Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25
HON. SEYMOUR SWARTS.

One of the leading Republican candi. |
dates for City Treasurer Is Mr.. Sey
Inour Swarts, President Of the Swarts
Metal Refining Company, the leading
anu refiners of metals In the
West. Mr.. Sw0rts is an aggressive
young business man, and was born and
raised In the old Seventh Ward. lie Is
n son-in-law of Mr.. II. Wolf. the mill.
iOnaire wholesale dry goods merchant.
Mr.. Swarts was born IN 1868, and has
resided in the Eleventh Ward for the
past eleven years. lie has been life
long Republican. and has always stood
by the regular Republican organization.
IT given the Republican nomination for
City Treasurer he will prove strong
candidate, as he II one of the best-liked
business men in Chicago. besides being
a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Mr.. Swarts Is most popular member
of the Lincoln and West Chicago Clubs,
as well as President of the Eleventh
Ward Hebrew Republican Club, which
IL a power in West Chicago politics.
Abiding to Seymour Swarts, In a re.
cent issue the Western Electrician said:
Although comparati lively a young man,
Mr.. Swarts has met with fiattering sue.
cess In the metal-reflning business. The
company was established In 1885 by
the senior Mr.. Swarts, and the subject
of this sketch took active charge In
1895. Mr.. Swar1s was born In Chicago
In 1868. and has had seventeen years
experience in the metal business. His
wide acquaintance AMI close attention
to business has enabled him to build up
a large trade until. mt the present time.
the Swarts Metnl Refining Company Is
perhaps better known than any concern
engaged In a similar business through
out the United States. The principal
business Of the Swarts company In con-
nectiOn with clectic-light and electric
railway plants Is the buying and selling
Of bare copper trolley wire. insulated
copper wire. brass and aluminium.
Through the energy of Mr.. Swarts this
business has been built up to such an
extent that the company Is now doing
business with twO-thirtls of the electric
lighting plants and three-fOurths of the
electric street railways throughout the
country. Mr.. Swarts is personally nc.
quaintUl with most Of his customers.
and It Is safe to say that 1t would he
hard to find more genial man to do
business with. The company bears an
enviablc reputation. AMI Its dealings
with It's customers have always given
tho best of satisfaction. The company
started with one small solder kettle and
one testing furnace. At the present
time It Is operating six large kettles
and nine furnaces. with n capacity of
600 pounds of metal per day. This
Is certainly good showing AMI an ex.
ample of Chicago enterprise.
The Gas Trust had an awful nerve
to buy up the Legislature and to Sc
cure the passage Of measure killing
all opposition to It when II had no fran
chIse from Chicago to do business It.
self.
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II the members of our Legislature
are to he regularly brlbed, and II the
tribunals of justice fail through cor
ruptlOn. what will become of popular
liberty and popular rights?
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The jury bribers are on the run.
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Clubs to fight the Gas Trust have al
ready been organized In the ?Sth. 18th
14tll. Goth. ?lst. 10th. and 18th Wards
Let the good work 60 on!
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The Gas Trust seeks to control the
bench. Legislature and City Council.
The Democrats will make dcnuncia
ton Of the Gas Trust part of theil
city platform this year. Now What
will the Republicans do?
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Why II 1t that the daily newspapers
are all talk about the repeal of thu
Allen hill, and have nothing to say
about the gas frontage bill?
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1t will not be long before the peOpl.
settle the Gas Trust. Mark these
words.
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Give the Gas Trust the Iegislatur
ana the Bench. and the people will
soon he serfs.
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First Ward voters will he ably repre-
sented In the City Council II they cleo
Fred II. Hildreth. the well,known res
tanrant man, Alderman next spring.
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The farmers have still some rights Il
Illinois. The Elevator Trust must 90
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The grain dealers and farmers are Il
arms against the Elevator Trust.
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Repeal the $1,000 limit law. Railroad,
should pay more for human life.
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The Gas Consolidation and Frontage
Law Is to he tested In the courts short
~. Some stockholders are preparing ,
bill to test the cOnstltutiOnallty OF thu