The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-04-19
INCOME RETURNS.
Many Persons Subject to Tax Fail
to File Their Incomes.
THE GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT.
The Ci,u service Commission Anxious to
obtain Applicants for Meat Inspectors
It-h tuiturists, Car Messengers
and Field Agents.

WN~HINcroN. April 1.-THE follow
iu- instructions were yesterday sent
fu 900 internal revenue collectors: In
case pt incorrect income tax returns
SOW filed iu your office, YOU will notify
the persons who filed such returns
that they must appear within rea-
>onahle time. specifying the date and
place for appearance. to correct or
aNpIaiu said returns. and that on
their failure 10 appear and make
said corrections, YOU will correct and
increase the amount Of such returns.
stating the particular corrections
which shall bc made and the amounts
by which said returns will be increased.
Where persons and corporations liable
tp make return have neglected or re-
fused to make return and where in
your opinion false cor fraudulent re-
turns have been filed. YOU will give
notice ou form 800 20 the delinquents
and to those who made such false or
fraudulent returns, To appear and show
cause why penalties shall not be as
.c-~cd against them. All returns made
hv taxpayers for 1894. except such as
are delayed boy reason of appeals. must
be- completed and forwarded to this
office not later than May - next"
u is believed the returns received
show almost concusivcly that large
number of persons i'm all parts OF the
country who are subject To the
return OF their incomes. This
state of things is something Of a
surprise 90 the officials, although ii
was expected the division of the SUI
urcmc court ON the ccoustitutionality of
the tax as whole would have the ef-
feet of di-crcditing it with large
number taxpayers who would take the
risk of paying q 80 per cent. penalty
rather than make their returns
tur GOVERNMENT ,Eor REPORT.
NN-WNcroN. April THE Wealth
cr bureau iu It's review of the weather
crop conditions for the week ended
April l5. says. Rain is badly needed in
North Dakota Northern Minnesota,
- Oklahoma and Oregon, and would ne
uf great benefit In Texas.
Cotton planting has been delayed in
Texas on account of dry weather;
planting has begun I'm North Carolina
and oklahoma and has continued I,
sunni N|'.I.. Itl .hl INili"tlns '''N iifi" ~
yet become general iu that state.
Corn planting iu the extreme south
cru states is about completed, the early
planting Is mp and good stand is gen
orally reported. planting is more than
half completed iu Tennessee has he
gum .u kentucky and Nebraska and l.
being vigorously pushed i'm kansas
, The general outlook for fruit cuntin
r ur~ very favorable. the frost of the 18th
, however. caused some injury in wet
D. cru South ,Sruliua.
Tobacco plants are looking We, in
Maryland, Virginia and kentucky aud
planting Is being pushed rapid. in
South Carolina.
Winter wheat has experienced 90 de
cidcj Improvement i'm Ohio and Mary
land a. result of rains of last eek
Pc the crop i~ reported as In good ndi
tiou I'M Indiana and Arkansas, but it i,
40 ~taud,till Ia oklahoma on account
e of drought
MEAT INSPECTORS WANTED.
WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE civi
service commission is anxious 10 Obtain
additional applicants for the po>i' ion'
Cd of meat Inspector, in the agricult ara
utldI lIltNlr ana lot uNh tultlI SIS
S car messengers and statistical iell
90 agents for the fish commission II
ID, AN these positions considerable tcch
uical knowledge is required of kline
y hardly 10 ice obtained except in govern
meut or state service and the denan,
p for persons capable OF diSchargin tn,
4 duties is always i'm excess of tho sup
d. ply. The meat inspectorship pa 81,
a 1000. the fish culturistS from oo 4
~-2U, the car messengers sl,0ul an,
the field agents from $500 20 sl.No
IL Examinations for these positions
o may hy taken before any Of the travel
d ing examination board now I'm IN,
cuuutry but application must first b,
mad, to the commission Office n thi
city and permission TO compete ob
tanned