Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05

agents for Swift & Company, Of iii.
nois, 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 +. Squire AMI
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 AMI Wool Company,
Of Maine; North Packing and Provision
Company, Of Maine; Sperry and Barnes
Company, Of Connecticut; Sturtevant
ana Haley. Of Boston; r. Merwin Com.
pany. Worcester. Mass. Springfield
Provision Company. Springfield, Mass. 1;
White, Percy ana Dexter Company.
Worcester, Mass. Ilnlstead and Com.
pany. New York G. II. Davis and Co.,
Norwich, Conn: Bimbler, Van Wage
nen ana Company, Newark, New Jcr.
sey.
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 good street eur line.
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 first
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 Polytechnic,
Augustana, Evangelical Deaconess',
German, st. Josephs, st. AIMS, Chicago
Baptist, W0man's Hospital, Chicago
Charity, Columbus, Maurice Porter,
United States Marine, Swedish Gov.
cnant, Bennett, Illinois Charitable Eye
and Ear In6rmary, Memorial Institute
for Infectious Diseases, Roosevelt, Ma.
tional Association, Mary Thompson.
Chicago Homeopathic, Frances Il. VIII
lard, American College OF Medicine, st.
Elizabeth's. Norwegian Tabltha, st.
Anthony dc Padua, st. Bernard's.
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]. Ogden Armour Is very largely In.
terested In the Central Leather Com
pany, or the Leather Trust" as some
people call 1t.
The Central Leather Company is n
New Jersey corporation, capitalized for
$iO,OOO,OOO. This year 1t absorbed the
United States Leather Company. Mr..
Armour IL a director In the company as
IL Mr.. II. p. Darlington, who Is con.
nected with his Chicago office.
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The law Is plain enough and It Is
only enforced against the poor.
Stock In Illinois corporations IL as
sessed against the corporation.
Stock In foreign corporations Is as.
sessed against the individual holder.
The Chicago Subway will be an In.
teresting corporation for the Equal
Taxation League to take a crack ut.
This corporation Is owned In Chi.
cago and Incorporated In New Jersey
for $5O,OOO,OOO.
Every cent of this stock Is 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,OOO.O00 in bonds.
Now these bonds are either worth
their face value, or they are a fraud.
II they represent the value they pre-
tend 70 represent, then thsy ought 10