Jay Gould $500,000 George J. Gould 10,000 Russell Sage 100,000 Wm. Rockefeller 50,000 C. P. Huntington 150,000 Henry Hilton 100,000 E. S. Jaffray 100,000 Morris K. Jesup 75,000 Eugene Kelly 100,000 George Kemp 100,000 Luther Kountz 10,000 Augustus Kountz 15,000 Andrew Carnegie 150,000 Addison Cammack 100,000 William Astor 500,000 W. W. Astor 4,311,400 Henry Villard 25,000 Jessie Seligman 50,000 James Seligman 50,000 I. Wormser 10,000 S. Wormser 10,000 D. O. Mills 50,000 Henry Flagler 25,000 John H. Flagler 10,000 R. P. Flower 150,000 Ogden Goelet 150,000 Robert Goelet 150,000 F. W. Vanderbilt 100,000 G. W. Vanderbilt 100,000 W. K. Vanderbilt 200,000 C. Vanderbilt 200,000 T. A. Havemeyer 100,000 H. O. Havemeyer 120,000 Wm. F. Havemeyer 15,000 “‘Now,’continued Mr. Ulman, ‘whether every one of these individuals appeared in person before the Commissioners, or whether the amounts were placed by the Deputy Commissioners, I cannot say.’ “The fact remains the same, that among all our very rich men there is but one--W. W. Astor--who pays taxes on anything like the amount of his actual personal property. Either the deputies charged with making the examinations have committed ‘larceny,’ or the wealthy citizens above mentioned have appeared before the Commissioners, ‘swore off’ as a matter of form, and been ‘whitewashed’ as a matter of course upon due exercise of ‘influence.’ “‘Let me tell you something that will surprise the public. The ladies of the city are its heaviest tax-payers. Every one of them who has personal property has an assessment levied upon her to the full amount of her possessions. In her case there are no votes to be considered, no political influences to be placated, and, as a result, no deductions are made, no scaling or estimating is allowed, but every dollar possessed is taxed. I have, practically, but just inaugurated this crusade against the corruption existing in the Tax Office, and I believe that a careful examination of the public records, backed by the logic of facts and figures, will enable me to expose a degree of rottenness more startling even than that of the old Tweed ring.’ THE BLAME. “‘Who is to blame for the state of things in the Tax Office?’ I asked.