Show WHEN MEN ARE ABE MODEST It is 13 a a. fashion with some people who believe bellec that riches not manners make the man to boast of ot their large income Perhaps ps It may sometimes pay ray to do so 50 but hut we C ma may be pretty sure that the tile loudest boaster becomes a modest l man when faced raced with the Income tax col col- col- col lector Then if ever he realizes that moderation is the silken string running running run run- ning through the pearl chain of at all the virtues All o of which reflections arise on pe perusal perusal perusal pe- pe of or an interesting return return due due to 1 Bartley's persistency persistency-of of that numb num num- b r of or assessments to the Income tux tax for the year ear ended April 5 i. i 1901 1001 We 0 find that under schedule only fifteen persons in Great Britain w were re able to tola tolay tolay la lay their hands on their thel- hearts hearl and truthfully say ay y their annual l Income exceeded ex ex- Of or course coulse this refers to Individuals and not Ilot firms In the tile latter latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter cate category r six eighty conscientiously conscientious admitted their theli Income to be over Jw- Jw or at least allowed ed it to be assessed at that figure The fifteen rich men of or Great Britain were assessed at 1510 94 91 I At the other end of the ladder assessments were made of at persons l ha having bavins un an an income not exceed exceeding Ins Ins- LIGO They paid into the national exchequer close upon Exceeding and not exceeding COO as assessments were wera made to the gross amount of ot within a a. mere Tho The number of oC persons assessed at al between ZOO and was be between between he- he tween and Hoo Speaking generally the higher r tic the assessment the thc fewer the number of people as as- ed But there are arc one or two ex ex- ex- ex For example while there were ju Just t under 2000 a assessments at be between between between be- be tween and lOO 00 2611 people were ere assessed between fOO 00 and 1000 and nearly at between 1000 and 2000 The total Income tax char charged ed in Great Britain In the year under review in ID respect to all schedules was vas and for Ireland U. U I. I making u K total of oC nearly Lo London llon New o. o |