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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-10

Irrigation and land projects are now
in course of organization and dam and
reservoir construction well under way
to add nearly 100000 acres TO the
area on which sugar beet crops can
be grown. The Henrylyn project for
boring the continental divide to turn
the waters of the Grand river into the
Platte will reclaim 100000 acres or
more northeast of Denver. The Stan
ley Lake project. with a similar OBJ
ject, is spending 81 1.250 600 in the con
struction OF system to irrigate 100,-
600 acres north of Denver and almost
in the city's suburbs The Poudre val
ley project will divert the waters of
the big Laramie and irrigate 10000
acres north of Greeley. Then there is
the government reclamation tunnel to
bring the waters of the Gunnison to
irrigate 10000 acres of rich Uncom-
pahgre valley land and still other ir-
rigation enterprises that will add t.
the wealth making agricultural area
before 1910. Capital is eagerly on the
lookout for investment in these under
takings as soon as it is shown that
the water is available. for water on
Colorado land is always reckoned the
equivalent of money.-Denver Repub-
lican.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-10

One Of the humors of the Haskell
fiasco is found in circular letter from
Haskell to the Democratic newspapers
which many of them in Colorado keen
standing at the head of their editorial
columns. In this letter Mr.. Haskell
says: Beware of the trusts bearing
gifts" From recent disclosures it is
evident that If the trusts had any
gifts to offer Haskell wanted them to
come to him. and not to the editors.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-10

When Mr.. Shafroth, Democratic can
didate for gubernatorial honors, makes
his arguments in Colorado beet dis
tricts, voices in the audiences have
been heard to exclaim, "Oh sugar."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-10

The business interests of Colorado
will be glad to see Hon. Jesse F. Nc
Donald in the governors chair again.
He belongs with the doers and not
with the takers.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-10

In the matter of campaign contribu-
tions Bryan is trying to make it appear
that his morals have improved since
1896.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16
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.

Chicago Seeurlties'' for 1907 given
the following facts about Armour D
Company, on page $50.
Armour & Company, organized I'M.
der the laws Of Illinois, April IA. 1900.
Capital stock. $2o.OO0.O00.
property-The plants controlled by
the corporation are the packing houses,
fertilizer 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 10 known all over the
civilized world. The glue factory ID
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 &20.000.0 900 the asses
sors could only dnd $2,600.OO0 Of per
sonai property belonging to II.
The legal tax on $2O.O0O.O0O 10 $780,
600.
The tax on S2.5O0.O00 10 $4,000.
30 the people lose In taxes on the
capital Of this concern alone $345. 900
every year.
This makes a total Of back taxes due
for i've years, according to Supreme
Court rulings In other cases, Of $l,225,'
600.
This does not include the amount Of
taxes due present and back on the
stock Of Armour & Company Of New
Jersey,
Armour car lines,
Hammond Packing Company,
National Packing Company,
Union Stock Yards Of Omaha,
And a number Of other equally val
liable concerns owned by It
The personal property Of Armour 4
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16
NEW YORK HITS THEM

Six years ago Chicago paid taxes on
$l25, 100000 personal property.
This sum has dropped $27.O0O,OOO In
six years.
The Chicago Assessors can only find
ninety-elght millions OF personal prop.
erty in Chicago, according to their as.
sessment Of 1907.
In Chicago the real estate pays nj.
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 total assessed valuation Of Chi
cago Is as follows:
Real Estate .$3iO,Sil,7dO
Personal Property .,...... 0S,343, 100
In contrast to this are the figures
for New York city, which are:
Real Estate .......... SO, 24O, 4S0, 600
Personal Property $500. 11l2,2oO'OOO
The following table of New York
taxes Is interesting In view Of the fine
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16

Company, outside Of Va capital stock
mounts up towards @0O,OO0OOO and
may exceed that sum, as this corpora
tion, unlike Swift & Company, does
not furnish Its figures to Chicago Sc.
curities." Armour & Company owns
a great deal Of stock In outside cor.
poratiOns. every dollar Of which -
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 10 something upon this subject:
THE New Jersey corporation was
formed for the purpose Of transacting
certain business which the Illinois COR.
poration was not authorized to trans.
act. Armour & Company, Of New Jss.
sey operates practically all the branch
houses for the sale Of best and other
packing house products supplied BY
Armour & Company, Of Illinois It also
owns the Armour packing houses at
Sioux City and Fort Worth. For con-
venience the accounts Of Armour Z
Company. Of New Jersey arc carried
on the books Of Armour 3 Company,
Of Illinois. To ascertain the business
transactions Of the New Jersey COZ.
poration, It 10 merely necessary to take
the accounts relating to the branch
houses and those relating to the Fort
Worth and Sioux City packing houssA
The company, however. 10 q genuine
one, having large actual assets Of II
own, not mere paper name. It has
no separate books and no profits ssp.
arate from those appearing In the %.
counts Of Armour 4 Company, Of I'M.
nois."
How long the people Of Chicago Will
continue to pay high taxes while CON
Germs like this escape 40 they do. 10
pr0blematical.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16

Marshall Field & Company carry
100000 insurance, and are said to
have outstanding accounts due them on
the first Of April Of each year, when
tax schedules are died, Of $4,000. 900
in the Wholesale and 100000 In their
retail store.
Yet they are only taxed on @8O00.O 900.
The 100000 insurance probably
stands for &2O.OO0O0O worth Of prop.
erty and the 100000 In outstanding
accounts makes a total Of $4,000 900.
Al the firm 10 only taxed on g..
100000 by the assessors, these figures
would show s22.0O0.000 escaping taxa.
ton.
This $4,000. 900 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 alb
sorbed the business Of % many scores
Of small dealers, and have occupied %
much alley and sidewalk space belong.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16

Review, II II wishes, can ascertain how
much stock he owns In each. or what
Chicagoans do own 1t, as 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. Wis
Omaha Packing Company,
Prussian National Insurance Com.
pany, of stettin Germany.
Mr.. Louis =. Swift u . Director In
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16
THE PUBLIC BE D. Di
MARSHALL field & COMPANY,

Ing to the public that the concern IL
really great public institution-of q
certain kind.
Then again, Marshall Field 4 Com.
pany are In favor Of q high pressure
water system which win 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 hack taxes against the estate Of
the late Marshall Field was urged
upon the Board Of Review by the I'LL.
nois Tax Reform Association.
Marshall Field, the association In.
sists. never paid more than 10 per cent
on his fair share Of taxes on his per.
sonai property. He was, 1t ID further
charged. permitted to evade the pay.
ment Of over 100000 taxes during
the last eight years Of his life. "All
OF this" tho letter says, twas made
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16

the following. How much stock does
he own3 At all events he can give the
Board Of Review much valuable in
formation:
Union Stock Yards Company.
Fowler Brothers, Limited.
Libby, McNeill and Libby.
National Packing Company.
st. Louis National Stock Yards Com.
pany.
Swift's Refrigerator Transportation
Company.
Hollis Cold Storage Company.
Illinois Cattle C0us0any.
Mechanical Manufacturing Company.
South San FrsHc'sO f&nd and In.
vestment Compose.
Springfield Provision COMPANY.
Swifts t~ssiliser Worka
Western Meat Compan..
49,
The Beef Truss y worse than aver
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16
HERE'S THE RESULT.

100000 more than Swift 4 Company
alone had on hand on January I, 1907.
according to "Chicago Securities,"
pages $50 to 341.
The poor real estate owner has to
bear all the burden Of supporting the
government, of making improvements
and of protecting the property and In
.ertsts of the tax.dodging rich!
Talk about ''single tax" The real
estate owners of Chicago are the VIC
lions Of the most ubiquitous single tag
III the world.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16
GOODRICH TRANSIT co.

fresh water commerce. It Ii the big
gest and 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
hdrawn up by the city bureau OF com.
pensatiOn. It Is Of date OF May J.,
1905. and runs for three years, or until
1900.
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. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16
r. Wilson, Arthur Mesker. 9. Nc
Roberts and L. A. Carton.

The Board Of Review should sum-
mon the following well.known citizens
and interrogate them with reference
to the amount Of stock In foreign cor
porations owned In Chicago. which
they have knowledge Of:
]. Ogden Armour.
Louis y. Swift
John A. epoor.
Laurence A. Carton.
Arthur Meeker.
Mr.. Swift and Mr.. Armour are both
reported to b publlc'spirated.
They should both b 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 10 director IN the fol-
lowinc corporations and the Board Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16

In order to show the favOrltlsm
shown to Marshall Field & Company
In the matter of personal property as
sessnent, The Eagle subjoins a state
ment Of the personal tax assessment
OF that Arm and that Of other dry
goods houses. together with the insur-
ance carried by each ON their personal
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16

astounds everyone. In the opinion Of
able lawyers, the very fact that bids
were not advertised for invalidates the
lease. This lease IL worth from
$4,000 to 100000 a year to the city,
Us 1t ia the very best dock property on
the whole chain Of lakes. Several people
would gladly bid $4,000 for It II they
were given a chance. This sort Of
business Is played out with the public
and the facts once understood Will
arouse storm Of indignation.
The Goodrich gang have all their
steamboats, registered from Duluth,
Minnesota, from which port they
"hail." although they do not run to It.
1t Is alleged that this crowd "hail"
their vessels from Duluth to escape
taxation In Chicago, aud yet Chicago
furnishes them with police. IRE and
other protection.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16

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 & COmpany-Assess.
ment e addresses), $5.3oO,OOO; insur-
ance, $16,0OO.O0O.
Carson, Prize, Scott & CO.-Assess'
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16
STATE STREET STORES

ment, $l,0S3,746; Insurance, $2,450, 900.
Mandel NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., $685.
600; insurance, $1,05O,OOO.
Siegel, Cooper & CO.-Assessment,
100000; insurance, $1,O5OOOO.
ROthschild 4 CO.-Assessment, $685.
600; insurance, $655,OOO.
Acknowledgement, $25O,OOO; In.
surance, 100000.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16
Over Ninety.two Million Dollars Worth
Of Quick Assets On Hand
Just Now.
Hot to Mention Fifty. Millions of Dollars
in Capital Stock All Paying
Dividends,
And Yet the Board Of Assessors Gould Only
Find Three Millions to
Tax


Company, ana Swift Live Stock Trans.
portation Company, corporations Of the
State Of Maine.
Swift Reos Comnonv rJr,t.a An.
Ing business IN Great Rr,tain.
s,v,,. p.,,,r. C.,,,.r, ..,w..
svon,. ,o- ste. .,s Co.pnan, - ,,,s
noI. In corm.n,
$50. 49,. C- ,,
al" - ".u ;.Hp 49, =. . =. ~. =,
~. y,s,,sr s...S ~. cSS =.
O,r.s. ~. 49,. az, gu. 90.
Corr.rv ~. -. uso.s,, s.na,. vs.S.
Comnanv IN. ~ ,c..ch stocs. Y.,6.
Comnanv ana +he A. pant Union atock
Yard Comnanv.
p..,ds. ~. oo-,,o.o.,o,. .,,..Av
namod Tho sr,st. .r. .aid N o,n .n1
ahsoluteiv control T.ihnv. AfcNeli and
rIbbv. Of Maine. John p. souirs Ana
Company, a New Jersey corporation,
with q big packing plant In Cambridge,
Mass, and branches all over New Eng.
land: Boston Packing and Provision
SVaupa"J' 0t Maac"us0VssS New mug
land Dressed Meat and Wool Company
OF Maine; North Packlng ana PROVISION
Company OF Maine; sperry and Barnes
Company OF Connecticut; seorsevant
and Haley. OF Boston Z. Merw'n Com.
pany. worcester, Masa.; cpr'nsne'd
frov's'on COMPANY cprineueio' Mass'
White' Percy ana Dexter company
worcester Mass Halstead ana Com
pany' New YORK; Q. II. DAVIS ana Co.,
Norwich Conn.,. bimo'er' van wage
men ana company newark new 'er'
sey'
The capital stock OF oil OF the above
corporations being owned In Chicago.
Why don't the people Of Chicago get
the benent Of 1T
The Board Of Review certainly ought
to get enough out Of them to enable
tho city to equip q good street car line.
Armour and Company, q big Chicago
ana Illinois corporatiou, owns q great
den, Of stock In outside corporations
Anon. othor. Armour and Oompany
a, Nov. Jer.ev.
NV ..,,.-,,n. ....r ,,om n..s. N,
"o 81, .''. =. 49,. ..,o-. - ~ nr,te,,
SN ~oS C ~ =, Co,,,or.tior.
S~s'. 0 .o."a.h,r. ,,on mi. snhiect
. SCms y, ~ $3.50 cornor.tion "a,
go ,o- ~. r,,rno.s a. transactin,
1919 n~.,ns.. vhich the IllinoI,
oo-rcra,,or ws. mot authorized Il
t-.,,..ct Armour ana COMPANY. O,
~, yo-..v ororo+es nractically NJ
49, h-.rch ho,,se. Tor the sale Of bee,
ana other packine house products up
nlied by Armour and Company, Of iii
nois It also owns the Armour pack
Ing houses at Sioux City and For
Worth. For convenience the accounts
Of Armour and Company, Of New Jer
sey are carried ON the books OF Armour
and Company, of Illinois. 10 ascertain
the business transactions OF the New
Jersey corporation, It 70 merely neces
sary to take the accounts re'at'ne =
the branch houses and those re'aIan'
to the Fort worth aud SIOUX C's
packing houses. The company, now
ever, IL q genuine one' having !ats
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16

The Goodrich Transit Company Ii q
corporation organized under the laws
Of the state Of Maine. Capital stock,
100000.
Every dollars worth Of this stock
owned In Chicago 10 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 at the City
Hall?
It Is not generally known that the
dock used by the great Goodrich inter-
ests Ia city property. 1t Is ut River
street, with dock frontage OF 30
feet, with depth ranging from IS 10
4S feet.
This dock Is the very State street OF
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16

As a result of successful tax.dodging
by rich corporations, Chicago real es-
tste pays nearly all the taxes.
A summary Of the 1907 real estate
and personal assessments, assessed val.
uations, Ia AZ follows:
Real estate .............$34 6,S4l 100
Personal property ........ 8S,AS,loo
&445,1S4.8l5
The Assessors and Reviewers could
only find S8e,00O.O 900 worth of personal
property In Chicago to tax, or only &c..
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16

States Supreme Court. When will the
Trust magnates be sent to jail for this
contempt Of the highest tribunal In the
IND?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16

The Beef Trust Is doing business at
the old stand and Ia fixing and main
tanning uniform price for meat In de-
fiance Of the Injunction Of the Untked
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-16

good by the smaller taxpayers Of Chi.
cago to their great loss and injury"
~6A
Marshall Field & Company are only
valued at $4,000, 900 by the assessors,
and taxed ON one-6fth Of II. In view
OF this fact, It ID interesting to note
the insurance carried BY this nrm,
which II a. follows:
State street section ....... 80 zoo. 900
Wabash avenue section go. 1,600.0 900
WnOHOuN .ssssssssssssssss o,UUUUUU
Madison street ............. 100000
fixtures ...........s WU,WU
Warehouse, Polk street and
the River ................ 100000
VOt0I ..sss sss.ssssss.s s$AOUUU,UUU
These figures take no notice Of the
fat that the Insurance Ii supposed to
cover but so per cent Of the real value,
which would make the asseAors' val.
uation appear about l4.O0O. 900 shy Of
tho true figure.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-23
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infamed condition of the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is infamed, you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect heacing,
and when it is entirely closed, deaf
ness is the result, and unless the in
fammatiOn can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an in
TANNED condition of the mucous sur
faces
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take aHlls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-23
NO CRIME TO
THROW DICE
Jerome Answers Charges
of Petitioners.

NEW YORK, June (SpeciaD -
1t is not a crime to throw dice for
the drinks, argues District Attorney
Jerome in his answers to the three
additional charges against him made
by the King Committee, the answers
being sent to Governor Hughes today
in a document comprising 40 type
written pages.
The three specifications were for
dice throwing, for advising e. r.
Thomas, when under Indictment, to
change his lawyer, and for offering
immunity to William r. Montgomery
under certain conditions
The petitioners for the removal of
Mr.. Jerome from office alIege that the
District Attorney committed a crime
by throwing dice to determine who
should pay for certain refreshments
and who should lose a small stake,
and that he was guilty of neglect of
duty is not instituting a prOsecu-
ton against the proprietor of the
place for a violation of the liquor
tax law
Mr. Jerome in answering, says
that while Mr.. Dalmas was summing
up in the Thaw case he was extremely
weary with the work and strain of
very long and difficult trial, and from
his Office went to a restaurant, COM
monty known as Pontin's, for some
thing to eat and drink.
Mr.. Jerome continues:
Respondent engaged in conversa-
ton with his assistant in regard to the
Thaw case, and some one suggested
that the person who should pay for
the refreshment of which we were
partaking should be determined by
throwing dice, and thereupon this
was done, and a few more throws
were made at wager of 81 a throw.
THAT while it is true that this was
a public restaurant, the conditions
were such at the time that it was ap-
parently as private a place as ones
own club and that there were not
attending the act any boisterous or
unseemly conduct or other acts cal
culated to offend or impair the peace
and order of the community"
Mr.. Jerome disputes the charge that
he committed a crime by throwing
dice in the circumstances set forth
and alleges that such an act is no
crime under the law of this State in
tbp circumstances
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-23
WOMEN IN HOT FIGHT
TEAR HIDE AND HAIR

A own-and-drag-out fight
between two black amazons enter
tanned a black audience of three hun
bred on Wheeler street at noon yes
terday. A man. of course, was the
casus belli; but he failed to appear
during the scraplet. Both women
were dead game, and fought to ex-
haustion. One wore a merry widow
hat into the fight but did not wear
it at the finish. Like the Marcel
waves, imported rats and other pro
ducts of the hair foundry, it was class
ed a complete wreck The 800 spec
tators enjoyed it and cheered the
scrapper in blue dress and merry
widow their sympathies evidently
being with her. Later in the day the
police got wind of the fracas and it
will be famed out again in police
court today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-23
FOR SALE.


Rent, 1920.
$4,000.
7-room house, close in, $1,75O.00
Rent 10000. This is safe invest
ment, or pleasant home.
100 acres, 3 miles of r: r. SS50.00.
Z 200 acres, half mile of r. r. station
broom house, near church and
schools, red land,
265 acres, one mile Of r. r. station.
4-room house, and two tenant houses.
running water, healthy and pure
drinking water.
Real estate is the safest of all in
vestments.
II you are looking for an invest
ment or home come to see me.
T. b. WILLIFORD.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-06-23
Every Woman win Be Interested

II you have pains in the back, uri-
nary, bladder or kidney trouble, and
want a certain pleasant herb cure for
woman's ills, try Mother Gray's Aus
tralian-Leaf. 1t is a safe and never
failing regulator. At druggists or
by mail so cents. Sample package
FREE. Address, The Mother Gray
Co., LeRcy. N. Y.