Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-12
SAM McRObERTS 4 jewel
The Charming President Of the Chicago
Subways and Director in Many Other
Big Corporations
Appears toll Have a Charm AboutHim that DazZ|0S
Assessors and Reviewers, Judging
from the Tax Rolls,
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.

branch houses In the State Of New
York. all doing big business.
Swift Fertilizer Works. engaged in
manufacturing fertilizers In the State
OF Georgia.
Swift Refrigerator Transportation
Company, ana Swift Live Stock Trans.
portation Company, corporations of the
State of Maine.
Swift Beef Company. Limited, do
ing r,isincss In Great Britain.
Swift Packing Company. selling
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 and
absolutely control Libby. Mcneil and
Libby. Of Maine: John =. Squire and
Company. New Jersey corporation.
with q big packing plant In Cambridge.
Mass, ana 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 AMI Provision
Company, OF Maine; Spcrry and Barnes
Company. of Connecticut; Sturtevant
and Haley. Of Boston; l.. Merwln Com
pany, Worcester. Mass; Springfield
Provision Company. Springfield. Mass.
White, Percy and Dexter Company.
Worcester, Mass; Halstead and Com.
pany, New York; G. II. Davis ana Co..
Norwich, Conn; Bimbler. Van Wage.
non and Company, Newark, New Jer-
scy.
The capital stock OF all OF the above
corporations being owned In Chicago.
Why don't tho 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 a good street car line.
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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
Sidcs AleXian Brothers, Passavant
Memorial. Providcnt, Wesley, Post
Graduate, st. Luke's, Hahnemann.
Michael Reese, Mercy, Norwegian Luth-
eran, st. AnthOnys, st. Hedwigs, ST.
Mary Of Nazareth, Chicago Polytechnic,
Augustann, Evangelical DeacOness',
German, st. Josepl'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 Infirnary, Memorial Institute
for Infectious Diseases, Roosevelt, Ma
tlonal Association, Mary Thompson,
Chicago Homeopathic, Frances II. VII.
lard, American College Of Medicine, st.
Ellzabeth's, Norwegian Tabitha. st.
Anthony de 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" a. some
people call 1t.
The Central Leather Company is
New Jersey corporation, capitalized for
$4O,OO0,OOO. Thls year it absorbed the
United States Leather Company. Mr..
Amour IL 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 1t Is
only enforced against the poor.
Stock In Illinois corporations Ii 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 crack at
This corporatieo n owned In Obi.