Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-10
For While Valuable Stock in Some of the
Outside Corporations Represented by
Him Escapes Taxation Entirely,
Big Interests Under His Protecting Wing
Appear to Escape Very Lightly When
Compared with Other Peoples.

agents for Swift 4 Company, Of Iii.
nois, In Germany.
Swift 4 Company. Of Illinois. are
said to own large blocks Of stock In
the Union Stock Yards Company. Of
Omaha. the Kansas City Stock Yards
Company, the Fort Worth Stock Yards
Company. the st. Joseph Stock Yards
Company. and the st. Paul Union Stock
Yards Company.
Besides the corporations already
named, the Swlfts are said to own and
absolutely control Libby. Mcneil and
Libby. of Maine: John T.. Squire AMI
Company. New Jersey corporation.
with big packing plant in Cambridge.
Mass. and branches all over New Eng.
land: Boston Packing and Provision
Company. OF Massachusetts: New Eng.
land Dressed Meat and Wool Company.
| OF Maine; North Packing aud Provision
Company. Of Maine: Spcrry and Barnes
Company. Of Connecticut; Sturtcvant
and Haley, of Boston l.. Afcrwin Com.
pnny. Worcester. Mass; Springfield
Provision Company. Springfield. Mass. (;
White. Percy and Dexter Company.
Worcester. Mass. llalstcnd and Com.
pnny. New York; G. II. Davis and Co..
Norwich, Conn: Bimblcr. Van Wage
non and Company, Newark, New Jer.
sey.
The capital stock Of NIL Of the above
corporations being owned In Chicago
Why don't the people Of Chicago get
the benefit Of II?
The Board Of Review certainly ought
to get enough out Of them to enable
the city to equip good street car line
In order that big corporations may
escape just taxation on their personal
property, forty.twO Chicago Hospitals
IRE to be taxed this year for the first
time. These are: Presbyterian, West
Side. Alexian Brothers. Passavapt
Memorial. Provident. Wesiey, Post.
Graduate. St Luke's Hahne,nann.
Michael Reese. Mercy. Norwegian Luth.
eran. 81. Anthony's, st. Hedwis's, 1t.
Mary Of Nazareth. Chicago Polyclinic,
Augustana, Evangelical DeacOness',
German. st. JOseph's, st. AIMS, Chicago
Baptist, W0man's Hospital. Chicago
Charity. Columbus, Maurice Porter.
United States Marine. Swedish Gov.
enant. Bennett. Illinois Charitable Eye
and Ear Infrmary, Memorial Institute
for Infectious Diseases, Roosevelt. Ma.
! tional Association. Mary Thompson,
Chicago Homeopathic. Frances n vii.
lard. American College Of Medicine. st.
Eiixabeth's. Norwegian Tabitha, st.
Anthony do Padua. st. Bernardo
The packers In magazine articles
and everywhere else have claimed that
their profits all came from "by prod.
ucts"; that there was nothing In their
regular business but loss, etc. II this
Is 10. their most profitable "by product"
would appear to he tax lodging.
The law Ia plain enough and It 10
only enforced against the poor.
Stock In Illinois corporations IL as
sessed against the corporation.
Stock In foreign corporations Is as
sessed against the Individual holder.
The Chicago Subway will DO an In
tercstlng corporation for the Equal
Taxation League to take a crack ut.
This corporation Is owned In Chi
cago and incorporated In New Jersey
for $5O,OOOOOO.
Every cent of this stock Ia taxable
In the city where 1t Is held and that
Ii Chicago.
The Chicago Subway Company owns
the Illinois Tunnel Company. which
has issued Sl7.OOO.O0O In bonds
Now these bonds are either worth
their face value. or they are a fraud
II they represent the value they pre-
tend to represent, then they ought b
pay taxes on at least $17,O00.000 N
Chicago.
| II they are q fraud and do not repre-
ssnt snythins Of value, than somebody