Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31

agents for Swift 4 Company, Of Iii.
nois. 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 st. Joseph Stock Yards
Company. and the st. Paul Union Stock
Yards Company.
Besides the corporations already
named. the Swifts are said to own ana
absolutely control Libby. McNclll and
Libby. OF Maine: John =. Squire and
Company. q 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: Spcrry and Barnes
Company, of Conncctlcut: Sturtcvant
and Haley. of Boston: l.. Mcrwin Com
pnny. Worcester. Mass. Springfield
Provision Company. Springfield. Mass. {;
White. Percy and Dexter Company,
Worcester, Mass. lIalstcad and Com
pany. New York: c, II. Davis ana Co..
Norwich. Conn; Bimblcr. Van Wage.
nen ana Company, Newark, New Jer.
sey.
The capital stock OF all Of the above
corporations being owned In Chicago.
Why don't the people Of Chicago get
the benefit Of Il?
The Board of Review certainly ought
to get enough out Of them to enable
the city to equip good street car limo.
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In order that big corporations may
escape just taxation on their personal
property. forty.rwO Chicago Hospitals
are to be taxed this year for the first
time. These are: Presbyterian, West
Side. Alexian Brothers, Passavant
Memorial. PrOvident, Wesley, Post
Graduate. st IAike'k Hahnemann.
Michael Reese. Merry. Norwegian Luth-
eran. st. Anthony's, st. HedwiGs, St.
Mary Of Nazareth. Chicago P0iyclinic.
Augustana. Evangelical Deaconess'.
German, st. Joseph's. St AIMS, Chicago
Baptist, W0man's Hospital, Chicago
Charity. Columbus. Maurice Porter.
United States Marine. Swedish Gov.
euant Bennett. Illinois Charitable Eye
and Ear In6rmary, Memorial Institute
for Infectious Diseases. Roosevelt, Ma
tionai Association, Mary Thompson.
Chicago Homeopathic, Frances n WILL
lard. American College Of Medicine. St
Elixabeths, Norwegian Tabitha, 81
Anthony do Padua, II. Bernardo
1874
]. Ogden Armour Is very largely IN
terested In the Central Leather Com
pany, or the Leather Trust" % some
people call 1t.
The Central Leather Company IL a
New Jersey corporation, capitalized for
S4O,OOO,OOO. This year 1t absorbed the
United States Leather Company. Mr..
Armour Is Il director In the company A.
IL Mr.. ii. =. Darlington, who is 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 as
sessed against the individual holder.
The Chicago Subway will be an in
teresting corporation for the Equal
Taxation League to take a crack at.
This corporation Is owned in Chi
cago and incorporated in New Jersey
for S50,O00,000
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,OO0 In bonds.
Now these bonds are either worth
their face value. or they are a fraud.
II they represent the value they pre-
tend to represent, then they ought 30