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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06

All stocks Of corporations organized
under the laws OF other States than
Illinois, that are owned In Chicago. are
taxable here.
But through some oversight Of the
Board OF Assessors and Board OF Re
view, n majority Of the most valuable
escape taxation.
The Chicago Eagle has been looking
up tho facts In this matter. as 1t IL
Of paramount Importance to every man,
woman and child In the city.
Already enough valuable stock In
outside corporations has been found
omitted from the tax schedules to foot
up a good total In taxes alone Of $.O,.
100000.
Twenty millions OF dollars!
Just think OF 1t.
Why, that sum would buy all Of the
street railroads In Chicago, equipment
and all.
II would raise the salaries of the
arcmen OF Chicago, and they ought
to he raised.
1t would raise the salaries Of the
schoo, teachers and they ought to be
raised.
IT would give us the best lighted and
best paved ana cleanest streets In the
world. and a lot OF other good things
besides.
The Chicago method Of taxation IL
10 take the total valuation and then
make the owner pay on One.afth OF that
valuation.
The tax is about 7 per cent on this
fifth.
Where taxes have not been paid on
any foreign capital stock, the Supreme
Court has decided that the authorities
can 60 back and collect taxes for five
years.
This is where the twenty millio"
will come In.
Let Ms look at a few corporations,
for example, and see what we can fig
ure ont.
Here Is a foreign corporation to
copmence with that We don't find on
recent tax books:
swift's Refrigerator Transportation
Company, organized under the laws 0f
the State OF Maine.
Capital stock. $5,00OOO0.
Every cent of this stock ID owned In
this city.
How much Of 1t is taxed by ~
Board Of Review?
II. as Is alleged, this stock has o.
capped taxation here, then there is dee
the people from this source alone, for
FIVE years, at $4,000 per year, the nne
sum OF 100000. enough to raise the
salaries of firemen and school teachers.
Under the decision OF the Supreme
Court of Illinois. you can 60 back hve
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06

years In each and every case for back
taxes and all stock Of foreign corpora.
tlons held In Illinois. 10 taxable. the
rate being Z per cent on 0ne-6fth Of
the par value.
Governor Denecn is now going after
the Illinois Central Railroad for its
back taxes for five yearA
In tnls connection he should not
overlook the Chicago Junction Railway.
Neither should the Board Of Review.
The Chicago Junction Railway II
capitalized as follows:
Common stock, $8.5O0.O00.
Preferred stock, $6.5OO,OOO.
Total stock value, $13,OOO.OO0.
The Chicago Junction Railway is In.
corpOrated under the laws OF the State
Of New Jersey, and every dollar Of its
stock IL owned In this city.
And every dollar Of It is taxable
here. Don't you forget that.
Let us see how the taxes Of the Chi.
cago Junction Railway figure up for
five years:
The tax Is Z per cent on one.nfth of
the valuation.
One-hfth OF $l3,OOO.O0O is $4,000. 900.
and the taxes on this for one year
amount to $1S2,OOO.
For five years this reaches the 70.
spectacle sum OF 100000.
What do you think Of that?
How many school houses would this
sum build?
How many firemen. school teachers
and policemen would 1t pay?
How many electric lights would II
put in service?
Where is the Board of Review?
What Is the Board Of Review going
to do about It?
The North American Transportation
I'd Trading Company is capitalized
I for $5.OOO,OOO.
Let the Board Of Review get busy In
this direction and add $35O.OOO more
In taxes to the credit of the people.
The stock of the Union Stock Yards
Company Of South Omaha, a Nebraska
corporation. is all owned In Chicago
and taxable here. but 1t seems. like
Others, to have been overlooked.
The Union Stock Yards of South
Omaha, Is a corporation capitalized al
$7,5OOOOO.
The taxes on this stock, II collected
for five years, would put $525. 900 In
the peoples treasury.
Where is the BOARD of Reviewf
Why Is this concern 0verlookedi
Libby, McNeill 4 Libby 10 q New
Jersey corporation capitalized at g.
100000.
Every dollar Of II owned In Chicago
The taxes on this for i've years FOOT
up $4,000.
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The Kansas City Stock Yards Il I'M,
other outside corporation.
1t Is from Missouri, but every dollar
Of Its $OOO0.O00 capital II owned In
Chicago.
We have failed to find where the Chi.
cago men who own this stock have paid
any taxes on It.
The taxes on this fine bunch for i've
years, II collected, would net the pe0-
plc Of Chicago $03O.OOO.
Swift & Company, Of Illinois, that
great corporation capitalized for $780,.
100000. should pay taxes on every dol
lars worth Of stock It owns In foreign
corporations.
Has the Board of Review ever taken
any steps to ascertain how much this
corporation or its officers own In cor.
poratlOns outside the State?
Perhaps We may help them by quot.
Ing the following list Of outside corpo-
rntions owned by Swift & Company, Of
Illinois, according to the report Of the
United States Commissioner Of C0rpo-
ratlOns:
Swift 4 Company. OF Maine, a corpo.
ration which sells the output Of Swift
& Co., of Illinois, In the New England
States and parts of New York and New
Jersey, and owns controlling interest
In the firms of the Swift Beef Com
pany, Of Boston; G. +. and u. G. Swift,
Boston; g. +. Swift & Company. Bos.
ton. and n. II. Hollis 4 Company, Bos
ton, Massachusetts.
Swift & Company, OF West Virginia,
which operates many branches In sew
eral different States for selling beef,
pork, mutton, canned goods, ETC., etc.
Swift & Company. Of New York.
which controls large number OF
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, and Swift Live stock Trans
pOrtatiOn Company, corporations Of
the State OF Maine.
Swift Beef Company, Limited, doing
business In Great Britain.
Swift Packing Company, selling
agents for Swift 4 Company Of I'LL
nOis. In Germany.
Swift & Company OF Illinois are
said to own large blocks Of stock In the
Union Stock Yards Company OF Oma.
ha, the Kansas City Stock Yards Com
pany, the Fort Worth Stock Yards
Company, the st. Joseph Stock Yards
Company, and the ct. Paul Union Stock
Yards Company.
Besides the corporations already
named. the swifts ere said - owa and
absolutely control Libby. 1cNsill 3
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Libby, Of Maine; John p. Squire 4
Company, New Jersey corporation,
with big packing plant In Cambridge.
Mass. and branches all over New En-.
gland; Boston Packing & Provision
Company. Of Massachusetts; New I'm.
gland Dressed Meat 4 Wool Company
Of Maine; North Packing & Provision
Company Of Maine; sperry 4 Barnes
Company Of Connecticut; sturtevant
4 Haley OF Boston; T.. Merwin Com.
pany. Worcester. Mass. Springfield
Provision Company. Springfield. Mass.
White. Percy Il Dexter Company,
Worcester, Mass. Halstead 4 Com
pany, New York; G. II. Davis & Co.,
Norwich. Conn. Blmbler, Van Wagen.
en- 4 Company, Newark, New Jersey.
The capital stock Of all Of the above
corporations being owned In Chicago.
Why don't the people Of Chicago get
the benefit OF III
The Board Of Review certainly ought
to get enough out Of them to enable
the city to equip a good street cur line.
Armour & Company, a big Chicago
and Illinois corporation, owns great
deal Of stock In outside corporations.
Among others Armour 4 Company
of New Jersey.
The following taken from pages POI
and ?O2 Of the report Of the United
States Commissioner Of Corporations,
tells US something upon this subject:
'The New Jersey corporation was
formed for the purpose OF transacting
certain business which the Illinois
corporation was not authorized to
transact. Armour 4 Co. Of New Jer-
sey operates practically all the branch
houses for the sale Of beef and other
packing house products supplied By
Armour 4 Co. OF Illinois. 1t also owns
the Armour packing houses at Sioux
City and Fort Worth. For c0nven.
ience the accounts Of Armour 4 Co. Of
New Jersey are carried on the books
Of Armour 4 Go. Of Illinois. 10 ascer.
tain tho business transactions Of the
New Jersey corporation. II h merely
necessary to take the accounts relating
to the branch houses and those relating
to the Fort Worth and Sioux City
packing houseA The company, how.
ever. II a genuine one. having large
actual assets OF its own, not q mere
paper name. It has no separate books
and no profits separate from those ap'
pearing In the accounts OF Armour 3
Co. of Illinois"
After reading the above from the ~
port OF the United States Commissioner
Of Corporations we would like to ~
where our Board OF Assessors and
Board OF Review have been3
ny going back for ave yeare and
collecting The taxss On the stock Of this
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06

foreign corporation owned In Chicago,
our hrcmcn could have their pay dOu.
bled. our school teachers could be bet.
ter paid. and the city would be much
better on.
The Raar1 Of Review should sum.
mon the following well.known citizens
and interrogate them with reference
to tho amount Of stock In foreign cor.
poratlons owned In Chicago. which they
have knowledge Of:
j. Ogden Armour.
Louis +. Swift.
John A. Spoor.
Laurence \. Carton.
Arthur Meeker.
Mr.. Swift and Mr.. Armour are both
reported to be public.splrited.
They should both be willing to help
In this matter.
They can. II they will. help a great
deal by telling the Board Of Review
what they know.
Mr.. Armour IL director In the -
lowing corporations and the Board OF
Review, II It wishes, can ascertain how
much stock no owns In each, or what
ChlcagOans do own It, as It is taxable:
Armour car lines,
Armour Grain Company.
Central Leather Company,
q. II. Hammond Company.
Hammond Packing Company,
National Packing Company,
United States Leather Company.
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail.
way Company,
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company.
Fort Worth, Texas.
Hutchinson Packing Co., Hutchinson.
Kansas.
Northwestern National Fire InSur-
ance Company of Milwaukee. Wis.
Omaha Packing Company.
Prussian National Insurance Com
pany Of stettin. Germany.
Mr.. Louis +. Swift d a director In
the following. How much stock does
he ownf At all events he can give the
Board Of Review much valuable intor-
nation:
Union Stock Yards. Chicago.
Fowler Brothers, Limited
Libby, McNeill 4 Libby.
National Packing Company.
st. Louis National Stock Yards Oon-
pany.
swift's Refrigerator Transportation
Company.
Hollis Cold Storage Company.
Illinois Cattle Company.
Mechanical Manufacturing Company.
South San Francisco Land 4 Inn
provement Company.
Springfield Provision Company.
ewift's Fertilizer WorkA 7
Western Neat Company. w.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06
the speakers were Nicholas Michaels,
N. ]. Canter. william Quinlan, c. A.
Hallam and Harry Wood.

the speakers were Nicholas Michaels,
N. ]. Canter. william Quinlan, c. A.
Hallam and Harry Wood.
The following organizations, among
others, are fighting the proposed now
"charter:"
United Societies. $4,000 members
Independence League. which polled
$1,000 votes for Its county ticket head
ed by James J. Gray.
worklngmen, organized and unorsan.
lied.
Democratic party.
Taxpayers and ward improvement
clubs.
Real Estate Board.
Jefferson Club and a host Of other
organizations.
Renters. who realize that Increased
taxation will mean higher rents.
The people have the trust press
where they want 1t In this charter
fight, And when the trust press gets
through. 1t will have learned something
about the people.
Chicago taxpayers will not have to
pay nearly as much rs they do now II
the foreign corporations named In The
Eagle pay their just taxes In this city.
The "city beautiful" talk makes a
fine preface to the steam, heat and
power scheme.
Taxpayers and rent payers OF Chi
cago should stand shoulder to shoulder
In the fight against the charter. High
taxes and high rates will be the result
II the charter Is adopted.
Many of the men who are advocating
the new charter have no property or
other material interests in Chicago.
To adopt the new charter means the
establishment OF an unbreakable ring
In the City Council for four years.
That will be a great day for Chicago
when steam, heat and power will be
supplied to Chicago through the new
subway. And maybe 1t won't be a
great day for some other people!
My, what graft there will be In that
four-y0r City Council!
The property owner and the fiat rent
er will both be soaked II the new char.
ter passes. One will have his taxes
raised, the other will have his rent
Increased.
~
Why Is II that Erie street, Huron
street and Indiana street. not to men.
tiOn some other nearby North Side
streets, have not been improvedi Is
there any good reason why all the out
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06
lying streets should DO paved and
downtown thoroughfares neglected?
wAREHoUSEs
i7s.i9o Quincy Street

lying streets should DO paved and
downtown thoroughfares neglected?
~a
Rents will 70 up all over Chicago II
the new charter II adopted. Landlords
will be obliged to raise them because
Of higher taxes.
~6A
The now charter means higher taxes
and higher rents.
%6
Congress should at once add 70 ~
meat inspection law these three pro.
visions:
PACKERS should be ObliSed 70
bear all the expense attached To IN
spection.
PACKERS should be obliged to
print date OF canning on tho labels Of
all canned goods.
3L!All meat In transit should be In
pected by the government.
~
The price of meat continues tO soar
aud soar Here 10 comparison OF
present prices with the prices Of two
years ago:
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-12-19

Ing and stimulating them so that they
readily take care of the food that is
eaten. 1t also increases the flow OF
gastric juices, thus getting from the
food the nouris hment that is necessary
for health and energy.
The symptoms of indigestion are
numerous, such as distress after eat
ing, fiatulence, heartburn, sick head
aches, dizziness and irritability.
These are all dispeiled by few doses
OF Mi-o-na when the trouble is recent,
but just as surely in long standing g
and chronic cases if the treatment is
followed for a reasonable length of
time.
So positive are the good effects follow.
ing the use OF Mi-o-na that the remedy
is sold bv Hanson & Emerson under
an absolute guarantee to refund the
money if it should fail to cure.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-12-19

Next year is leap year and some ot
the eligible young men about town
who have not yet committeed matrl-
mony are wondering it they will get
tn ough 1908 without being caught
on the nuptial hook.
We can furnish you with holly for
your Christmas tree. McCracken
& Burgess.
Next Sunday morning at the Con-
gregational church the pastor will
preach a Christmas sermon on
tributes to the Christ Child" In
the evening the subject will be 1.-THE
Centenary of Whitter''
Fresh bananas, celery and lettuce for
ca istmastide. McCracken & Burgess.
The Christmas dressings of the
store windows in Sauk Centre this
year are very pretty and attractive,
showing fine lines of goods and de
the fact that when it
comes to window decorators the local
are artists.
Sunday afternoon at 3 O'Clock the
funeral of Mrs. Johanna Anderson
was held from the Lutheran church.
Interment was IN Greenwood cemetery.
Mrs. Anderson was widow and her
home was about two miles north OF
Fairy LaGe. She was IS years old at
the time Of her death. She leaves
three sons and the same number Of
daug hters.
An Aberdeen, s. D., daily paper
publishes an item to the effect that Mrs
Mary Buholz has brought an action
for divorce against E. ]. Buholz,
manager of the International Harvester
Co. of that city. Defendant formerly
resided in Sauk Centre and st. Cloud
The complaint alleges harshness in
the management of their children.
Naomi Chapter, Order OF the Eastern
Star, has elected the following officers:
w. NJ, Mary Kells: w. p, Chas. Morse;
A. w. Fiesler; Sec., Kate Miner; Treas,
Ella Lamb; Con-, Lillian Rowe; Asst.
Con-, Emma Working; Ada, Ula Wood;
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-12-19
HOME HAPPENINGS

Wintry weather has been the rule
for the past week Two inches OF
snow on the ground made fail
foundation for sleighing and few peo-
ple were out on runners. The weather
is favorable for shopping and people
are attending their Christmas pnrch-
ases with a cummendable degree OF
promptness.
Ms. f. Buck will sell tatting and
point-Iace hapdkerchiefs, also fancy
collars, on Friday and Saturday of
this week.
The postofiice will close at noon ana
reopen $3.50 p. m. on Christmas day.
You people have been complaining
that -four has been too high. Now
Pm going 10 make some prices TO
suit you. Paynesville, Albany, Free
port and Melrose flour that has been
selling for $500 Pm going to sell for
a week for $2.8C. / will also sell for
81. Bertha iiuuI that has been sell
ling for $500. There is no bette,
-four ON the market. If you wan.
some of these great bargains come
early AID avoid the rush. JOE EX
FORD.
Preparations are complete for the
Band dance at the city hall tomorrow
night. The indications are for goOu
attendance.
Fancy navel oranges at 35 cts. d
dozen. McCracken & Burgess.
James Costello, living in Melro>s
township, died wednesday at the age
Of 20. The funeral was held this
afternoon from st. Paul's Catholic
church.
Get your holly at McCracken &
Burgess.
MARRIED-At the rectory, North
field, Mimi, Dec. Is, 1907 Miss
Louise E. Keller and Howard G..
Murphy, both of Joplin, Mo.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-12-19
NOTABLE MEDICAL DISCOVERY
OF Special Value to Many Here
in Sauk Centre.

One of the most notable discoveries
and one that undoubtedly appeals
more than anything else to many people
here in Sauk Centre is the combina-
ton OF stomah remedies in the Mi-o-na
treatment. This prescription has
worked wonders, and there is not no
excuse for anyone suffering with in
digestion or week stomach.
1t acts specifically upon the muscles
of the stomach and bowels, strengthen
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-12-19
JOHN KUSCHNER

"Alma" Anthem. solo and chorus.
80 Salutaris'' solo and chorus,
]. Mandlinger.
"Tantum Ergo Verdussen.
Benediction.
"Adoremus" Choir.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-12-19

OOlNDHu OOl1OOIO DOOu
Elaborate Programs, With Trees,
Are LII Order In all the SdHk
| Centre Churches
Next Wednesday is Christmas.
On Tuesday evening, Christmas eve,
the different Sunday schools will have
trees and special musical programs
will be given. Here are the programs:
CONGREGATIONAL
Opening chorus. The Birthday oil
the King"
Responsive scripture reading.
Invocation, by the pastor.
Chorus, "Hall, the King"
Recitations: Lois Scrivner, Malcolm
Hanson, Leon Dahlem, five girls.
Piano duet, Hildred and Howard
Ingram.
Recitations: Frances Edoy, Kenneth
McCoilum, Alice Angus, Hernia IL
Robbers.
Chorus, "Rally Song"
Recitations: Eva Chapman, four
boys, Fred Robbers, three primary
girls, Harry Watson, Margaret Nc
Bride, Calvina Robbers.
Solo, Dorothy Waite.
Recitation, May Working.
Piano solo, Fay Cooper.
Recitations, Hlldred Ingram.
Song, Primary classes.
Recitations: Bennie Mcbride,
Frances jackson, Harry Scrivner,
four girls, Mamie Hooper.
Song, Two girls classes.
Recitations: Agnes Swan, Albert
Hanson, Lou Ingram.
Chorus, "Tell the joyful Tidings." D."
The exercises begin at 7:30 O'Clock
p. m. Mrs. r. E. Hanson has charge
of the music and Miss Fannie Norris
of the general program.
EPISCOPAL
Solo, selected.
Scripture lesson, creed and prayer
by the Sunday school.
Song, "Joy to the World.'
Recltations: Winifred Howard, Earl
Rien, Ruth Howard, Rudolph
Schleusener, Edith Gates.
Song, Everywhere Christmas
Night"
Rotations: Carlisle Palmer, Jimmie
McGibbon, Tom Davidson.
Recitation by four girls, namely,
Marguerite Watson, Verna Davidson,
Edith Gates and Mary Doolittle.
Recitations: Vera Jameson, Arab
Mullin, Milton Fish.
Song, "The jolly Christmas King"
Arrival of Santa Claus and dis
tribution of gifts.
Song, "Holy Night"
The exercises begin PROMPTLY at
7:30. A cordial invitation is extended
to all. Miss Kells has charge of the
program.
CATHOLIC
The exercises at St. Paul's Catholic
church will all be held on Christmas
Day. Here is the program:
First High Mass at 5 a. m. Sung by
St Cecilia's Choir.
"Stille Nacht" Chorus.
"Mass in Honor of st. Anthony"
]. G. Zangl.
Anthem, "Adeste Fidelis" Lerler.
Sermon, Rev. A. Art.
Offertory, "Leatentur Coeli" J..
Wiegand.
Christmas carol, "Ihr Hirten"
Song of Sheperds and Angels.
Shepherds Mass at O'Clock. By St.
Agnes Choir.
Appropriate hymns sung at crib, by
little ones dressed in white.
Second High Mass at 10 a. m. Sung
by St. Cecilia's Choir.
Introductory Hymn, "Gloria in
Excelsis Deo." Sung by ladies of
st. Cecilia's Choir.
Mass in E "flat' Bartholomew.
Graduate, "Nolite Timere'' FIR.
Buchler.
Vini Creator, solo and chorus,
Knabel.
Sermon, Rev. A. Arzt.
Offertory, "Pastores" J. Wiegand.
Song, "Ehre sci Gott' solo and
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-05-19

A biography of the distinguished
Georgian, William H. Crawford, is
now being written by Col. j. E. d.
Shipp of Americas, and aside from the
general interest attaching thereto the
book will be of local interest in the
fact that this great Georgian has in the
Dudley family of Americas a line OF
descendants esteemed like himself in
the highest degree.
Col. Ship is a forceful writer, and
his biography of William II. Crawford
should be most interesting story, both
on account of the authors ability as a
writer and the splendid subject he has
chosen for his pen.
William H. Crawford was one of the
most eminent men that ever illustrated
this State in the councils of the nation
and Mr.. Shipp has in hand much mat
ter concerning him which is not gener-
ally known and which in itself will
make highly entertaining reading.
Mr.. Crawford, like many other dis
tinguished men of his day, believed in
the code duello, and he had two
"affairs, y killing his opponent in one,
and being wounded in the other. In
1907 he was elected to fill vacancy in
the United States Senate, and was re-
elected in 1911. In 1912, when Vice
President Clinton was unable on ac-
count of of sickness to act as Presi-
dent of the Senate, Mr.. Crawford was
chosen President protein.
In 1913 President Madison offered
him position in his cabinet as Secre-
tary of War, which he declined, but a
little later accepted the appointment to
France as minister. While at Paris
a warm friendship sprung up between
him and Lafayette, who appointed him
agent for his lands in America.
In 1915 he asked to be recalled, and
while Ell route home he was appointed
Secretary of War, the Senate having
refused to confirm the appointment of
Gen. Dearborn to this position. He