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Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY.

Marshall Field d Company carry
&18O00.O00 insurance. and are said to
have outstanding accounts due them on
the nrst Of April Of each year, when
tax schedules are filed, Of 96.000. 1000
In the Wholesale and $1,000. 900 In their
retail store.
Yet they are only taked on se.O00.O00.
The 910.OO0O00 insurance probably
stands for $20.O00.O00 worth Of prop.
erty ana the $1,000. 900 In outstanding
accounts makes a total Of $4,000, 900.
A. the nrm 10 only taxed on g..
100000 by the assessors, these figures
would show $22.00o,000 escaping taxa.
tlon.
This 922.OO0O00 has to be made up
somewhere. and It 10 made BY taxing
the real estate Of the small property
owner to the limit.
Marshall Field & Company have ab.
sorbed the business Of 20 many scores
Of small dealers, and have occupied 20
much alley and sidewalk space belong
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14
Enormous Holdings by Armour People 10
Big Concerns Outside Chicago Attract
Much Attention.
The Small Taxpayers Are Very Much In.
terested in the Developments Of
This Great Wealth,
Yet the Chicago Assessors Gould Only Find
Two and One-half Millions
to Tax

Company, outside Of lts capital stock
mounts up towards $0O.O0O,OO0 and
may exceed that sum, az this corpora.
tion, unlike Swift 4 Company, does
not furnish Ito figures to Chicago g.
curltles." Armour & Company owns
a great deal Of stock In outside cor.
porati0ns. every dollar Of which 10
taxable here In Chicago. Among others
Armour & Company, Of New Jersey.
The following taken from pages 201
and 202 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 cor.
poratlon was not authorized to trans.
act. Armour & Company, Of New Jsr.
sey operates practically all the branch
houses for the sale Of beef and other
packing house products supplied by
Armour 4 Company, Of Illinois It also
owns the Armour packing houses at
Sioux City and Fort Worth. For con.
yenience the accounts Of Armour 1
Company, Of New Jersey are carried
ON the books Of Armour Z Company,
Of Illinois. To ascertain the business
transactions Of the New Jersey oos.
poration. It 10 merely necessary to tako
the accounts relating to ths branch
houses and those relating 10 the Fort
Worth and Sioux City packing houssa
Tho oouuauv hnsvovne Il q <anss0v&H
one, having large actual assets Of 10
own, not mere paper name. Il has
no separate books and no profits ssp.
arate from those appearing In the %.
counts Of Armour 4 Company, Of Illi.
n0ls."
How long the people Of Chicago will
continue to pay high taxes while con-
Germs like this escape 40 they do. u
problematical.
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14

"Chicago Securities" for 1907 gives
the following facts about Armour &
Company, on page $50.
Armour 4 Company, organized un.
der the laws Of Illinois, April IA. 1900.
Capital stock. $20000.O0O.
Property-The plants controlled BY
the corporation are the packing houses,
fertiliser works, glue factory, soap fac
tory and hair factory In Chicago. and
the packing houses In South Omaha,
Sioux City, East st. Louis and Fort
Worth. The importance Of the pack.
Ing houses and plants controlled BY the
organization Il known all over the
civilized world. The glue factory 10
one Of the largest In the country. The
soap factory 10 also operated on q
large scale.
Although the capital alone Of this
great concern 10 $4,000. 900 the asses.
sors could only nnd $2,S00.O00 Of per.
sonal property belonging to It.
The legal tax on $2O.0O0.00O 10 $780,.
600.
The tax on $2,5O0.0O 10 $4,000.
80 the people lose In taxes on the
capital Of this concern alone $246, 900
every year.
This makes total Of back taxes due
for I've years. according to Supreme
Court rulings In other cases, Of $l,225,.
900.
This does not include the amount Of
taxes due present and back ON the
stock Of Armour 4 Company Of New
Jersey,
Armour car lines,
Hammond Packing Company.
National Packing Company.
Union Stock Yards Of Omaha,
And q number Of other equally val
liable concerns owned by It
The personal property Of Armour 4
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14

=. Wilson, Arthur Mesker. 9. NC
Roberts and l. A. Carton.
The Board OF Review should sum-
mon the following well.known citissns
and interrosate them with reference
to the amount of stock In foreign cor
poratious owned In Chicago. which
they have knowledge Of:
]. Ogden Armour.
Louis =. Swift
John A. gpo0r.
Laurence A. Carton.
Arthur Meeker.
Mr.. Swift and Mr. Armour are both
reported to be publlc-spirited.
They should both BE- willing to help
In this matter.
They can. II they will. help great
deal by telling the Board Of Review
what they know.
Mr.. Armour 10 director In the fol-
lowlM' corporations aad the Board Of
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14
NEW YORK HITS THEN

Six years ago Chicago paid taxes on
$l25. 100000 personal property.
This sum has dropped $:7.OOOOOO In
six years.
The Chicago Assessors can only find
ninety-eight millions Of personal prop
erty In Chicago, according to their as
sessment OF 1907.
In Chicago the real estate pays al
most the whole tax.
In New York the Assessors tax seven
billions Of personal property.
In New York the rich personal prop
erty owner pays most Of the tax.
The fetal assessed valuation Of Chi
cagO Ia rs follows:
Real Estate $jA6,S41, ,76O
Personal Property ANN. 0S,343, l55
In contrast to this are the figures
for New York city, which are:
Real Estate ...,.... $6,24O, ,4SO,6OO
Personal Property ...... 1,7l?,OO.OOO
The following table OF New York
taxes Ia interesting In view Of the fine
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14

Review, II It wishes, can ascertain how
much stock be owns In each, or what
Chicagoans do own 1t, 40 1t 10 taxable:
Armour car lines,
Armour Grain Company,
Central leather Company.
G. H. Hammond Company,
Hammond Packing Company,
National Packing Company,
United States Leather Company,
Chicago, Milwaukee 4 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. WiG
Omaha Packing Company.
Prussian National Insurance Com
pany, Of stettin Germany.
Mr.. Louis r. Swift v . director In
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14
GOODRICH TRANSIT co.

fresh water commerce. II Ii the big.
gest aud best dock In the greatest city
on the whole chain Of the great lakes
What do you suppose the Goodrich
folks pay the city for this valuable
property!
Only 5000 year rental!
From period to period the lease has
been renewed. WITHOUT ADvER-
TIsEMENT. and always at the same
old figure.
The last lease or agreement" was
drawn up by, the city bureau Of COM
pensatiOn. It is Of date Of May I,
1905. aud runs for three years, or until
1909.
%a
The leasing by the city Of tie great
Goodrich dock, east OF Rush street
bridge, for the paltry sum Of 5000
per wear, without advertising for bids,
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14

the following. How much stock does
he own? At all events he can give the
Board Of Review much valuable in
formation:
Union Stock Yards Company.
Fowler Brothers, Limited.
Libby, McNelll and Libby.
National Packing Company.
st. Louis National Stock Yards Com.
pany.
Swift's Refrigerator Transportation
Company.
Hollis Cold Storage Company.
Illinois Cattle COrrnany.
Mechanical Manufacturing Company.
South San Fran"isu land and In
vestment COmpanv.
Springfield Provision Company.
SwifT's ssrsilizer WOrka
Western Meat C0mpanr.
49,
The Beef Trur' y worse than aver
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14
HERE'S THE result.

100000 more than SWIFT & Company
alone had on hand on January J. 1907.
according to Chicago Securities"
pages $50 to 34l. .sa,t.., ,., ,..,
The poor real estate owner has to
bsar all the burden OF supporting the
government, OF making improvements
ana Of protecting the property and In
teststs pf the tax'dodging rich l,aav,
Talk about "single tax" The real
estate owners of Chicago are the VIC
tions Of the most inlquitlous single tax
IN the world. aAol7snh boos y79ys hd
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14

In order to show the favoritlsm
shown to Marshall Field 4 Company
In the matter Of personal property as-
sessment, The Eagle subjoins state
ment OF the personal tax assessment
Of that frm and that Of other dry
goods houses, together with the insur.
ance carried by each ON their personal
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14
THE PUBLIC BE Dbl

Ing to the public that the concern II
really q great public institution-of q
certain kind.
Then again, Marshall Field 3 Com.
pany are In favor Of Q high pressure
water system which viii cost the tax.
payers millions Of dollars to install.
But we do not hear Of small mer.
chants shouting for high pressure water
system.
The collection Of over 100000 al.
legged back taxes against the estate Of
the late Marshall Field was urged
upon the Board Of Review by the I'LL.
nOls Tax Reform Association.
Marshall Field. the association In.
sists. never paid more than 10 per cent
on bis fair share Of taxes ON his per.
sonal property. He was, It Ia further
charged. permitted to evade the pay.
ment Of over 100000 taxes during
the last eight years Of his life. IAN
Of this" the letter says, "was made
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14

astounds everyone. In the opinion of
able lawyers, the very fact that bids
were not advertised for invalidates the
lease. This lease 10 worth from
$4,000 to 100000 a year to the city.
as 1t is the very best dock property on
the whole chain Of lakes. Several people
would gladly bid $5O.OO0 for It IL they
were given chance. This sort of
business is played out with the public
and the facts once understood will
arouse a storm Of Indignation.
Tie Goodrich gang have all their
steamboats, registered from Duluth.
Minnesota. from which port they
"hail," although they do not run to It.
1t 10 alleged that this crowd "hail'
their vessels from Duluth to escape
taxation In Chicago, and yet Chicago
furnishes them with police. Gre and
other protection.
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14
STATE STREET STORES

property. The reader will note the
difference between the Field assess.
ment and the insurance carried, and
then figure out how much taxation this
public spirited concern escapes:
Marshall Field 4 COmpany-Assess-
ment e addresses). $5.350.O0Oi insur-
ance. $16,000,OOO.
Carson, Pirle, Scott 4 Co.-Assess.
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14

The Goodrich Transit Company ID q
corporation organised under the laws
Of the State Of Maine. Capital stock.
100000.
Every dollars worth Of this stock
owned In Chicago II taxable here. The
Reviewers should call A! w. Goodrich
and ask him who owns It. Mr.. Good.
rich ought to know and the people want
to know.
%e
Who does the fine work for the
Goodrich Steamboat gang ut the City
Hall?
1t Is not generally known that tine
dock used by the great Goodrich inter-
ests IL city property. 1t Is ut River
street, with q dock frontage OF So2
feet. with depth ranging from n5 to
43 feet.
This dock Is the very State street OF
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14

ment, $1,8S3, ,746; insurance. $o.45O, 900.
Mandel Assessment, $685.
900; insurance, $1.050.O0O.
Siegel. Cooper 4 C0.-AssessMent
$500. 900; insurance. $l.O60.0OO.
Rothschlld 4 C0.-Assessment, $l25,.
600; insurance, 9555,OOO.
Hillman's-Assessment, $25O.OOO; In.
surance, 100000.
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14
BS48,S4l,780
'"8S,343,155
SA5,1S4,915

The Beef Trust is doing business at
the old stand and Is fixing aud main
tanning a unlforp price for meat In de,
fance off, the iA,Aactiop Of the United,
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14

As result Of successful tax.dodging
by rich corporations, Chicago real es-
tete pays nearly all the taxes.
A summary of the 1907 real estate
and personal assessments, assessed val.
uariOns, IL az f0ll0ws:' Hi'I'f F" '.'
Real estate ........... .S346yS4l, 100
Personal property ....... 0S,343,l 100
in' $445,1s4,915
The Assessors and Reviewers could
only nnd $9s.0OOOOO worth Of personal
property in Chicago to tax, or only $8,-
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14

Total ..... $l0,OUU,OOO
These figures take no notice Of 'he
fat that the insurance IL supposed ia
cover but so per cent Of the real value
wh!ch would make the assessors val
uation appear about $4,000 900 shy Of
tho true figure.
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14

states Supreme Court When will the,
Trust magnates, be sent, to jail for this
contempt Of the highest tribunal In ths
s-AW 90 u suuaIsq Q00C i0 5om iay
bnnogs satptpib AYiragiA ui yila ia
Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14

good BY the smaller taxpayers Of Chi.
caso to their great loss and injury"
Manhall Field 4 Company are only
valued at $4,000. 900 BY the assessors,
and taxed ON one.nfth Of It. In view
Of this fact, II 10 interesting to note
the insurance carried BY this nrm,
which IL % follows:
State street section ........$4,000. 600
Wabash avenue section 80. 100000
Wholesale ................. 10000
Madison street ............. hN00O0
Fixtures ............ ...... 10000
Warehouse. Polk street and
the River ................ 100000
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03

Burnett Ashley returned last night ca the Cottage City and Is staying at the Fifth Avenue hotel with his father.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03

The Board of Trade is offering a prize, consisting of box of cigars or a bottle of wine for the best Limerick advertising their new alley entrance
 The conditions of this contest are that each Limerick shall contain the name "Bosrd of Trade" and use the term "Aney."
 Two Limericks, selected from those received will be published daily, and the judges will select one of these as the prize winner each week.
 All Limericks received will be posted ou the blackboard in the Board ot Trade each day as received.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03
BASKETBALL

Monday morning there were two teams Ot boys playing. They were made up of the following: L. L.Hasles, A. Boon, F. Doree, L, Gutield, NJ. Leslie against c. Talbot, H. Eagle, A. DOree, c. Dewitt, and B. West.
 The latter team won by score of 3 to o. The game all through was pretty equal one. It would have turned out bad fer the latter team if they had to tbrow for the opposite b,skes for the rays of the sun streamed in st the east window and inded the players that threw for that goal.
 'H'''
 Yesterday afternoon a team with Nellie Orchard ss captain and consist iug of Edith LlddicOas, Eleanor Leslie, Ruth Dewitt and Viola Powell played against Maude Haslets. Francis Liddi- coat, Nellie Shea, Veronica Mulvihlll, and Nellie Flynn. The score was to l ID favor of Nellie Orchards team.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03
Phone City TrAnsSor

For your coal, wood and general haul. ing. Phone 90, BouGhton's cigar store. lo-A-ln
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03
WElR KIDNEYS HARE WEAK BODIES
RIdnep DIusasns Cause Half che Com
 mon A0hon and Ills of AlEsla

As one weak link weakens chain, SO weak Kidneys weaken the whole bo1y aud hasten the final breaking down.
 OYerweTk, straiDs, colds and other causes injure the kIdneys, and when their activity is lessened the whole body suffers from the excess ct uric poisou circulated in the blood.
 Aches aud pains and lSnguor and urniary Ills come, and there Is an ever increasing tendency towards dialects and fatal Bright's disease. There is no real help for the sufferer except kld- neY help,
 Doan's Kidney Pills act directly on the kidneys and cure ev rY kidney III.
 E. A. Suttnp, of ll26 Walter St, Sa- lem, Orrgon, says: "For ten or twelve years rheumatlsm and kidney trouble was the scourge of my life and two or three times l was down on my buck on account of the pain being so severe. could hardly move owing to the lame ness and had to leave my farm and come into the city 10 doc or Tor the trouble but nothing seemed 10 bring me more than temporary relief. was in bad shape just before I went 10 a drug store and procured Doan's Kidney Pills. My limbs 3woulp scarcely support me and could only get around at times with the greatest difficulty. Doan's Kidney Pills benefited me at once and when I had used used three boxes l was ab' solutely free from every symptom oi my old trouble and my health was bet ter than 1t had been for fourteen year. can coDscientiously say that Deans Kidney Pills are the best remedy of the kind ever used or knew of,"
 For sale by all dealers. Price 5C cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, N r., sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's-and take no other.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03
BURIED IN CEMENT.
The Story of an Arab Boy Who Re-
 neunesd Mohammedanlsr.

The Story of an Arab Boy Who Re-
 nounesd MohammsdanlSm.
 According to history, there was born about the year 1920 an Arab boy named Geronimo. He was captured in infancy by the Spanish garrison at Gran, and when about eight years old be escaped from hIs captors and went back to his family. living as Moham' medan until the age of twenty-five. He then voluntarily returned to Gran and resumed the Christian life which be had adopted previously when in the hands of the Spanish authorities. A few years later he went on a coast Ing raid with party of SpAuiards. but the raiders were themselves cap tured by a Moorish corsair and brought to Algiers. Here the attempt was made to convert him to Aoham- mechanism. but he consistently refused to embrace that faith. so that he was tried and condemned to die. His hands were tied behind his back. and be was cast alive. face downward, into block of concrete then being prepared for the Fort des vingt Quatre Heures then building. Careful note was taken of the spot by Haldo, a Spanish Rene dlctine missionary to Algiers, who prayed the time might come when the Lord would pave the way for bis eI humation and Christian burial. Ir 1858 the French found It necessary tC destroy the fort, and the data left by Haido were found to be correct, for thu designated block of concrete on being cut open disclosed the bones of Geron lmo and the cavity left by hls body The bones were removed Dec. 27. 1853 and given Christian burial, and theI now rest in a massive stone sarcophs gus in the cathedral. A plaster cas was made of the cavity and afterwarC paotographed.- Age.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03

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The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03
THE NORTHERN LIGHT

The fifth sixth grades arc writing competition on "The History of sEsg- ways Name"
 sss.ss Boy-"Say mis CT, please give me i've cents worth of castor oil and give me very short measure, too" Druggist-"shors messureP why9" Boy-"Cos rve got to take It mysslt."
  The high school pupils will meet today after school for the purpose of selecting officers to get out their an- nual.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03
ORlINlNGf NO 30

AN ORDNANCE providing for the RsEistra- of Voters In the Town of skaEwAy. BH IT ORDAINED by the COMMON COUNCIL of tho Town of skagway:
 sEcEIoal
 The voters of tho Town of skHsWay Bhsn Do registered by the Clerk otsaid Town ct least once each year as hereinafter provided. sEcEIoNs
 It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk of said Town of sksgway immediately upon the taking effect of this act to procure for the registration of voters, poll book for tho said Town.
 Said Poll Book shall at all tlmeS Do kept at the ofleo of tho Said Town Clerk. Tho said Town Clerk shall designate by notice to be published in tho paper having tho the city printing the time and place whsro said res istratlon or Poll Book Shall be open for tho registration of voters of said Town.
 sEcrIoNt
 The said Town. Clerk shall duly register all aualAed persons applying for registration and said Poll Book shall be open from the first Monday of March to tho last Saturday prior to the general municipal election during which time the said Town Clerk shall register all qualified persons applying for registration.
 SPCrIoSS
 It shall be the duty of all citizens of said Town. after tho opening of tho Book aE here In provided. to apply to the Town Clerk and be registered therein. at such time or times as such Book shall be open for that purpose; and stch registration. when made. shall enti- tlesuch citizen to vote if he Is otherwise GuAli- Bed. If such citizens are otherwise legally qualified voters and have 90 caused them selves to be registered" such registration shall be prlma facie evidence of the right o' such citizens to vote at any election in said Town subsequent to such registration and prior to the last Saturday of March next sue eeeding.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03
LOOK FOR THE BACK DOOR

The reopening of the Board of Trade ou the l7th will be an event of DO small moment in the life of Skagway. Thing have been pretty dull since 1t closed everybody knows that. Entrance from BroadWaY to the rear. Sl7't
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03
Hear Those MnndOliLs Ringing

Eight of them in one instrument, with Piano accompaniment. Hear them a5 tho Mascot. It is great, and fills the place of vaudeville entertainment.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03
LIMERICK COMPETITION

A lantern one dark rainy night, Gave out a soft welcoming light
 Down the Alley of plank,
 Went a particular CT Ink To the Board of Trade just for 8 sight
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03

Some Skookums after the dance, Sat around the stove in 8 trance,
 Said Bill let us rally:
 We'll go down to the Alley, I've still got four bits iu my pants,
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03

The Pack Train Restaurant will serve wine with dinner orders, free in place of tea or coffee. Come on boys.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03
HAVE YOU SEEM

our-F. Canadlus Felenius, If not drop in at Daylight and look at it-it Is the prettiesS now iIeVer was. Respectfully yours Herman Grimm.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-03-03

The Fifth Avenue hotel has un!imlte- accomodStlons. Steam heat and every thing modern.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09
THE RESULT.

The election Is over. The voters
have spoken and the result of the
ballot is the law. Not all the can
didates could have been elected, and
with so many good men on the ticket
for every office, 1t was not an easy
matter to make a choice, but the re-
suit in general seems to be satisfac-
tory to our people.
Judge Lon d. Mars as mayor, has
been well chosen. His career in the
past warrants the assertion that ANA
rillo will have a judicious, econom-
cal and wise municipal administra-
ton during his term Of office. He
was not the candidate of any par
ticular clique or faction, but ran
upon his own merits, and his election
is gratifying to all for the reason
that being a man of exceptional ex-
ecutive ability, as evidenced by his
success in private life, and being a
clean man in every respect, we may
reasonably expect the same from him
In public life.
AS to the defeated candidate Mr..
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-09

shaughnessy while we regret his
defeat as mayor, we rejoice in the
knowledge that the city will not be
bereft OF his valuable services and
counsel, for he still retains his seat
as alderman, where he has proven
himself very capable and able man.
Concerning the remainder OF the
elected members 10 the new council,
they are all known as men OF ex-
ceptlonal business acumen, broad
minded, able and efficient, and that
being so, we can expect by their aid
to retain the high standard OF the
personnel Of the city council OF ANA
rillo.
Referring to the city officers, at
torney, marshal, secretary, recorder,
surveyor and collector, with one ex-
ceptlon they are men who have been
reelected, and that their services In
the past have given satisfaction is
evidenced sSras ID; Selection.
All In all, while the Daily Panhan-
die regrets that some good men were
necessarily defeated for office, still
It realizes that good men throughout
have been elected