(Original Caption) 1895: An income tax cartoon by F. Opper. showing Uncle Sam accepting checks from tax evaders, (left to right): Russell Sage, Hetty Green, and George Gould. "Step up to the captain's office and settle" I'm sorry for you, my unfortunate friends, I know that the income tax is inquisitorial and oppressive, but I' ve got to meet the 160 million dollars of pension appropriation somehow." TION, SOMEHOW."
