New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-02

FEW COMPANIES WILL
SUFFER- FINES.
Corporations Flood Custom
TToEsc .cith Statements ON
Last DaH.

As the clock in Collector Anderson s
office in :l,e Custom House struck z" last
Evening some one was heard running at
fun speed in the corridor. Il was man
With the las: report q returns under the
corporation excise tax law. and with the
papers 81 his right hand nc dashed int"
the room and flung the documents into
:he aaqds o. he FIST clerk berond the
railing.
Collector Anderson's men handled three
thousand reports and heard many IN
cuirics vest erdav. the last day upon
which returns were 20 be received
The time limit was . O'clock. Others
r-,a- come IN to-day by mail. but they
viii Tot be considered unless they bear
tire stamp Of March :. If they do not
they will De sent on TO washington Tor
action. The Collector said. as he was
about TO so home. that nc believed all
returns excepting those Of corporations
which had obtained an extension OF
thirty Gays had been made. He SAD
there were about fifteen thousand cor
rorations in his district, and that about
thirteen thousand had made returns.
TIE floor Of room $50. where the re
envelopes shat had been ripped open.
The desks Were piled high with the re-
Jurzls Far into the corridor all day long
persons were pressing forward TO see the
busy clerks, the regular force having
been augmented by twenty men
In the midst Cf the rush in the after
roon enc OF the men who was handing
the mail gave a shout and hurried into
the Collectors room. In his hand he
had 2 check for SC 600, representing
vlat one corporations officials had
figured as the tax due on its net earn
inss. Collector Anderson turned il over
and over. 1t was certified on a Clearing
House bank, but had to be sent back
The amount Of the tax must be passed
upon by the Internal Revenue Commls-
sioner at Washington, and Dir. Ander-
sons men will begin to-day to make out
the assessment lists. which VIII he for
warded TO the Commissioner with the re
turns. When these have been certified
as correct. the bills that must be paid
by June 50 will be sent out. Currency
or checks. certified on 4 Clearing House
hank. will be accepted in settlement.
Men came in yesterday wanting extern
SONS Of time. In exceptional cases it
was granted. In one instance a fire had
destroyed or damaged the records: sev-
eral were acted on fayorably where the
president or treasurer had been operated
on by a surgeon and could not sign the
reports. and one officer of a corporation
had lost his wife and had TO leave the
city.
Harsh Treatment Not Rule.
There was never q disposition TO he
harsh. however, In the last hour OF the
DAY several persons came in confidently
with the reports and were about to leave
when they We're called back with the
information that the documents had to
lie executed before d commissioner of
Geeds. The Instructions were to that eff
feet but had been disTegarded. In such
Eases the returns were stamped as hay
ing been received, and the parties told
20 bring them to-day.
There was one report without the sig
nature of the president OF the corpora
non He was out OF town, the young
man who brought il said. This was
stamped and the young man instructed
L. get an affidavit regarding the absence
q the president. Others should have
been returned to other districts These
were also stamped so that the penalty
Of from $1,000 to $1,000 might not
spply.
Where there was { doubt as ia the
district where the report should be made.
collector Anderson received it 1t is not
generally known that he is also Collector
.or Porto Rico He received returns
from domestic corporations the principal
t.ffices Of which are down there.