Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-07
/ 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 & Company, Of iii.
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. Mcneil and
Libby. OF Maine; John r. Squire and
Company, a New Jersey corporation,
with a 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: r. Micrwin Com
pnny. Worcester. Mass; Springfield
Provision Company. Springfield. Mass.
White. Percy and Dexter Company,
Worcester, Mass; Halstead and Com
pnny. New York; G. II. Davis and Co.,
Norwich, Conn; Blmbler, Van Wage
ncn 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?
The Board Of Review certainly ought
to get enough out Of them to enable
the city to equip n good street Cur line
In order that big corporations may
escape Just taxation on their personal
property, fOrty.twO Chicago Hospitals
are to DO taxed this year for the first
time. These are: Presbyterian. Yves,
Side, Alexian Brothers. Passavan'
Memorial, Provident, Wesley, Post
Graduate. st. Luke's. Hahnemann
Michael Reese. Mercy, Norwegian Luth
Gran, st. Anthony's, st. Hedwls's, st
Mary Of Nazareth, Chicago Polycllnlc
Augustana, Evangelical Deaconess'
German, st. Joseph's, st. AIMS, Chicago
Baptist, WOman's Hospital, Chlcagt
Charity, Columbus, Maurice Porter
United States Marine, Swedish Gov
enant. Bennett, Illinois Charitable Ey'
and Ear Inarmary, Memorial Institute
for Infectious Diseases, Roosevelt. M
tiOnal Association, Mary Thompson
Chicago Homeopathic, Frances II. VII
lard. American College Of Medicine. st
Elizabeth's, Norwegian Tabltha, st
Anthony do Padua, St. Demands.
RS@
J. Ogden Armour is very largely In
terested In the Central Leather Com
pany, or the Leather Trust" as SOM
people call 1t.
The Central Leather Company Is
New Jersey corporation, capitalized 70
S4O,OOO,OOO This year 1t absorbed TIN
United States Leather Company. MI
Armour IL a director In the company a
Ia Mr.. II. p. Darlington, who Is con
nected with his Chicago office.
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The law Is plain enough and 1t !
only enforced against the poor.
Stock In Illinois corporations Is as
sessed against the corporation.
Stock in foreign corporations Is as
'sessed against the individual holder.
The Chicago Subway Will be an IL
terestlng corporation for the Equa
Taxation League to take crack at.
This corporation Is owned In Oh
cago and Incorporated In New Jerse
for $5OOOO.O0O.
Every cent of this stock Is taxabl
In the city where 1t Is held and thu
Is Chicago.
The Chicago Subway Company owr
: the Illinois Tunnel Company, whiC
has issued s17.OOO,OOO In bonds
Now these bonds are either wort
their face value, or they are frau
II they represent the value they pr
, tend to represent, then they ought