Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-28

Company, ana Swift Live Stock Trans
portatlon Company, corporations Of the
State Of Maine.
Swift Beef Company, Limited, do.
Ing business In Great Britain.
Swift Packing Company, selling
agents for Swift and Company, Of iii.
nois, In Germany.
Swift and Company, Of Illinois, are
said to own urge 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, tine Swifts are said to own and
absolutely control LIBBY, Mcneil and
Libby, Of Maine; John r. 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 Connecticut; sturtevant
and Haley. Of Boston; p. Merwin Chm.
pauy, Worcester, Masa; Springfield
Provision Company, Springfield, Mass.
White. Percy and Dexter Company.
Worcester, Mass Halstead and Com.
pany, New York; G. II. Davis and Co.,
Norwich. Conn. Bimbler. Van Wage.
men and Company, Newark, New Jer'
scy.
The capital stock Of all Of the above
corporations being owned In Chicago
Why don't the people Of Chicago gel
the benefit Of ~
The Board Of Review certainly ought
to get enough out Of them to enable
the city to equip good street car line
Armour aud Company, q big Chlcase
and Illinois corporation. owns . great
deal Of stock In outside corporations
Among others Armour and Company
Of New Jersey.
The following taken from pages 2ol
and 200 OF the report Of the Unitst
states Commissioners Of Corporations
| tells W something upon this subject
THE New Jersey corporation wa
| formed for the purpose Of transactinI
certain business which the Il!lnol'
corporation was not authorized u
transact. Armour and Company. o
New Jersey operates practically al
the branch houses for the sale Of bee
and other packing house products sup
piled by Armour aud Company, OF I'LL
nois, It also owns the Armour pack
Ing houses at Sioux City and For
Worth. For convenience the account
Of Armour and Company, OF New Jer
sey are carried ON the books Of Armou
and Company, of Illinois 10 ascertain
the business transactions OF the New
Jersey corporation, It 70 merely necea
sary to take the accounts relating I
tho branch houses and those relatin
TO the Fort Worth and Sioux Cit
packing houses. The company, how
ever, Is o genuine one, having !arg
actual assets Of Its own, not mer
paper mare. It has no separate book
aud no profits separate from those ~
pearing IN the accounts Of Armour an
Company. OF Illinois"
After reading the above from tn
report of the United States Commii
sioner Of Corporations, we would !ik
to ask where our Board Of Assessor
and Board OF Review have beenf
And then the following might claii
the attention OF the Board Of Review
Armour Car Lines Company-Ne'
Jersey; s750.000 stock. Directors an
owners; ]. Ogden Armour and ass
ciates.
Armour Grain Company-New Je
sey; 100000 stock. Directors an
! owners: ]. Ogden Armour and ass
! ciates.
National Packing Company-Ns
Jersey; s1B.0O0yO00 stock. Director
, and owners; ]. Ogden Armour. l.
Swift. q. =. Swift. Edward Morrl
, ~ N. Morris. T. ]. Connors. Thom'