Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18
Over Ninety.tw0 Million Dollars Worth
Of Quick Assets On Hand
Just Now.
Hot to Mention Fifty Millions Of Dollars
in Capital Stock All Paying
,.lN Dividends,
And Yet the Board Of Assessors Gould Only
Find Three Millions to
Tax.

Company, amt 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 I'LL.
nois, 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 st. Joseph Stock Yards
Company aud 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 and
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 and Barnes
Company, Of Connecticut: sturtevant
and Haley. Of Boston: p. 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 and Company, Newark, New Jer.
sey.
Tho capital stock Of oil Of the above
corporations being owned In Chicago,
Why don't the people Of Chicago get
the benefit Of ~
The Board Of Review certainly ought
to get enough out Of them to enable
the city to equip Q 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 and Company
Of New Jersey.
The following taken from pages 291
and zoe Of the report Of the United
states Commisslousr Of Corporations
tells 10 something upon this subject
The New Jersey corporation Wal
formed for the purpose OF trausactlni
certain, business which the Illinol'
corporatlon was not authorised h
transact. Armour aud Company. o.
New Jersey operates practically 81
the branch houses for the sale Of bee
and other packing house products sup
piled by Armour and Company. OF I'LL
n0ia II 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 Illinoia To ascertain
the business transactions Of the New
Jersey corporation. It 70 merely necea
sary to take the accounts relating b
the branch houses and those relatin
to the Fort Worth and Sioux Cit
packing houses. The company, how
ever. 10 Q genuine one. having lars
actual assets Of It, own, not Q mer
paper name. It has no separate book
and no profits separate from those or
pearlng In the accounts Of Armour an
Company. Of Illlnola"
After reading the above from th
report Of the United States Commil
sloner Of Corporations, We would Tx
to ask where our Board Of Assessor
and Board Of Review have been3
And then the following might clail
the attention Of the Board Of Review
Armour Car Lines Company-Ne'
Jersey; $760.000 stock. Directors an
owners; J. Ogden Armour and ass'
ciatss.
Armour Grain Company-Nsw Je
sey; 100000 stock. Directors On
owners: J. Ogden Armour and ass
} ciates.
National Packing Company-Ns
Jersey elB.O0Q000 stock Dirscto,
} and owners: J. Ogden Armour. Il
Swift. p. =. Swift, Edward Morrl
NJ n. Morris. 7. J. Connors. Thoma