Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-28

agents for Swift & Company. Of iii.
nois, In Germany.
Swift 4 Company, OF Illinois, arc
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, tho st. Joseph Stock Yards
Company, and the st. Paul Union Stock
Yards Company.
Besides the corporations already
named. the Swifts IRE said to own and
absolutely control Libby. McNeili nnd
libby. Of Maine; John T.. Squire and
Company, New Jersey corporations.
with big packing plant In Cambridge.
Mass. aud branches all over New Eng.
land; Boston Packing and Provision
Company, Of Massachusetts: New Eng.
land Dressed Meat ana Wool Company.
OF Maine; North Packing AMI Provision
Company, Of Maine; Spcrry and Barnes
Company, OF Connecticut: Sturtcvant
and Haley, Of Boston; 4. Merwin Com.
pany. Worcester. Mass. Springfield
Provision Company. Springfield. Mass. (:
White. Percy and Dexter Company.
Worcester, Mass. llalstcad and Com.
pany, New York: &. II. Davis and Co..
Norwich. Conn; Bimbler. Van Wage.
non and Company, Newark. New Jcr.
Soy.
Tho capital stock OF uii Of tho above
corporations being owned In Chicago.
Why don't the people Of Chicago get
tho benefit of II?
Tho Board Of Review certainly ought
to get enough out Of them to enable
the city to equip good street cur line.
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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, Passavant
Memorial, Provident, Wesley, Post.
Graduate. st. Lukc's, Halnemann,
Michael Reese. Mercy, Norwegian Lutl,.
eran. st. Antliony's, st. Hedwlg's. st.
Mary Of Nazareth, Chicago Polytechnic.
.\ugustann, Evangelical DeacOness',
German, st. Joscph's. st. AIMS. Chicago
Baptist, Woman's Hospital, Chicago
Charity, Columbus, Maurice Porter,
United States Marine, Swedish Gov.
ennnt. Bennett, Illinois Charitable Eye
and Ear Infirmary, Memorial Institute
for Infectious Diseases, Roosevelt, Ma.
tlonal Association, Mary Thompson,
Chicago Homeopathic. Frances Il. Will
lard, American College Of Medicine, 1t.
Elizabcth's. Norwegian Tabltha, st.
Anthony dc Padua, st. Demands.
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J. Ogden Armour IL very largely In
terested In the Central Leather COM
pany, or the Leather Trust" Us some
people call 1t. =
The Central Leather Company Is u
New Jersey corporation, capitalized for
S4O.O0O,OOO. This year It absorbed the
United States Leather Company. Mr..
Amour IL director IN the company as
IL Mr.. II. T.. Darlington. who IL con-
nected with his Chicago office.
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The law Is plain enough and 1t Is
only enforced against the poor.
stock in Illinois corporations Is as
sessed against the corporation.
Stock In foreign corporations Is rs.
sessed against the individual holder.
The Chicago Subway will he an in
terestlng corporation for the Equal
Taxation League to take a crack at.
This corporation Is owned In Chi
cago and incorporated In New Jersey
for $5O,0OO,0OO.
Every cent of this stock Ia taxable
In the city where 1t Il held and that
II Chicago.
The Chicago Subway Company owns
the Illinois Tunnel Company, which
has issued $l7.OOO.O0O In bonds.
Now these bonds are either worth
their face value, or they are Q fraud.
II they represent the value they pre-.
tend to represent. then they ought b