New McCreery Suits IHEY are asclosely associated with thoughts of Spring- time as the bursting of buds and warbling of birds. This season they will be more than usually popular, for they are more than usually beautiful. approach the picturesque, with their brilliant waistcoats, gay sashes, tinseled girdles and gilets or rich embroidery. And such latitude for choice! skirts and narrow skirts, coats of all lengths in box styles or fitted, flowing sleeves and long, tight ones. points. they all share in common—they gre invariably Navy Blue and invariably Tricotine or Poiret Twill. 49.50, 65.00, 75.00 to 225.00 The models illustrated are fashioned of fine Tricotine or Poiret Twill 145.00, 155.00 and 165.00 James McCreery & Co. 5th Avenue 34th Street "One of the Pleasantest Things About Spring In truth, they There are plaited But two Entire Stock Will Be Sold by Yard or Piece, Regardlessof Cost Tuesday and Wednesday, February 24 and 25 This is an exceptional opportunity for Ladies to purchase Dress Materials for any occasion I Sale of Fixtures and Furniture will be held Thursday and Friday, February 26 and 27 ° A Style for or Mushroom medium. with Georgette Crepe hand sewn. | Sport Hats in lov shapes are included. 5th Avenue The Best Values in Town JO ASHIONABLE Watteau shapes, flare models, engaging styles in poke shape Odd Feather Fancies, Ostrich, Flowers, and Ribbon adorn them. James McCreary & Co. “Ou four’ Every Type —large, small and Many are faced or Satin, Most all are ely colors and jaunty 34th Street De) Wax at your ey INSTEAD of BUTTER Brer Rabbit (Gold Labe on Sliced Bread to the ’ Children Green Label Brer Rabbit for s Broadway at Ninth, New York now marked at HALF To accommodate _ everybody the Furniture Galleries will be open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings until 9 Dinner will be served in the Restaurant between 6 and 7.30 Men may come to the Store their wives or families, dine, and then select their furniture Certain Furniture at Half Odd pieces of furniture which we —e duplicate <i not re-order are prices, so that we may close up the February Sale with clean stocks. This group will be added to each day, as sold lots are moved out and room made‘or others. Gallery. Sale Tags Tomorrow every piece of home furniture in the maker Galleries will bear # tag showing a reduction in price of 10 to 50 per cent. = Saturday the February Sale ends. These will go. With them will go all the good sav- ings they represent. And all signs point to one . unmistakable conclusion—sueh, savings cannot come again. For— Since the February Sale be- gan prices of furniture woods have advanced. So, in this emergency, in order that all who wish to may share in the benefits of the February Sale, we shall keep the Furniture Galleries open day, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings until 9 o’clock. Enter by Ninth street door, under Bridge of Progress. Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Galleries, New Building, Last five days of the Bedding Sale rings, pillows, bolsters, all bedding made or sold Hair mattresses Various grades of hair to select from. ings for covers. See what you are going to need in the near future, and get it Mattresses, box February reductions of at least 10 per cent. until Saturday, box springs will be made to order. t tic! February savings are available. Plaid Blankets very much liked Single bed size, 50 per cent. wool, pink and white, blue and white, gray and white, $11 pr. Single bed size, 75 per cent. wool, pink and white, blue and white, gray and white, $13.60 pr. Double bed size, 75 per cent. wool, pink and white, blue and white, gray and white, $18 pr. ALL WOOL, rose and white, blue and white, tan and white, double bed size, $20 pr. Fourth Gallery, New Bldg. Rousing Sale of High Grade Silks | At Average . | Half i | $56,000 for $28,000 In lengths of 34 to 6 yards About 10,000 yards in all Plain, Printed and fancy weaves And these half prices are based on the was $0 to $7 a pound less than it is today. Taffetas, satins, messalines, pongees, crepes de chine, printed Georgette shirting silks, sport skirtings, high grade linings in Paisley designs. Everything that’s wanted today, About 4,000 yards are in plain color; about 3,000 yards in printed pon twills and satins; about 3,000 yards are fancy silks—stripes, checks, brocades, etc. Sinks our own stocks—from the Silk Rotunda famous in New York for fine silks since the day of A. T. Stewart. They are the standard American silks and a large percentage of them foreign weaves. gg 4 ra and library pieces and suites are west of the Rotunda, Fifth edroom and dining-room pieces, same location, on the Sixth. come off Saturday Today for reading and digesting news. Tomorrow for action, down to $55 each They were $75 to $125 | “ Sizes 4.9 x 3.6 ft. to 6.2 x 3.9 ft. Antique pieces, some of them slightly worn, and been ired. And d some that have repail Daghestans, Cabistans Fereghans, vans, Mosouls and Belochistars. { Prices are 75¢ to $10.50 yd. Originally $1.50 to $25.50 from business, meet }} plate glass which duce will barely fill the re- quirements of limousine facturers. mirrors on our bureaus any orders for furniture. ready ordered are uncertain. 25 cent. higher prices next prices we paid over a year ago when raw silk Leela etin Tag waren Pro- What are we going to do for and Manufacturers are not taking Deliveries of furniture al Keen observers predict 15 to us, will beat ata pieces, modern k Bokharas, Shir- Pe }, metallic silks, are from We hold the Sale in the Down-Stairs Store —at Astor Place Subway Entrance and in extra spaces in the Old Building Lengths suitable for dresses, blouses, camisoles, millinery, underclothes, men’s shirts, boys’ Some of the larger groups: blouses, ete. 95c yd. for $1.85 silks 27° inches Colored Japanese silks. 1.10 yd. for $2.25 silks i 18 inches Tied and dyed silks from Japan. $1.25 yd. for $2.50 silks 36 inches Colored Japanese Silks. $1.95 yd. for $3.85 silks 42 color combinations of printed China Silks—black silks and satins, plain pongees and printed plain pongees. $2.25 for $4.50—$5.50 silks Printed Georgette Crepes and striped silks of various styles. $2.45 yd. for $4.85 silks Plain satins in dark colors, $2.75 yd. for $5.50 silks Satin charmeuse, printed pon- gees, black silks, striped and plain shirtings, $2.95 for $4.50—$5.50 silks Colored tussabs and printed Georgettes. $3 for $4.50 and $8.50 silks Light and dark colors in 40- inch charmeuse. $3.10 for $4.85, $5.50 and $8.50 silks Plain silks of various weaves. $3.25 yd. for $6.50 silks Plaid silks in 12 color combin- ations. $4.25 for $7.50—-$8.50 silks 46 color combinations of printed pongee silks plain 36 inches. ‘Tricolette Jersey silks, imported striped shirtings. $4.95 yd. for $11.50 silks Plain silver and gold cloth, $5.25 yd. for $10.50 silks Hand batiked crepe de chine and morre taffetas in a wide range of colors, $7.25 for $15 and $15.50 silks Fancy metal silks and plain colored duvetyns and Imported fancy novelty silks. $7.50 yd. for $15 silks Imported cashmere designs on twills and satin grounds. $9.25 yd. for $18.50 silks Black chiffon with applique angles of black, » green, "| blue, brown. $10.25 yd. for $22.50 silks 72 inch black grenadine Span- ish lace effects in 6 different de- signs. 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