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Show M I AV FAY IXCO.MK TAX ON SI, Xi, 11 ETUI! X The income ta:: returns from Chicago Chi-cago show that Julius Kosenwald, president of a mail order house, will pjy the largest amount of anyone any-one in that city under the new law his income for ten months being $ 1,1 00,000, which would be on a basis ba-sis o? $1,320,000 for the year. The showing is somewhat surprising, for there are quite a number of multimillionaires multi-millionaires in Chicago engaged in business generaiy supposed to be more, remunerative than that of the mail order houses. Most people would have selected a meat packer as the heaviest contributor. Since the advent of the parcel post the mail order houses have enjoyed a considerable advantage over loeai ucrcliunis, and their business has rapidly increased, so perhaps Rosen-.-aid will continue to head the list of the citizens of Chicago who pay income tax. The return was filed during the hirly days' extension period which 'j.ided yesierduy. The largest previous pre-vious return in Chicago was ou an income of $750,000. Sir. lloser.wald is on the ocean -joutul for New York and is expected n Chicago next Sunday. lie w.il pay a tax of aboul$70,000. |