Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-24

agents for Swift 4 Company, Of III.
n0is, In Germany.
Swift 4 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 81. Joseph Stock Yards
Company. and the ct. Paul Union Stock
Yards Company.
Besitles the corporations already
named. the Swifts are said to own and
absolutely control Libby. McNeill and
Libby. Of Maine; John r. Squire and
Company, New Jersey corporation.
with big packing plant In Cambridge.
Mnss, 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; Spcrry and Barnes
Company, Of Connecticut: Sturtcvant
and Haley. Of Boston: 7. Merwln Com.
pany. Worcester. Mass; Springfield
Provision Company. Springfield. Mass ;
White. Percy and Dexter Company.
Worcester. Mass. Hnlstead and Com.
pany. New York; c. II. Davis and Co..
Norwich. Conn; Bimbler. Van Wage.
non and Company, Newark. New Jer.
soy.
Tho capital stock OF all Of the above
corporations being owned In Chicago.
Why don't the people Of Chicago get
the benefit Of II?
Tho Board Of Review certainly ought
to get enough out Of them to enable
the city to equip good street car line.
In order that bI. corporations may
escape just taxation on their personal
property, forty.twO Chicago Hospitals
are to be taxed this year for the tirst
time. These are: Presbyterian. West
Side. Alexian Brothers', Passavant
Memorial, Provident, Wesley, Post.
Graduate. St Luke'A Hahnensnn.
Michael Reese. Mercy. Norwegian Luth.
eran, st. Anthony's, st. Hedwls's, Ut.
Mary Of Nazareth. Chicago Polyclinic.
Augustann, Evangelical Deaconess'.
German. st. Joseph's, St. AIMS, Chicago
Baptist, Woman's Hospital. Chicago
Charity. Columbus. Maurice Porter.
United States Marine. Swedish Gov.
enant. Bennett. Illinois Charitable Eye
and Ear Inarmary, Memorial Institute
for Infectious Diseases. Roosevelt, M.
tiOnal Association. Mary Thompson.
Chicago Homeopathic. Frances u vii.
lard. American College Of Medicine, st.
Elizabeth's. Norwegian Tabitha, St.
Anthony do padua, st. Bernard'a
-saaS~
J. Ogden Armour Ii very largely In
terested In the Central Leather Com
pany, or the Leather Trust" AZ some
people call 1t.
The Central Leather Company Ia a
New Jersey corporation. capitalized for
S4O.OOO.OOO. This year It absorbed the
United States Leather Company. Mr..
Amour IL a director In the company as
IL Mr.. II. =. Darlington. who IL con-
nected with his Chicago Office.
The law IL plain enough and 1t Ii
only enforced against the poor.
Stock In Illinois corporations IL as
sessed against the corporation.
Stock In foreign corporations ts as
sessed against the individual holder.
The Chicago Subway will be an in
tercsting corporation for the Equal
Taxation League to take crack ut.
This corporation Ia owned In CHI
cago and incorporated In Now Jersey
for $5O,O0O,COO.
Every cent of this stock 10 taxable
In the city where 1t IL held and that
Ia Chicago.
The Chicago Subway Company owns
the Illinois Tunnel Company. which
has Issued el7.OOO,O0O In honda
Now these bonds are either worth
their 3acs value. OF thsy are Q fraud.
II thsy rsprsssut TIE value thay prs.
tsnd b rspsssnt. then thsv ought b