The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-19
OFFERS CHANGE
TO PENlTENTS
Special Agent of the Federal
Government Here to Col
lect Penalties From
Delinquents.
WOULD THROW OFF The FINES
Long List of Kenosha People are
Named as Failing to File Income
Statement Must Report On
Thursday.
WOULD THROW OFF The FINES |

Hundreds of KenoSha men and scores
of Kenosha women are facing an I'M
pleasant interview with the federal
tax collectors. These people failed to
make return to the government of
their income for the year 1917 and the
government is now ready to impose
penalties and fines upon them. The
penalties must be paid but Special
Agent Joseph Custer of the internal
Revenue Department, came to Kenosha
today with Instructions to temper. jus
tice with mercy and people who come
to the front and voluntarily make re
ports of their incomes for the year 1917
although late-will be released from
the paymentsof the fines.
Let it be understood, - said Agent
Custer today, that these people must
pay the penalty for not fling the re-
turn. The amount of that penalty will
be fixed in accordance with the. amount
of the income. The government has
given repeated notices, it has issued
urgent appeals and these hundreds Of
people have paid no attention to mo-
tees or appeals. Probably laboring
under the impression that they could
get away with it they have not filed
their income tax statement. Many Of
these people would not have been sub
ject to the payment of a tax had they
filed their statements, but now all of
them are subject to the penalty and
they can only escape the payment of
the fine as well by acting today or to-
morrow. In many eases of delinquency
the government has absolute evidence
against the parties in question, as re-
ports of the amounts earned by them
have been returned to the department
by their employers. The law provides
that every single man earning a thous-
and dollars or over and every married
man whose income is in excess of two
thousand must file report The fling
of the report is not dependent on the
necessity for paying the taxi
Agent Custer has opened an Office
with the assessor of incomes in the
Isermann building and he will remain
here all day Thursday offering to the
Kenosha delinquents the chance to es-
cape the payment of the fine. This
will be the last and only chance offered
to- these people. After Thursday the
government agents will at once begin
assessing fines against these people and
if necessary any property they may
have may be sold to pay the fine and
penalties. In case Of non-payment
the delinquents may be imprisoned on
charges Of failing toeobserve the pro-
visions of the income tax law.
It is declared that on the Kenosha
list-which contains some eight humid
red names-are many men who are
prominent in the Industrial life of the
city. A few corporations in the city
have failed to make the report de-
manded by the law In regard to the
earnings of their employees. These
corporations must now pay, a heavy
penalty and if their reports are not
fled voluntarily with the federal
agent on Thursday they will also be
assessed fine. In cases of corporations
failing to make returns very heavy fines
have been levied by the governmnt.
eve are anxious that the people
understood that this is the last chance
they have to escape the fines which are
to be imposed. No further notice will
be given them and in case they do not
report on Thursday they must pay
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sessed within a few days and col
lected with impartiality, declared
Custer in closing the interview.