The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-16
1T rs NOW DELINQUENT.
People Who Hare Not Filed an Income.
Tao Statement WiU Be Fined.

People Who Hare Not Filed an Income
TaD Statement VIII Be Fined.
The income tax became delinquent at 8
minutes past IL o'clock last night, and
Chief Deputy Collector of Internal Rev
enue Louis Loupe closed up his Office with
a sigh of relief and started for home. 1t
was at first intended to close down at the
usual hour, but on Saturday Collector
Welburn decided to extend the hour to 6
P. M. yesterday. Hearing, however, that a
number of people would excuse their de-
linquency by saying they expected to have
up to midnight in which to file their re-
turns, he determined to keep the depart
ment open until that hour. Instructions
to that effect were sent to Los Angeles
San Jose and Fresno, and in consequence
no one can now plead want of facilities.
Between the hours of 7:30 and 1890
o'clock yesterday evening 1874 returns wtre
filed with Chief Deputy Loupe. These were
from large corporations and some of the
largest property owners in the State, but,
nevertheless, there are still third of the
former who have not been heard from.
Many large property-owners will also be
delinquent, and Mr.. Loupe says it will cost
them considerable money to fight the paw
ment of the $1,000 fine, which will be i'm
posed upon those who have failed to com
ply with the law.
When the income tax was an established
fact, and the time for the filing of state
ments arrived, Collector Welburn pro-
vided the office with large safe in which
to keep the returns. AT the time it was
considered too large, but Chief Deputy
Loupe laughingly remarked: at is better
to be on the safe side," and that ended it.
1t now turns out to be too small, and, had
not return been made to Washington,
the safe would not be large enough to con-
tain all the statements.
"Fully 10000 statements have been
sworn to" said Chief Deputy Loupe last
night. ''That is great many more than
we expected but still there are great
many who have failed to comply with the
law. We have list of every corporation
in the State, and to-day we will begin
sending the delinquents notices to appear
before the collector to show cause why the
penalties prescribed by law shall not be
assessed against them for neglect to make
true and correct return of their gains,
profits and income for the year 1894 A
full force of field deputies will be sent out
at once and house-to-house canvass of
the State will be made, and all who have
failed to comply with the law will be ar
bitrarily assessed and fined $1,000.
During Saturday and yesterday some OF
the wealthiest and most prominent men
in this city obeyed the law. All the rail-
road companies filed their statements and
that of the Southern Pacific lies side by
side with that of Adolph Sutro. 1t was
strange coincidence. The representative
of the railroad was swearing to its return
before Collector Welburn, while in the adj
joining room Deputy Collector Loupe was
performing similar duty for the Mayor.
Claus Spreckels, John D. Spreckels and
James Flood dropped in at intervals
during the afternoon, but as they knew
exactly what was wanted of them it did
not take long for them to get through.
Chris Buckley and Maurice Schmitt ar.