Salt Lake Telegram | 1913-10-24 | Page 16 | What is the Cost of a Wife?

I What Is s the e eI I I Cost st of a Wife How much does doos it cost to support a wife In some Borne cases under tho the revised revised re rc re- re draft on the income tax provisions pro Iro visions of tho the now tariff bill it m may maj pay a a. man nian to got ot married If you jou ou are arc among the tho happy few who arc are getting etting an income of as much as a R year cur it it has been estimated that bet between wren four and five million of the I hundred millions of our po u lation aro are in in that favored class you class you will not havo have to pay ay the government any part of it B But t for every cent above that up to a a. year Uncle Sam will take tako from you ou ou 1 per cent uness unless un un- unless less ess you are married If you ou are arc sap u porting a wife wile who overlooks your jour our faults to tho the extent extant of consenting to livo with you ou you loo ou may havo have the tho free use of 1000 a year car more BO so far as the government is is concerned The practical I man who is good at fj figures will thus bo ho able ablo to discover disco an additional blessin blessing in in matrimony If Ii he ho ia is getting a rear 3 ear ho he can by b y getting married save aye a 5 5 tax to tho the government pro pro- provided vided ho can support two on that sum Slim and he may further proceed to add 00 more moro to his e earnings 8 before the thc collector collector col lector nc need rl have any terrors for him him him- ahva always s 's provided that she continues to livo live with him Reduced to its lowest lowe t torms terms the problem lem is is really 1 a very cry sim sint- sint plo one If you yon aro are getting more moro than and less than per year anti and it costs no moro morn than 1000 to tCo support a wife yon vou will Mill savo save 10 a year vear by getting married Try it sec see see- Philadelphia Press