Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08
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, anu Swift Live Stock Trans.
portation 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 Ill.
n0ls, In Germany.
Swift and 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 Ct. 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 r. Squire aud
Company, New Jersey corporation,
with big packing plant In Cambridge.
Mass, and branches oil 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; Sperry aud Barnes
Company, Of Connecticut; Sturtevant
and Haley, Of Boston; r. Merwin 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 aud Co.,
Norwich, Conn.,; Bimbler, Van Wage.
men aud Company. Newark, New Jer.
sey.
The capital stock Of all Of the above
corporations being owned In Chicago.
Why don't the people Of Chicago got
the benefit Of IT.
The Board Of Review certainly ought
to get enough out Of them to enable
the city to equip good street car line.
Armour and Company, q big Chicago
and Illinois corporation, owns Q great
deal Of stock In outside corporations
Among others Armour aud Company,
Of New Jersey.
The following taken from pages 20l
and 900 Of the report Of the United
States Commissioners Of Corporations
tells 10 something upon this subject
The New Jersey corporation wal
formed for the purpose Of transactinl
certain business which the Illinois
corporation was not authorised Il
transact. Armour and Company. Of
New Jersey operates practically oil
the branch houses for the sale Of beel
and other packing house products sup
piled by Armour and Company, Of I'LL
nois. II also owns the Armour pack
Ing houses ut Sioux City aud Fort
Worth. For convenience the accounts
Of Armour and Company, Of New Jer
sey are carried ON the books Of Armour
aud Company, of Illinois. 10 ascertain
the business transactions Of the New
Jersey corporation, It 10 merely neces
sary to take the accounts relating Il
the branch houses and those relatin,
to the Fort Worth and Sioux CIT!
packing houses The company, how
ever. 10 q genuine one. having larg
actual assets Of IT. own, not q mer'
paper name. It has no separate book
and no profits separate from those az
pearlng In the accounts OF Armour AM
Company. Of Illinoia"
After reading the above from th
report Of the United States Commits
sloner Of Corporations, we would Tx
to ask where our Board Of Assessor
and Board Of Review have beenl
Il And then the following might clalr
the attention Of the Board Of Review
Armour Car Lines Company-Nev
Jersey; S760.000 stock. Directors an
owners; J. Ogden Armour and ask
ciates.
Armour Grain Company-Nsw Jel
sey; 100000 stock. Directors an
owners; J. Ogden Armour and ass'
ciates.
National Packing Company-Ns,
Jersey; e16.O00v000 stock Director
and owners: J. Ogden Armour. L.
Swift. u. =. Swift. Edward MORT
Ssa n Morris. 7. J. ConnorA Thoml