Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-14
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 4 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 Swlfts IRE said to own and
absolutely control Libby, Mcneil and
Libby. Of Maine; John r. Squire and
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 and Wool Company.
Of Maine; North Packing and Provision
Company, Of Maine; Sperry and Barnes
Company, Of Connecticut; sturtevant
and Haley. Of Boston; r. Merwin Com.
pany. Worcester. Mass; Springfield
Provision Company. Springfield. Mass. (;
White. Percy and Dexter Company.
Worcester, Mass; IIalstead and Com.
pany, New York; c. II. Davis ana Co.,
Norwich, Conn: Blmbler, Van Wage.
nen and Company. Newark, New Jer.
scy.
The capital stock of all Of tho above
corporations being owned In Chicago.
Why don't the people Of Chicago get
the benefit of It?
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 big corporations may
escape Just taxation OH 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, Provldent, Wesley, Post.
Graduate, st. Luke's, Hahnemann,
Michael Reese, Mercy, Norwegian Luth.
eran, st. Antlony's, st. IIedwig's, st.
Mary Of Nazareth. Chicago Polytechnic,
Augustana. Evangelical Deaconess',
German, st. JOseph's, st. AIMS, Chicago
Baptist, W0man'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 Il. vii.
/ lard, American College OF Medicine, St.
Elizabeth's, Norwegian Tabltha, St.
Anthony do Padua. st. Bernard's
Mc~
]. Ogden Armour Is very largely In
terested In the Central Leather Com
pany, or the Leather Trust" US some
people cali 1t.
The Central Leather Company Is a
New Jersey corporation, capitalized for
| S4O,OOO,OOO. This year it absorbed the
United States Leather Company. Mr..
Amour Il n director In the company as
Is Mr.. II. =. 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 IL as
sessed against the corporation.
Stock in foreign corporations Is as.
sessed against the Individual holder.
The Chicago Subway will be an In
terestlng corporation for the Equal
Taxation League to take a crack Mt.
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
IL Chicago.
The Chicago Subway Company owns
the Illinois Tunnel Company, which
has issued $17,OOO.OO0 In bonds.
Now these bonds are either worth
their face value. or they are fraud
II they represent the value they pro
tend to represent. then they ought b