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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

u. Wilson, Arthur Meeker, s. Nc
Roberts ana l.. A. Carton.
The Board of Review should sum-
mon the following well-known citizens
and interrOgate them with reference
to the amount of stock In foreign corr
poratlons owned In Chicago, which
they have knowledge Of:
J. Ogden Armour.
Louis +. Swift.
John A. Spoor.
Laurence A. Carton.
Arthur Meeker.
Mr.. Swift and Mr. Armour are both
reported to be public.spirlted.
They should both be willing to help
In this matter.
They can. II they will. help a great
deal by telling the Board Of Review
what they know.
Mr.. Armour 10 q director In the fol.
lowing corporations and the Board Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

Ing to the public that the concern Is
really great public instit,itlon-of a
certain kind.
Then again, Marshall Field & Com
pany are In favor Of high pressure
water system which will cost the tax.
payers millions Of dollars to install.
But We do not hear Of small mcP.
chants shouting for high pressure wator
system.
~
The collection Of over s3.O0O.0OO nj.
legged back taxes against the estate n
the late Marshall Field was urged
upon the Board Of Review by the I'LL
nols Tax Reform Association.
Marshall Field, the association In.
s!sts, never paid more than 10 per cent
on his fair share OF taxes on his per.
sOnal property. lie was. 1t Is further
charged. permitted to evade the pay.
ment Of over $2.OOO,OOO taxes during
the last eight years Of his life. "All
Of this" tho letter says, "was made
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

the following. How much stock does
he own? At all events he can give the
Board Of Review much valuable in
formation:
Union Stock Yards Company.
Fowler Brothers, Limited.
Libby, Mcneil ana Libby.
National Packing Company.
st. Louis National Stock Yards Com.
pany.
Swlft's Refrigerator Transportation
Company.
Hollis Cold Storage Company.
Illinois Cattle Germany.
Mechanical Manufacturing Company.
South Ssn Fran"ise~ land and In
vestment C0mpusv.
Springfield Provision Company.
SwIfrs s~-.slizer Works.
Western Meat Company.
The Beef Truss y worse than ever.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

fresh water commerce. 1t In the big.
gest ana best dock In the greatest city
on the whole chain OF the great lakes
What do you suppose the Goodrich
folks pay the city for this valuable
property!
Only $1,000 year rental!
From period to period the lease has
been renewed. WITHOUT ADVER.
TIsEMENT, and always at the same
old figure.
The last lease or agreement" was
drawn up by the city bureau OF COM
pensatiOn. 1t IL Of date OF May ].
1900. and runs for three years, or until
1900.
%e@
The leasing by the city Of the great
Goodrich dock. east Of Rush street
bridge, for the paltry sum Of $1,000
per wear, without advertising for bids,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23
STATE STREET STORES

In order to show the favOritism
shown to Marshall Field 4 Company
In the matter Of personal property as
sessment, The Eagle subjoins Il state
ment Of the personal tax assessment
of that firm and that of other dry
goods houses, together with the insur-
'ance carried by each on their personal
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23
Enormous Holdings by Armour People In
Big Concerns Outside Chicago Attract
Much Attention.
The Small Taxpayers Are Very Much In.
terested in the Developments of
This Great Wealth,
Yet the Chicago ASSESSORS Gould Only Find
Two and One-half Millions
to Tax.

Oh the books Of Armour 4 Company,
Of Illinois. To ascertain the business
transactions Of the New Jersey cor.
poration, It IL merely necessary to take
the accounts relating to the branch
houses and those relating to the Fort
Worth and Sioux City packing houses.
The company, however, Is a genuine
one. having large actual assets Of its
own, not mere paper name. II has
no separate books and no profits sep.
arate from those appearing In the &C.
counts Of Armour 4 Company, OF iii.
nols."
How long the people of Chicago will
continue to pay high taxes while con.
Germs like this escape as they do, 10
problematical
Samuel Mcl.oberts should tell all
when called before the Board OF Re
view.
The Board OF Review states that the
personal property Of Chicago Is only
worth S0s.OOO.OOO. Chicago Securities.
for 1907. In the report Of Swift & Co.,
page $50. prints their 1906 statement.
which shows resources In quick assets
personal propcrty-of $02,7lG,OOO.
The Board Of Review shows that all
the personal property In Chicago IL
only worth S0s.O0OOOO. In Swift 4
Co.'S report, Treasurer Carton says
that every dollar Of Swlft's capital
stock of S5O,OOO,OOO Is worth S1.25 per
81. This would make the total value
of Swlft's stock $62,5OO.OOO. The value
Of all the personal property In Chicago
Is only S0S,OOOOOO. according to the
Board of Review. Estimating the Nor.
rls estate ut S35,OOO,OOO and the Swift
stock ut S62,5O0,OOO makes S97,5OO,OO.
within 100000 of the $0S,OOO,OOO
which was all the personal wealth the
Board of Review could find In the
whole city OF Chicago.
~6A
The Board OF Review should sum.
mon Messrs. Armour, Swift, Carton,
Meeker ana the rest ana md out lust
how much stock Of outside companies
Is owned by their corporations
Joliet Is yawning for some Of the
tax-iiXing gentlemen.
~G
In the meantime, the poor real estate
owners Of Chicago are getting the full
benefit Of the tax lodging tactics OF
the big millionalres. Real estate taxes
were never so high In ChicagO's his
tory. The poor man must pay, but the
rich fellow escapes with his untaxed
fortune.
Henry =. Darlington should give up
what he lpows when the Board OF
Review asks him.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

property. The reader will note the
difference between the Field assess
ment and the Insurance carried, ana
then figure out how much taxation this
'public spirited" concern escapes:
Marshall Field 4 Company-Assess-
ment Is addresses), S5,3oO,OOO; insur-
ance. SlG,0OO,00O.
Carson, Plric, Scott & Co.--Assess-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

ment, $1,0S3,1I Insurance, S2.45O, 600.
Mandel Brothers--Assessment, $685.
600; insurance, $l,O5O.OO0.
Siegcl, Cooper 4 Co.-Assessment,
100000; insurance, S1,O5O,OOO.
Rothschlld & CO.-Assessment, $i2J,-
coo; insurance, $555,OOO.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., $250,OOO; in
surance, 100000.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23
GOODRICH TRANSIT co.

astounds everyone. In the opinion Of
able lawyers, the very fact that bids
were not advertised for invalldatcs the
lease. This lease Is worth from
$4,000 to 100000 a year to the city,
rs 1t Il the very best dock property on
tho whole chain Of lakes. Several people
would gladly bid $4,000 for 1t II they
were given u chance. This sort of
business Is played out with the public
and the facts once understood will
arouse storm Of Indignation.
The Goodrich gang have all their
steamboats, registered from Duluth.
Minnesota, from which port they
hail." although they do not rum to II.
1t Is alleged that this crowd "hail"
their vessels from Duluth to escs,Ie
taxation In Chicago, and yet Chicago
furnishes them with police. fire and
other protection.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23
HERE'S THE RESULT.

100000 more than Swift & Company
alone had on hand on January !, 1907,
according to "Chlcago Securities"
pages $50 to 81.
The poor real estate owner has to
bear all the burden of supporting the
government, of making improvements
ana of protecting the property and in
forests of the tay-dodglng rich!
Talk about a "slngle tax" The real
estate owners of Chicago are the vic
lions of the most ubiquitous single tax
IN the world.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

Tho Goodrich Tsanslt Company n a
corporation organized under the laws
Of the State Of Maine. Capital stock,
$5OO,OOO.
Every dollars worth Of this stock
owned In Chicago Is taxable here. The
Revlcwess should call A. w. Goodrich
and ask him who owns It. Mr.. Good.
rich ought to know and the people want
to know.
@>
Who does the fine work for the
Goodrich Steamboat gang at the City
Hall?
1t Is not generally known that the
dock used by the great Goodrich inter-
ests Is city property. 1t IL at River
street. with dock frontage Of 30:
feet. with Il depth ranging from rs 10
43 feet.
This dock Is the very State street of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23
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Swift and Company, the corporation,
.houad nay taxes on its $oO.OOo'OO
cap,tal stock according to the laws OF
Illinois.
The assessors have listed Its per-
sonal holdings at only s3.OOO.OOO.
Nor IL this all.
swift and Company. Of Illinois. that
great corporation capitalized for SON.
100000 should pay taxes ON every DOL
lars worth Of stock 1t owns In foreign
corporations.
Has the Board of Review ever taken
any steps to ascertain how much the
corporation or Its officers own In cor
poratlons outside the State?
Perhaps we may help them by quot
Ing the following list of outside cor
porations owned by Swift aud Com
many. of Illinois, according to the re-
mort of the United States Commission
er of Corporations:
Swift and Company, Of Maine' cor
poratlon which sells the output OF swift
and Company, of Illinois, In the New
England States and parts Of New York
and New Jersey. and owns a control
ling interest In the firms Of the SWIFT
Beef Company, Of Boston; G. +. and
Il. c. Swift, Boston; G. y. Swift and
Company. Boston, and N. q. Hollis
and Company, Boston, Massachusetts.
Swift and Company. Of West vir'
ginia, which operates many branches
In several different States for selling
beef, pork, mutton, canned goods, etc.
etc.
Swift and Company, Of New York,
wb,ch controls a large number Of
hraach houses In the State OF New
Iorls. all doing big business
Swift FsrtilissR Works, engaged In
manufacturing fsEllisers In the Stats
Of oeoeoiA
Sw::. ,sfrigsrator Tsanportatiou
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

Total ..... .$1O!OOOOOO
These figures take no notice Of 'he
fa.,. that the insurance IL supposed to
cover but so per cent Of the real value,
which would make the assessors val.
uatIon appear about $l4OOO,O00 shy Of
tho true figure.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

shall tax. u ~ Who gave them this
d,.S--AAsza-S sower? Not the laws Of
IllirOis.
~cA
Laurence :. Carton w0sE 40 an
excellent man for the 0sA0 9f Re-
view to consult
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23
S4i5, i,015

J. Ogden Armour would make
startling and valuable B0asd a.: Re-
view witness.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

As a result Of successful taX-dodging
by rich corporations, Chicago real es-
tate pays nearly all the taxes.
\ summary Of the 1907 real estate
and personal assessments, assessed val.
nations, is as follows:
Real estate .$34G,S41,7 G0
Personal property ..... 0S,3i3,l55
S445,1St,915
The Assessors and Reviewers could
only find $0S,00O,O0O worth of personal
property In Chicago to tax, or only &c.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

good by the smaller taxpayers Of Chi.
cago to their great loss and injury
Marshall Field 4 Company drc only
valued at sG.O0OOOO by the assessors.
and taxed on one-Afth Of II. In view
OF this fact, It Is interesting to note
the Insurance carried by this lirm.
which Il rs follows:
State street section 5000. 81 100000
Wabash avenue section go. 1,5OO.O0O
Wholesale ................. 3OOO.OO0
Madison street ............. 100000
Fixtures ............ ...... 100000
Warehouse. Polk street and
the River ............... 100000
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

Ono Of the taxs%s officials Of Cook
County says that It u discretionary
with taxing e6lcers az to what they
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

Chicago Securities" for 1907. pages
100. $40 and 341, gives the following
facts about Swift & Company, TINT
great corporation which the Board Of
Assessors could only discover $780,.
600 belonging to:
Swift & Company-Orgnnized April
!, 1885.
Capital Stock. sJo,cOO.O0o, all Of one
class, Of the par value Of 500 per
share.
Divldends--Sevcn per cent per IN.
num- In quarterly dividends Of ~ per
cent. January, April, July and October.
Enrnings-Thc report for the year
ending December 81. 1000. shows net
earnings were equal to ~ per cent
on the capital Of $JO.OOO.OO0. After
payment Of the regular Z per cent
dividend, there was added to the sur
plus account $2.5O0,OOO, equal to 8 per
cent on the capital stock. increasing
the total surplus to &12.400.OO0. The
comnny's gross business was consid'
erably over 5000, 900 ana the item
Of quick assets was increased $1o,oo3''
73o.
The balance sheet Of December 81,
1906. shows total Of assets on hand
Of $02,716,S47. j..
And this Is tho concern that II taxed
on one.fifth Of 100000!
The "quick assets" Of this concern.
that ~, personal property available for
a.,,,,o,,oto vso M money W0s listed as
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

Henry =. Darlington should give up
what he lYows when the Board OF
Review asks him.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

The Board Of Review should sum.
mon Messrs. Armour, Swift, Carton,
Mecker and the rest and find out Just
how much stock Of outside companies
Is owned by their corporations
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08

Those railroad companies that
decided to oppose the operation
of the rate law in North Carolina
have discovered, by sad expert
ence, that the representatives of
bond clippers gave them some
mighty poor advice. Possibly they
thought the State would again
yield to the decree of their old
friend, the Federal court, as she
had SO oft1n done before in mat
ters affecting the railroads. But
the limit had been reached and
patience ceased to be q virture.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08

The matter of freight rates is
now receiving the attention of
Governor Glenn and the other
State officers who have to do with
the adjustment of the question.
An effort is being made to have
freight rates in this State regulat-
ed and the people generally are
greatly interested in the result of
this Investigation, for all of them,
the manufacturers and business
men especially, have been made
to suffer because of extortionate
and some times discriminatory
rates. The Governor has asked
for a conference with representa-
tives of all railroads doing bust
ness in this State and expresses
the hope that an agreement may
be reached without becoming in
volved in . legal contest, as in
the case of passenger rates. How
ever, such q result is scarcely to
be expected.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08
Letter to J. ii. Jordan.

Dear Sir: Here's honesty for you'll
North Dakota has q pure paint law.
Prof. Laid, the state chemist analyses .
certain paint tabled contains only lead
and zinc and In strictly pure,'t and hnds
It no lead at all, n resinous oil, and benz
zine. It is, however, full-measure and
contains no water.
That's like O man ON trial for killing
his grandmother; proved that he didn't
set fire to the house.
No lead, but zinc and barytes, resi-
nous oil, and Enthusiastically pure
lead and zinc paintl'
Pure paint Is lead-zinc-and-oil; but
that isn't all; there il such = thing q
proportion and make. The strongest
paint Is Devoe.
North Dakota il doing = handsome
thing in holding these conhdence-peo
ple up to scorn. She gives their names
as we'll as their works.
Yours truly,
II. w. DEv0E sc
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08

Hon. John Sharpe Williams,
minority leader leader in the low
er house of congress, has defeated
Governor Vardaman of his State
(Mississippi) for United States
Senator will succeed Senator Mon
ey in 1911. It was 3 hard-fought
battle and Mr.. Williams had 3
close call. His success in that
contest will aid nightly in win
ming the minority leadership of
the next House and the prediction
is already made that he may be
the democratic leader in the Sen.
ate when he reaches that body.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08

During the past two weeks the
attention of the whole country
has been riveted upon Governor
Robert B. Glenn, on account of
the great victory he achieved for
the State in the passenger rate
controversy. Many of the big ci-
~ papers are advocating his NOM
ination for the presidency. But
the Governor laughs at the latter
suggestion and declares the time
is not ripe to nominate a South
ern man. However, if the conven-
ton determines to name him az
it's candidate he could not do 9th.
erwise than make the race. A
good many republican newspapers
are lavish in their praise of oul
distinguished governor. Well, toe
much cannot be said in commen.
datlon of his action in the matters
reclted and North Carolinians will
hold him in grateful remem.
brance.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08

And now the railroad attorneys
are saying they were dubbed into
submission in the rate controver-
sy by the State authorities. Even
Judge Pritchard feels Aggrleved
because North Carolina did not
submit to his u~nwarranted ate
tempt to suspend q state law.
This is, indeed, interesting. They
evidently forget who commenced
the clubbing business.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08
Guiding remarks:

&E&E
1st.. "Latin should remain IN
the preparatory schools until some
substitute of greater value is found
to take it's place.
2. "To make aptitude the
test of preparatory schools would
be equivalent to excluding it.
8. "To make aptitude" the
test of what a child should study
would completely upset the whole
educational system which is main
tanned to train the children for
usefulness and not merely to sat-
isfy their appetites.
4. "This movement is a part OF
the general tendency of the times
toward the things of immediate
value, which among the children
can only mean present ease and
pleasure at the expense of their
future usefulness.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08

jamestown and intend TO 60 some
time before the Exposition closes,
make an especial effort to make
the trip during North Carolina
week. You will be glad afterwards
to have gone at that time. Gov
ernor Glenn and his staff and the
entire military force of the State
are going then and $1,000 North
Carolinians onght to lend en-
chantment to the scene."
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08

Now there can be "a better un-
der standing between the people
and the railroads." Neither
should seek to Cypress the other,
as both are dependent one upon
the other. The people of North
Carolina are just and will redress
any wrong which may have been
imposed upon an individual citi-
zen, or corporation, if convinced
of the fact.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08

TAFT has been declared the
choice of the Ohio republicans for
president over the protest of SEN
ator Foraker, who 10 q receptive
candidate himself. The endorse
ment of Taft sounds the death
knell of Fire Alarm" Foraker,
politically, and few tears will be
shed on account of this fact. He
has long been waving "the bloody
shirt and does not yet appear to
know that the war is over.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08


North Carolina week at the
jamestown Exposition be gins on
Monday, August II. Wednesday
and Thursday of that week will
be the "red letters" days and ev-
cry Tar Heel, who possibly can,
should be there and assist in MAX
ing the occasion the biggest event
of the entire exposition. All rail
roads are offering attractive rates
and special inducements of vari.
ous kinds to get the people inter
ested in the affair. IF you have
not already visited historic old
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08

Inferior Federal courts are no
longer "the whole show" in North
Carolina, thanks to the wisdom
and courage of her brave and fear
less Chief Executive. State laws
and state courts must be respect
ed and will be. Put this in your
pipe.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08

In the absence of Editor M. l..
Shipman we are reproducing in
this issue the sketch of his life,
which appeared in the Southern
Publisher, Charlotte, N. O., and
the address he delivered before
the North Carolina Press Associa-
ton at MOrehead City last month.
When the request came from
Charlotte paper for a cut, or pho
tograph, of Mr.. Sh1pman and a
corrected copy of his address ne
was at jamestown, Va, attending
the National Convention of Labor
Statisticians, but a friend In
charge of the Office succeeded in
finding q photo, and forwarded it
90 requested, This statement is
made in justice to Mr.. Shipman,
who, had he bOen at home when
the letter came, would doubtless
have sent . later picture, and who
was not aware that said publica-
ton would be made until advised
upon his return from Jamestown.
The kindness, upon the part of
the Southern Publisher, is fully
appreciated by the editor and his
friends here and elsewhere.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08

The continued abuse of some
members of the last Legislature by
few recalcitrant newspapers re.
mind us of . fee dog barking ut
Grants army.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08
T HE OR s.
OCOLUMN

"Broad Oaks Boarding House,
Beautiful location, hns shade. plsssan.
Creek Road, ! mile from car line. Adj
dress Mrs. w. J. Davis, Box 1875. Hen
dersonviile. N. G. Phone 118. RID
g..
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-08

DIR. R, q. BUCKNER, rooms I and 8
Medical Building, Phone 1870, Ashe-
Vile, NC. Diseases Of the EYE, EAR,
NOSE, THROAT.