Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-10

ers and others from paying their lust
share of taxes and to shift the burden
If these exempted taxes on the poor
man. then such Il government Is n
farce. If a so.callcd government mere
~ consists Of a collection of high. sal.
nricd oiiiccliol,lers. whose principal oh.
ject In official life appears to be to
curry favor with tax.,lOdginv CORPORA.
lions and the officers thereof. 1t IL time
that the people found out what those
favors. 80 curricd. consist of. The
people are awakening upon this sub.
jcct. The great majority of them are
law-abiding. but they do not propose
that the law.abiding shall he done BY
the poor alone. while the tax.dodging
multl.milllonaircs can bc a law unto
themselves.
If YOU want Il good ,cst and IN on.
Joy,blc time. take a trip on the beau.
tiful Dunklcy-Williams liner. "rhe City
of South Haven" the fastcst and fin.
est boat on the lake. which runs To
South Haven. the land of pcs,c,les and
flowers.
Mr.. Armour's great scheme for fur
n!shing heat. steam aud power through
the new tunnels he has purchased. will
do much towards making the "cltv
beautiful"
Chapter 10. Section 300. Revised
Statutes Of Illinois. provides the fol.
lowing:
Any assessor or deputy assessor
or supervisor Of assessments or other
persons, whose duty II Is to assess
property for taxation, or eIualize any
such assessment, who shall refuse or
knowingly neglect to perform any duty
required Of him by law. or who shall
consent to or connive ut any evasion
OF the provisions Of this act whereby
any property required to be assessed
shall be unlawfully exempted In whole
or In part. or the valuation thereof Gu.
tered or set down ut more or less than
u required by law. shall. upon cOnvic.
ton, be fined for each offense not less
than 800 nor more than 5000 and
IMPRISONED IN THD COUNTY
JAIL not exceeding one year. and shall
also be liable upon his bond TO tho
party injured for all damages sustain.
ed BY such party.
Armour and Swift should take hint
from the following concluding para.
graph In an editorial In the Chicago
Daily News, July "a:
"rhe corporation counsel Is planning
to take IN active part In tho proceed.
ines before the board Of review. with
the special purpose of dealing with tax
dodgers. As the community has need
OF all the revenue that can rIghtfully
be raised from taxes, tho tax d0dger,
who seeks to make 0thars nay the costs
Of government OF which he has the full
benefit. will receive no sympathy II he
comes to grief at the hands Of the au.
thOrities."
The Board Of Review should cum,
mon Messra Armour. Swift, Carton,
Meeker and the rest and md ont lust
how much Stock Of outside companies
10 owned BY their corporations
~
No better way b. get rest AMI re-
than by taking a round trip
to South Haven on the palatial steslm-
boat Of the Dunkley-Wllllam line, the
City of South Haven. which Is deserv-
edly called the "White Flyer" Of the |
great lakes The docks arc ut the
Rush street bridge.
~GA
Charles s. Deneen, who has aroused
The admiration of the people rs Gov
'rnor by suing the Illinois Central for
s5OO,OO0 back taxes, would Increase
his popularity by suing some of the big
packers for their back taxes.
~GA
The stock yards interests which
openly eyade their just share of taxes
have more to say about the government
IF the police force and other branches
IF civic administration than all other
'lasses Of citizens combined. The tax.
lodging packers insisted that the city
health inspectors be withdrawn from
he big packing houses and they Were
although the health OF the
world might suffer. The tax.dodging
packers. who withhold millions OF dol.
ars In taxes from the public treasury,
vt serene In their counting rooms,
While the mechanics, labOring men and
mall hNalnasa MANILA maLo I'm &hoi. /