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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-13

The Kansas City Stock Yards u an.
other outside corporation.
1t Is from Missouri. but every dollar
Of It's $0.O00.O00 capital 10 owned In
Chicago.
We have failed to md where the Chi.
cago men who own this stock have paid
any taxes on It
The taxes on this nne bunch for Ave
years, II collected, would net the peo.
pie Of Chicago 100000.
Swift & Company, Of Illinois, TINT
great corporation capitalized for 95O.
100000. should pay taxes ON every dol.
lars worth Of stock II owns In foreign
corporations.
Has the Board of Review ever taken
any steps to ascertain how much this
corporation or its officers own In cor.
pOratiOns outside the State?
Perhaps We may help them by quot.
Ing the following list Of outside corpo-
ratlons owned by Swift & Company, Of
Illinois, according to the report Of the
United States Commissioner of Corpo-
ratlOns:
Swift & Company. Of Maine, a corpo.
ration which sells the output Of Swift
& Co., Of Illinois, In the New England
States and parts of New York and New
Jersey, and owns controlling interest
In the firms Of the Swift Beef Com.
pany, OF Boston G. +. and n. G. Swift,
Boston: G. F. Swift & Company, B0s.
ton, and n. =. Hollis 4 Company. Bos-
ton, Massachusetts.
Swift & Company, OF West Virginia,
which operates many branches in sew
eral different States for selling beef,
pork, mutton, canned goods, ETC., etc.
Swift & Company, of New York.
which controls large number Of
branch houses In the State OF New
York, all doing big business.
Swift Fertilizer Works, engaged In
manufacturing fertilizers In the State
Of Georgia.
Swift Refrigerator Transportation
Company, and Swift Live Stock Trans.
pOrtation Company, corporations Of
the State OF Maine.
Swift Beef Company, Limited, doing
business In Great Britain.
Swift Packing Company, selling
agents for Swift & Company Of I'LL.
nois. In Germany.
Swift & Company Of Illinois are
said to own large blocks Of stock In the
Union Stock Yards Company Of Oma-
ha, the Kansas City Stock Yards Com.
pany, 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 10 own and
absolutely control Libby, AcNeill 4
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-13

Libby, Of Maine; John p. Squire 4
Company, New jersey corporation,
with q big packing plant In Cambridge.
Mass, and branches oil over New IN.
gland; Boston Packing 4 Provision
Company, Of Massachusetts New I'm.
gland Dressed Meat 4 Wool Company
Of Maine; North Packing 4 Provision
Company Of Maine; Sperry & Barnes
Company Of Connecticut; sturtevant
4 Haley Of Boston; p. Merwin Com.
pany. Worcester, Mass; Springfield
Provision Company, Springfield. Mass. !;
White. Percy & Dexter Company.
Worcester, Mass; Halstead & Com.
pany, New York; G. II. Davis 4 Co.,
Norwich, Conn. Blmbler, Van Wagen.
on & Company, Newark, New Jersey.
The capital stock Of oil Of the above
corporations being owned In Chicago.
Why don't the people Of Chicago get
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.
Armour & Company, big Chicago
and Illinois corporation, owns a great
deal Of stock In outside corporations.
Among others Armour 4 Company
OF New Jersey.
The following taken from pages Dol
and o02 of the report Of the United
States Commissioner of Corporations,
tells US something upon this subject |:
"The New Jersey corporation was
formed for the purpose OF transacting
certain business which the Illinois
corporation was not authorized to
transact. Armour 4 Co. Of New Jer.
sey operates practically all the branch
houses for the sale of beef and other
packing house products supplied BY
Armour & Go. Of Illinois. 1t also owns
the Armour packing houses at Sioux
City and Fort Worth. For COnven.
ience the accounts Of Armour & Co. Of
New Jersey are carried on tho books
Of Armour & Co. of Illinois. 10 ascer.
tain the business transactions Of the
New Jersey corporation, 1t IL merely
necessary to take the accounts relating
to the branch houses and those relating
to the Fort Worth and Sioux City
packing h0usea The company, how.
ever, IL genuine one. having large
actual assets of Ito own, not q mere
paper name. 1t has no separate books
and no profits separate from those ag.
pearing In the accounts Of Armour 3
Co. of Illinois"
After reading the above from the 70.
port Of the United States Commissioner
Of Corporations. We would like to ask
where our Board Of Assessors and
Board Of Review have beenf
BY going back for dve years and
collecting the taxes on the STOCK Of this
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-13

when steam, heat and power will be
supplied to Chicago through the new
subway. And maybe It won't be a
great day for some other people!
My, what graft there will be In that
four.year City Council!
The price Of meat continues 10 soar
and soar. Here 10 u comparison OF
present prices with the prices Of two
years ago:
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-13

foreign corporation owned In Chicago,
our 6remen could lave their pay d0u.
bled, our school teachers could be bet.
tor paid. and the city would be much
better OF.
The Board Of Review should sum-
mon the following well.known citisens
and interrogate them with reference
to the amount Of stock in foreign cor.
poratiOns owned In Chicago. which they
have knowledge Of:
]. Ogden Armour.
Louis +. Swift.
John A. SpoOr.
Laurence A. Carton.
Arthur Meeker.
Mr.. Swift and Mr.. Armour are both
reported to be publlc.spirited.
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 Is director In the e.
lowing corporations and the Board Of
Review, II 1t wishes, can ascertain how
much stock he owns in each, or what
ChlcagOans do own II. as It 10 taxable:
Armour car lines,
Armour Grain Company.
Central Leather Company,
q. II. Hammond Company.
Hammond Packing Company,
National Packing Company,
United States Leather Company.
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
way Company,
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company.
Fort Worth. Texas.
Hutchinson Packing Co., Hutchinson.
Kansaa
Northwestern National Fire Insur-.
ance Company of Milwaukee, Wis.
Omaha Packing Company.
Prusslan National Insurance Com
pany Of Stettin, Germany.
Mr.. Louis r. Swift 10 a director In,
the following. How much stock does
I've own? At all events he can give the
Board OF Review much valuable infor-
nation:
Union Stock Yards. Chicago.
Fowler Brothers, Limited.
Libby. McNeill 4 Libby.
National Packing Company.
st. Louis National Stock Yards Com
pany.
swift's Refrigerator Transportation
Company.
Hollis Cold Storage Company.
Illinois Cattle Company.
Mechanical Manufacturing Company.
South San Francisco Land 4 I'm
pr0vement Company.
Springfield Provision Company.
Ewlft's Fertilizer Works.
Western Meat Company. 81
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-13

houses. And yet the packing interests
have not paid that twenty millions Of
back taxes into the peoples treasury
and evidently do not intend to pay up.
The people o: Chicago are not In
favor Of Sunday cloaing.
~
Taxpayers and rent payers Of Chi.
cago should stand shoulder to shoulder
In the fight against the charter. High
taxes and high rates will be the result
II the charter is adopted.
&>
The property owner and the hat rent.
er will both he soaked II the new char.
ter passes. One will have his taxes
raised. the other will have his rent
increased.
~aA
The following organizations, among
others. are lighting the proposed new
charter"
United Societies, $1,000 members
Independence League, which polled
10000 votes for its county ticket head.
ed by James j. Gray.
Worklngmen, organized and unorgan.
lied.
Democratic party.
Taxpayers and ward improvement.
clubs.
Real Estate Board.
jefferson Club and q host of other
organizations.
Renters, who realize that increased
taxation will mean higher rents.
Rents will 90 up all over Chicago II
the new charter is adopted. Landlords
will be obliged 10 raise them because
Of higher taxes.
~6
Congress should at once add to tlAe
meat inspection law these three pro-
visions:
PACKERS should be oblised to
bear all the expense attached To In
sIsctIon.
PACKERS should be obliged to
uhts VI '"Ah'Aho "" 49, '.sS'S -
all canned goods.
3-Ail meat In transit should he In.
spected by the government.
The people have the trust press
where they want II in this charter
fight. And when the trust press gets
through, II will have learned something
about the people.
Many Of the men who are advocating
the new charter have no property or
other material interests in Chicago
~
Chicago taxpayers will not have To
pay nearly as much as they do now II
the foreign corporations named In The
Eagle pay their Just taxes in this city.
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That will be a great day for Chicago
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-13

To adopt the new Chartef means the
establishment 0 an unbreakable ring
In the City Council for four years.
Why Is II that Erie street, Huron
street and Indiana street. not to men.
tion some other nearby North Side
streets, have not been improved? Is
there any good reason why all the out
lying streets should be paved and
downtown thoroughfares neglected.
The new charter means higher taxes
and higher rents.
The packer makes over 30 per cent
profit on the best quality Of beef, at
wholesale prices. Here are some fg.
urcs to prove 1t:
What the packer pays:
LOO average weight choice and
fancy steers, at $500 per 100
pouhus ...'.....' ''''. ''..$ Il.C
What the packer sells:
hind quarters $50 lbs each, at
loc ...'..'''''.. ..'''.''''' os.OO
fore quarters, 40 lbs each, at
loc ..,....... .'.....s''.s'. ouU
shoulder clogs, 9 lbs each, at
loc ........ ............. 1.oU
4 shanks at GOc ............... 2.4O
Hide, average weight 100 Lbs, at
&c .......... .............s IW
ichTt '''''.''.'''s s''''s'''s 'u
Liver ........... ............ 10
Blood, dried, 4 lbs, at 25c...... 100
Tallow, average from choice
steer ........... ........... 6.W
Paunch offal .................. 800
iichus '.'.'s'' .s'''.ss''ss' 10
Hoofs, horns, bones and inside
Onai ......... ........... 20
Total selling price. .......... .$1O7.45
Purchase price ............ 7l.6O
front ........... ..........1 06.o0
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-13

To adopt the new charter means the
establishment 6 an unbreakable ring
In the City Council for four years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-30
WASHINGTON DIPLOMATS
STRUGGLE WITH EXPENSES

miracle that the men are able to wear
boiled shirts even on Sundays.
There are those in Washington who
assert that they cannot comprehend
how the president can afford to enter.
tain as he does. They believe he is
living up to every cent of his salary,
and may go beyond it, II the British
ambassador cannot make ends meet
with $42 500 year, and another 10000
added for emergencies, what can the
president accomplish with less? The
British ambassador can curtail his eX'
penses at will.
Now, the president Of the United
States receives $4,000 a year, the use
of the White House, the furnishing
heating, lighting and decorating the
same on festive occasions. The 30
servants are paid by the public money,
except, Of course, the maids, Wallets
nurses etc. that the presidential fam
lily might need The only dignified
procedure in Washington at present
is for those who cannot keep up the
pace, to retire sracefully.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-30
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LOW may an ambassador keep the
IL wolf mot to mention the social
Sheep from his official door when his
mjserly government grants only mig
gardly pittance of, say, $4,000 year
in our coin? Anybody who knows
: washington knows that the task of
keeping the expenditures of diplomatic
households inside the diplomatic limit
requires more fine figuring than would
De needed to repair a dozen shortages
IN treasury branches.
There is James Bryce, for instance.
He had the forethought to suggest
that $4,000 be added to the annual
stipend of the British ambassador
1himselD, because of the constantly
increasing cost of living at the Ameri-
can capital. The German ambassador
cried for help a year ago The envoy
from Vienna spent almost six months
whecdling the equivalent OF 10000 a
year from the imperial budget of
Austro-Hungary. When the pitiful
tales which emanate from the diplo.
matte corps become public it seems a
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-30

sERS. NICHOLAS LONGNORTH may
Hl well be called a chip Of the old
llock," for she certainly inherlts her
fathers taste for outdoor life iii all
sorts and conditions OF weather Let
The day be ever SO stormy, neither
wind nor rain can defer the president
from a tramp over the country ways
and oyways In fact the mo~a beast
Iy the weather is the more he seems
10 enjoy being out in II. battling
gainsJ the elements The same de-
sire and will to face a torn IS IN
Larited by his strenuous daughter
A soft but heavy snow falling
through night ana al day has covered
Washington with a mantle of White
beautiful to look al but decidedly
sloppy Under foot
Through slush and a dr.zz.lng sleet
and rain Mrs. Longvorth. accom-.
panied oy Miss Isabelle Ma, walked
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-30
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tive. of course) trip to the north and
west to make those speeches TO the
Collegians.
Then he will be of on a trip to the
Philippines, those far-Uff, dark, choco.
late-colored islands where he left his
heart. If there is one thing above al!
others that Taft desires it is to see
those islands formed into strong
autonomous government September
IS will be celebrated in the islands.
That will be Taft's birthday. To the
islanders it will be about the same as
February % is to continental Amcrt
ans Taft will be there to advise and
comfort the little brown brothers that
appear to be getting a degree OF civil
ization that is not injected with a
Krag.
Taft, therefore, for one who is said
to have presidential aspirations, Will
have about as much opportunity for
looking after his political prospects as
a Patagonian has of plating the next
transit of Venrs-if the lady has a
transit
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-30
BUSY SESSION COMING
FOR SECRETARY TAFT

WASHINGTON.-It is i busy season
w that Secretary Taft will have from
this time on. To discharge what may
Da termed his political duties the sec
retary will make two graduating day
addresses, one to the graduating class
OF the University Of Iowa and the
other to the students who will go forth
from the University of Minnesota to
grapple with, throw and hog-tie the
various problems of our complex civil.
Ization. These he will give off some
time in June-if he gets back from
trip to the canal, to Cuba, Porto Rico
and Santo Domingo.
Why he is going to the isthmus
everybody ought to know. No matter
whether the work hereafter is to be
done by contract or by the government
without the Intervention OF such an
agency Taft will need to be on the
job.
Having performed his duties there
the secretary is at liberty to return to
his home and take his flying (fisura-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-30

TT HAS been suggested to the trus.
l tees OF the College of the City OF
New York that it would be advisable
10 establish a night college in connec.
ton with the present institution pri'
marily for the benefit Of worthy stu.
dents, who, principally for financial
reasons, are prevented from attending
colleges in the daytime The sugges-
ton has met with favorable recep,
ton from the trustees, who probably
will investigate the matter, and If the
plan seems feasible recommend to the
city that 1t should undertake the estab
lshment ana maintenance Of such an
institution.
That there is a demand for a night
college is the opinion expressed by
many who have given the educational
situation in this city careful study In
the n.st place. the opportunities for in
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-30

never having been defeated for any
office for which he was a candidate
There are a number of statesmen in
the Toledo district who hope he Will
get as tired of Washington during the
two years for which he was elected
last fall as he got 80 odd years ago.
when, after two years of life in con.
gress. he decided that he had had
enough.
To get back to congress this time
he had to overcome a Republican ma.
jority OF 1SGO0 To do that he had to
carry Wood county the home Of his
Republican rival by more than zoe
majority The year before the county
had given a Republican majority OF
1900
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-30

close residential restrictions, because
the property was owned almost entire.
ly by the tyustccs of Columbia college.
Rut the business boom along Fifth
avenue could not be- held in check. SO
many business houses during tho re
cent years Of the Country's great pros
pcrity wanted the prestige Of Fifth
avenue location that land values con.
tinued to rise under their concentrated
demand Trade broke through the
gateway at Forty-seyonth street
Land was worth the higher prices
in the market Columbia could not ar
ford to lose the money SO the trustees
decided To remove the restrictions
against business. They closed leases
agGrcgattng 100000 recently on the
new trade basis Of business occupa-
ao1
THAT gave the business hordes a
clear field to the doors of the Wander
biIt mansions at FIFTY FIRST street. Al.
though the mansion holders between
Fifty first and FIFTY ninth streets are
standing together with much determt
nation ID IS evident that the trade oc.
cupaiOu AZ their doors Will soon fill
the ayruue with an uuwelcome thronS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-30
RETURNS TO CONGRESS
AFTER LONG ABSENCE

lust 81 years ago Gen. I. n. Sher.
j wood was elected to the house by
the Toledo CO., district. on Monday,
March 4, he emulated the cat that
came back. AS the owner OF hiatus
IN public life Sherwood is the premier.
The late Galusha A. Grow OF Pennsyl-
yania, came back after he had been
out for 81 years. J. Warren keifer,
also an Ohioan, was out for q years,
but Sherwood has the pas over them
all.
The general is not such a terribly
Did man at that. He is only 72-ten
ears younger than Senators WhEte
I'D Morgan and - years the Junior Of
senator Pettus. Although a Democrat
sherwood bears the unique record OF
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-30
NIGHT COLLEGE MAY BE
ESTABLISHED IN CITY

structiou at night are limited OF the
three institutions engaged in the work.
not on" offers complete college
course Cooper Union has scientific
courses, and Columbia and New York
universities have special or protes'
sional courses Cooper Union, the only
one Of the three which requires no tut,
tion fees, is crowded to its capacity
and Is turning away hundreds OF
worthy students simply because of lack
OF accommodations.
The necessity OF providing college
education for the sons of those who
were not in a position to pay tuition
and other fees was responsible for
the establishment OF the city college
and that necessity has increased until
there l. an tusistont demand for a
might college The city must meet
this neei
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-30
eGel.;;;@ 90 ~
~ A~,

Next came a woman OF 40 with
French arcour who stated that shs
had been wiudlod in business part.
nersbip and left alone i'm New York
without friends or money Then CAM
"a walter and bartender, who had three
timo. attempted suicide by various
means. and. driven TO desperation by
losses in racctrach gambling, had
tried to shoot friend Another man
confessed being a criminal who had
been indicted 40 times for larceny and
@a. harasaod by fear Of a life sen
mare The last was youth of 20 0
Uunm og drugs who stated that he
Dt run through 100000 within
month had forged his fathers name
and wus ready 10 die unless the army
could t1ot % something better
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-30


be
columns and tremendous
disturbance irregular this disturbed
collapse baloo
a from object t.
holes and connected with the shore
boat where
the air is outa an stilei
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-30
CAN CALM STORMY SEAS

Philip Brasher has just been granted a pat
ent on one of the most remarkable life saving
inventions of modern times. BY the use o tiash'
ers device the waters about a stranded snip are
made as calm as a mill pond. Outside the magic
circle marking the limit of his invention iuuu'
ence the pillows may dash and roar, but the hHrri
cane itself cannot send them against the snip.
Life savers, thanks to Brasher, will be able 10
still the sea between the ship and shore and take
passengers from the wreck in perfect safety While
The storm RACES all about them.
Mr.. Brasher's discovery is that air bubbles.
rising from below and breaking on the surface
have the effect of leyeling the waves. In recent
interview Mr.. Brashor said:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TO
PLAY TIGER FRESHTES

The annual game Of the Washington
All-High School and the Princeton fresh
men teams will be played next Saturday
at Princeton. This will be big surprise
to the local boys. as 1t was announced
last winter that the team would not go
to Princeton this year. but the Princeon
alumni decided yesterday to send them
again this season.
The team Is to be selected from all Of
the schools. thus giving each team men,
Der. The local team which took the trip
last year defeated the university boys
and the team this year. although not as
strong as that Of last year. will give the
home team a run for the money.
The team this year will be in charge
Of Prof. Wilson. principal Of Central
High School. and Mr.. Kelly. also Of Cen
trail. The members who have already
been selected are as follows: MacDon-
aid. captain; Hammond. Mess. Goodman,
Michael. Radford and Goodman. The
others will be selected in the course Of
the next few days.
The team will leave here next Friday
night. going to Philadelphia. and arriv-
ing at Princeton Saturday morning. The
game will be played at 1880 o'clock, as q
forerunner to the Princton-Harvardg game.
The outfit will leave Princeton Sunday
morning for home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18
BASE BALL, RACING
AND OTHER SPORTS

played really sparkling game on first. and
stole two bases.
NILS fat batting average Is shrinking
fast. Four times up without q hit made It
look as il 1t had been badly jammed.
Sullivan was not frightened by the terri
BILE Patten. Billy kicked the stufing out Of
Case with two singles and q three-bagger.
Put uniform on q cigar Indian and call
1t Patten-and the Sox would run for their
lives He surely holds them under a spell.
Pat Dougherty had q sad tumble in the
field. and was helpless In front Of Patterns
pitching.
Walsh threw curious fits when going
after infeld raps. He seemed to be all
thumbs but managed to get eight assists
at that.
The double plays brought or by Washing
ton were all to the good, and worth the
price of admission Just for their speed.
1t isn't often that one man Is so much
the whole game as was the case with Al
tizer. He was the works all the time, and
looked extremely good to father.
Mil made queer play In the third. He
caught a mean little fly by the use of gym
nastics. and then, trying to double q run
ner of first, fired the ball far away