Show alaska balaska leads U S in wealth largest percentage of income tax returns come from that territory DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NEXT NEU southern agricultural states are arc well down the alst nw new york leads lead in total returns return million nalria decrease Do crr I 1 bits of information to relating to american income are included tn in the iury eury departments deport ments report covering returns for or the calendar year 1019 1919 which tins ast been bea ma mate k public contrary to popular opinion the largest percentage of returns according to population was not from the wealthy eul thy industrial centers centera but from alka and the district of columbia the terri torys snowing showing 1717 per cent was explained by the number of individuals divi duals operating their own oun business while that of the district of 1340 per cent wag as believed to have resulted from the high ratio of government employees with salaries of more than 1000 a year the southern agricultural states invariably Tarl ably were far down the list ml citizens made returns comprising only IM per cent of the total population north carolina per cent ard and alabama new york led in total return with more inore than sources source of revenue ane analysis made by the treasury of the sources of income showed that those hose in the 1000 2000 class obtained 77 per cent of their personal revenue from wages wage and salaries Fal arles ab per cent from rents and royalties 14 per cent from dirt bends and nd 47 4 7 from froat interest on investments Invest menta this was contrasted with the taxpayers with incomes of w who 10 drew only I 1 4 per cent from salaries 23 per cent from partnerships 11 per cent from sale of real estate stocks blocks etc 6 per cent from tents and royalties SS 83 per cent front from dividends and 11 per cent from interest on oil investments deductions permitted by the government also showed a wide nilde variance amounting to per cent bent for incomes between 1000 and 2000 and ua per cent tor for incomes of ant and over agriculture in lead agriculture and related comprised more than 31 per cent of those making returns trade 26 20 per cent and public service 22 corporations reporting no net income totaled the aggregate ace regate deficit in this class was waa seventy one per cent of 0 the lie linns firms engaged in mining and quarrying declared they bad einice no profit lit in 1019 1919 against 46 per cent la in agriculture und related lines and 13 tier per cent aunt in textiles interesting changes in the status of certain taxpayers were ere noted lo in the report one group of ZWI ml each who reported incomes of under vw in was reorganized in 1911 so BO that only remained in hat bracket returned incomes of up to up to anil and eight o oser oer ser that figure on the other hand 57 selected tax ax payer who ho paid on incomes of ond and over in 1914 dwindled progressively gres to 23 in 1019 1919 eight of those tho e lost dropper dropped back to the class |