Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-21

agents TOT SwIIt y company, Or llli'
nOls, 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. McNelll ana
Libby. OF Maine; John p. Squire and
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 and Provision
Company, Of Maine; sperry and Barnes
Company, Of Connecticut: Sturtevant
and Haley, Of Boston +. Merwin Com.
pany, Worcester. Mass. Springfield
Provision Company. Springfield. Mass. 1;
White. Percy and Dexter Company.
Worcester. Mass. Hnlstead and Com
pany. New York; c. II. Davis and Co..
Norwich. Conn. BImbler, Van Wage.
men and Company, Newark. New Jer.
scy.
Tho capital stock Of all Of the above
corporations being owned In Chicago
Why don't the people Of Chicago get
the benefit Of It?
Tho Board OF Review certainly ought
to get enough out Of them to enable
the city to equip good street car linc
~
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 drst
time. These are: Presbyterian, West
Side. Alexian Brothers. Passavant
Memorial, Provldent, Wesley, Post.
Graduate. st. Luke's, Hahnemann,
Michael Reese. Mercy, Norwegian Luth.
eran, St. Anthony's, st. Hedwlg's, st.
Mary Of Nazareth. Chicago polyclInlc.
Augustana. Evangelical Deaconess',
German, st. Joseph's, st. AIMS, Chicago
Baptist, WOman's Hospital, Chicago
Charity, Columbus, Maurice Porter,
United States Marine, Swedish Cow
enant, Bennett, Illinois Charitable Eye
and Ear Infirmary, Memorial Institute
for Infectious Diseases, Roosevelt, M.
! tional Association, Mary Thompson,
Chicago Homeopathic, Frances Il. vii.
lard, American College Of Medicine, st.
Ellzabeth's. Norwegian Tabitha, st.
Anthony do Padua, st. Bernardo
]. Ogden Armour Is very largely In.
terested In the Central Leather Com.
pany. or the Leather Trust" a. some
people call II.
The Central Leather Company Is
New Jersey corporation, capitalized for
S4O.OOO,OCO. This year 1t absorbed the
United States Leather Company. Mr..
Amour IL director In the company as
IL Mr.. II. p. Darlington, who Ii con.
nected with his Chicago ONCE.
The law Is plain enough and 1t Is
only enforced against the poor.
Stock In Illinois corporations Is us.
sessed against the corporation.
Stock In foreign corporations Is as.
sessed against the individual holder.
The Chicago Subway will be an In.
terestlng corporation for the Equal
Taxation League to take crack at.
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
Is Chicago.
The Chicago Subway Company owns
the Illinois Tunnel Company, which
has issued $17.OOOOOO In bonds.
Now these bonds are either worth
their face value. or they are q fraud.
II they represent the value thay pre-
tend to represent, then they ought b