Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-03

"%-'h'S WI SWht ~ NoIlIiNy, VI llIl-
nois, In Germany.
Swift & 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 Swifts are said TO own and
absolutely control Libby. Mcneil and
Libby, of Maine; John +. Squire and
Company. New Jersey corporation,
with big packing plant in Cambridge,
Mass. ana 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 and Provision
Company, Of Maine; Spcrry and Barnes
Company. of Connecticut: Sturtevant
ana Haley, of Boston; L. Mcrwin Com.
pany, Worcester. Mass. Springfield
Provision Company, Springfield. Mass. {;
White, Percy and Dexter Company,
Worcester, Mass. Iialstcad and Com.
pany, New York; G. II. Davis ana Co.,
Norwich, Conn; Blmblcr. Van Wage.
non ana Company, Newark, New Jcr-
scy.
Tho capital stock Of all OF the above
corporations being owned In Chicago.
Why don't the people of Chicago ret
the benefit OF It.?
The Board Of Review certainly ought
to get enough out of them to enable
the city to equip a good street car line.
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In order that big corporations may
escape just taxation on their personal
property. forty.two Chicago Hospitals
are to be taxed this year for the first
time. These are: Presbyterian, West
Side, Alexian Brothers. Passavaut
Memorial, Provldent, Wesley. Post.
Graduate, st. Like's, Hahncmann.
Michael Reese, Mercy. Norwegian Lutll.
Gran. st. Anthony's, st. Hedwis's. st.
Mary Of Nazareth, Chicago Polyclinic.
Augustana, Evangelical Dcaconess',
German, st. Joscph's, 81. AIMS. Chicago
Baptist, WOman's Hospital. Chicago
Charity, Columbus, Maurice Porter.
United States Marine, Swedish Cow
enant. Bennett. Illinois Charitable Eye
and Ear lnilrmary, Memorial Institute
for Infectious Diseases. Roosevelt, Ma
tlonal Association, Mary Thompson,
Chicago Homeopathic, Frances II VIII
lard, American College Of Medicine, st.
Elizabcth's, Norwegian Tabltha, st.
Anthony dc Padua, st. Bernard's.
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The packers In magazine articles
ana 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 so, their most profitable "by product"
would appear to be tax lodging.
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The law is plain enough and 1t Is
only enforced against the poor.
stool; In Illinois corporations Is as.
sessed against the corporation.
Stock In foreign corporations IL as
scssed against the Individual holder.
The Chicago Subway will be an in
tcrestIng corporation for the Equal
Taxation League TO take crack ut.
This corporation Is owned In Chi
cago and Incorporated in New Jersey
for $50,OOO,OOO.
Every cent OF this stock Is taxable
In the city where 1t Is held and that
Is Chicago.
The Chicago Subway Company owns
the Illinois Tunnel Company, which
has issued $l7yOOO,OOO in bonds.
Now these bonds are either worth
their face value, or they are fraud.
II they represent the value they pre-
tend to represent, then they ought to
pay taxes on at least $l7,OOO,OOO In
Chicago.
II they are a fraud and do not repre-
sent anything OF value, then somebody