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Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25

Marshall Field & Company carry
$10,000.O0O insurance, and are said to
have outstanding accounts due them on
the first Of April Of each year. when
tax schedules are fled. Of $1,000. 900
In the Wholesale and 100000 In their
retail store.
Yet they are only taxed on $0!000.O .O00
The $10.O00OOO insurance probably
stands for $20.O00.OOO worth Of prop.
erty and the $SO0O.000 In outstanding
accounts makes total Of $4,000, ,OO0
A. the 6rm 10 only taxed on &c..
100000 by the assessors, these figures
would show 100000 escaping taxa.
tion.
This $22,O00O0O has to be made up
somewhere. and II 10 made by taxing
the real estate Of the small property
owner to the limit.
Marshall Field 4 Company have alb
sorbed the business Of so many scores
Of small dealers, and have occupied 20
much alley and sidewalk space belong
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25
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 Its capital stock
mounts up towards $0O,OOO.OOO and
may exceed that sum, as this corpora.
ton, unlike Swift & Company, does
not furnish Its figures to "Chicago Sc
curities." Armour & Company owns
u great deal of stock In outside cor.
porations, every dollar Of which 10
taxable here in Chicago. Among others
Armour & Company, Of New Jersey.
The following taken from pages ?0l
and 202 Of the report Of the United
States Commissioner Of Corporations,
tells us something upon this subject:
''rhe New Jersey corporation was
formed for the purpose Of transactins
certain business which the Illinois cor.
poration was not authorized to trans.
act. Armour 4 Company, Of New Jer.
sey operates practically oil the branch
houses for the sale Of beef and other
packing house products supplied BY
Armour & Company, Of Illinois. II also
owns the Armour packing houses &C
Sioux City and Fort Worth. For con.
venience the accounts Of Armour 4
Company, Of New Jersey are carried
ON the books Of Armour 4 Company.
Of Illinois. To ascertain the business
transactions Of the New Jersey COZ.
poration. It II merely necessary to take
the accounts relating to the branch
houses and those relating to the Fort
Worth and Sioux City packing houssa
The COmDany howeyer In a 1Anulnn
one, having large actual assets Of IL
own, not a mere paper name. It has
no separate books and no profits sep.
arate from those appearing In the &C.
counts Of Armour & Company, Of Illi.
nOis."
How long the people Of Chicago will
continue to pay high taxes while con-
Germs like this escape a. they do. 10
problematlcal.
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25

"Chicago Securities" for 1907 gives
the following facts about Armour &
Company, on page $50.
Armour & Company, organized un.
der the laws Of Illinois, April IA, 1900.
Capital stock, s2O,OOO,OOO.
Property-The plants controlled by
tile 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 IL known all over the
civilized world. The glue factory IL
one Of the largest In the country. The
soap factory is also operated on
large scale.
Although the capital alone Of this
great concern 10 $4,000. 900 the asses.
sors could only flnd $2,5OO,OOO Of per.
sonal property belonging to 1t.
The iegal tax on s9oOOO.OOO 10 $780,.
600.
The tax on $2,5OO.OOO 10 $4,000.
So the people lose In taxes on the
capital Of this concern alone $245. 900
every year.
This makes a total Of back taxes due
for five years, according to Supreme
Court rulings In other cases, Of 1925.
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 number OF other equally val.
liable concerns owned by It.
The personal property Of Armour &
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25
HERE'S THE RESULT.

100000 more than Swift & Company
alOnc had on hand on January /, 1907,
according to Chicago Securlties,"
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.
tcvt SITS of the tax.dodging rich!
Talk about q 'slngle tax" The real
estate owners of Chicago are the VIC
tlons of the most iniqultious single tax
IN the world.
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25
new YORK HITS THEM

Six years ago Chicago paid taxes on
$l25, 100000 personal property.
This sum has dropped $c7,OOO,OOO In
six years.
The Chicago Assessors can only find
nlnety.clght millions OF personal prop.
erty In Chicago, according to their rs.
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 MS follows:
Real Estate .S34O,Sfl, ,I6O
Personal Property ........ 0S,343, 100
In contrast to this are the figures
for New York city, which are:
Real Estate ....,...... .SO,2fO,4SOOUU
Personal Property ...... LIl2,2OOOOO
The following table Of New York
taxes is interesting In view Of the fine
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25
GOODRICH TRANSIT co.

fresh water commerce. It Is the big.
gest ana best dock In the greatest city
Oh 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. 1t Is Of date OF May J.,
1905. and runs for three years, or until
1909.
~e>
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., 1908-04-25

the following. How much stock does
he own? At oil 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 C0csDany.
Mechanical Manufacturing Company.
South San FrssNiso fAnd and In.
vestment Compass.
Springfield Provision COMPANY.
Swifts S.sullzer Worka
Western Meat Companc.
~
The Beef Trus1 , worse than ever.
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25

Review, II 1t wishes, can ascertain how
much stock he owns In each, or what
Chicagoans do own 1t, rs It 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 & St Paul Rail.
way Company.
Fort Worth stock Yarde Company,
Fort Worth, Texas.
Hutchinson Packing Co. Rutchlnsou,
Kansas,
Northwestern National Fire Insur.
ance Company. Of Milwaukee. Wis
Omaha Packing Company,
Prussian National Insurance Com.
pany, Of stettin Germany.
Mr.. Louis =. Swift V . director In
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25
THE PUBLIC BE D. Di
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY.

Ing to the public that the concern Ii
really great public instltution-of
certain kind.
Then again. Marshall Field & Com.
pany are In favor of a high pressure
water system which will cost the tux.
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
ipon the Board Of Review by the I'LL.
nois Tax Reform Association.
Marshall Field. the association In.
slsts. never paid more than 10 per cent
on his fnir share Of taxes on his per-.
sonal property. He was, 1t Is further
charged. permitted to evade the pay.
ment Of 'Over $2.OOOOOO taxes during
the last eight years Of his life. "All
Of this" the letter says, "was made
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25
T., Wilson, Arthur Meeker. 8. Nc
Roberts and L. A. Carton.


The Board Of Review should sum-
mon the following well.known citizens
and iuterrogate them with reference
to the amount Of stock In foreign cor.
porations owned In Chicago, which
they have knowledge Of:
]. Ogden Armour.
Louis +. Swift.
John A. Sp00r.
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 q great
deal by telling the Board Of Review
what they know.
Mr.. Armour 10 q director IN the fol.
lowinr corporations and the Board Of
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25

The Goodrich Transit Company Ii a
corporation organized under the laws
of the state Of Maine. Capital stock,
100000.
Every dollars worth Of this stock
owned In Chicago is 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.
Who does the fine work for the
Goodrich Steamboat gang ut the City
Hall?
1t Is not generally known that the
dock used by the great Goodrich inter-
ests Is city property. 1t Is at River
street, with dock frontage Of 30"
feet. with u depth ranging from a5 to
43 feet.
This dock Is the very State street Of
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25

property. The reader will note the
difference between the Field assess
ment ana the insurance carried, ana
then figure out how much taxation this
"public spirited concern escapes:
Marshall Field 4 Company-Assess-
ment 6 addresses), S5,35O,OOO; insur-
ance. $16OOO,OOO.
Carson, Plrle, Scott & CO.-Assess'
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25
STATE STREET STORES

ment, $l,9S3, 746; insurance, $2,45O, 900.
Mandel BrOthers-Assessment, $685.
900; insurance, $1,05O,OOO.
Siegel, Cooper & CO.---Assessment,
100000; Insurance, $1,O5O.OOO.
Rothschild & CO.-Assessment. $425,-
600; Insurance, $555.O0O.
Hillman's-Assessment, $25O,OOO; i'll
surance, 100000.
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25

The Beef Trust IL doing business at
the old stand and is fixing and main
tanning a uniform price for meat In de-
fiance of the Injunction of the Unsted
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25

In order to show the favoritlsm
shown to Marshall Field 4 Company
In the matter of personal property as
sessment, The Eagle subjoins a state
ment Of the personal tax assessment
OF that firm and that Of other dry
goods houses. together with the insur-
ance carried by each on their personal
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25

nstounds everyone. In the opinion Of
able lawyers, the very fact that bids
were not advertised for invalldates the
lease. This lease Is worth from
$4,000 to 100000 year to the city,
as 1t is the very best dock property on
the whole chain Of lakes. Several people
would gladly bid $4,000 for 1t II 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.
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 "ha!l"
their vessels from Duluth to escape
taxation In Chicago. aud yet Chicago
furnishes them with police. IRE and
other protection.
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25

States Supreme Court. When will the
Trust magnates be sent to Jail for this
contempt of the highest tribunal 10 the
loAd?
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25

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.
uatiOns, is rs follows:
Real estate .$348, ,S4l, ,780
Personal property ..... 9S,3S,lo0
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25

$445, ,184,015
The Assessors and Reviewers could
only fnd $0s,000.O 900 worth of personal
property in Chicago to tax, or only &c..
Chicago eagle., 1908-04-25

good by the smaller taxpayers Of Chi.
cago to their great loss and injury"
~6
Marshall Field & Company are only
valued at $6,O0O.OOO by the assessors,
and taxed on one.ffth Of It. In view
Of this fact. It IL Interesting to note
the insurance carried by this ilrm,
which is as follows:
State street section ....... $4,000. 900
Wabash avenue section .... 100000
WHOLESALE ................. J,OUU,UUO
Madison street ............ 100000
Fixtures .......... ..... OOO,OOO
Warehouse. Polk street and
the River ................ 3OOO,OOO
IOtuI ..... .......... s$AOVUV,VUU
These figures take no notice Of Tho
fa,. that the insurance ls supposed to
cover but 50 per cent Of the real value,
v h.ch would make the assessors val.
uatIon appear about $l4.0OO.00O shy Of
tho true figure.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-04
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1908.
The Doe Bill.

We think the great majority of the
people of the State are in hopes that
Governor Proutv will continue to refuse
to sign the doe bill"
There is especial reason to do this at
this time. as the slaughter this year of
the deer was SO very much larger than
usual. We do not think that anyone
wants them all killed off again, as
throughout the greater part of the State
they have been once. In the first place,
the quite large supply which is now fur
nished once year in the market is of
large intrinsic value to the whole popu-
lation of the State; and next, the pic
turesqueness of few scattered over the
State, especially in the mountain towns,
is "a great attraction, as we known by ex
perience, to summer visitors. Give the
deer chance to recuperate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-04
Abolish the tuberculosis Test,

Two or three main facts suggest them
selves in connection with abolishing or
regulating the testing of cattle for tuber-
culosis. The state is squarely faced with
a deficit unless the gross amount expend-
ed by the cattle commission is greatly
| danger limit of 100000 each two years.
There is talk of reducing the proportion
which the state shall pay, but, in the
opinion of this paper, this will not help
the matter great deal. Where a man
now estimates his COW to be worth SIS,
and the commissioner, who knows the
animal is not worth half that sum, calls
| in neighbor to settle the matter, there
is only one result, the two local men sue
coed in keeping the price up to the $50
limit and the appraisal of the commits
sioner amounts to nothing
We do not pay the farmer the value
of his cow we pay him a bounty on a
diseased animal that has no market
value.
| The House will be faced with this
/
problem probably this week, and it will
be the duty of the members to face the
situation honestly and courageously, to
get the actual facts, ascertain whether
there is any less tuberculosis than there
was six years ago, get some expert
opinions on whether the bovine bacillus
is actually communicable to man,
whether the money would not better be
or in an experimental, sanitary farm for
the treatment and possible cure of bovine
tuberculosis in the early stages thereof.
The Herald is confirmed in the opinion
that, with the veterinary profession, it.
self uncertain as to the communicating
of the disease, with no practical results
to show in reducing its prevalence, with
new treatments and isolation being gen
orally put into operation in surrounding
states, with practically every state around
us having given up the bounty anC
slaugb tering idea, it well behooves Yer
mont to consider carefully and soberly
whether the enormous sum which is be
ing expended every year in testing anc
destruction of tuberculosis cattle is no
practically being thrown away.
Suspend the slaughter and save tn
money until we find out little NOR
about this disease. We are "going i
, blind" and spending a shockingly larg
amount of money with no practical ben
: efits as yet accruing Rutland Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-04

long column not compact flock, but
separate parties of individuals and small
divisions, but always sufficiently near
to be guided by the calls of those ahead.
The leaders of these migratory flights
are the older birds who have had pre-
vious experience and who are familiar
with the routes of travel.
The swallow is not only day travel
Ter, but one of the most easily recognized
of fliers whether he go singly or in
swarms. Swift and straight as an arrow
he lashes himself forward with his wings
and steers with his forked tail. The
"footess swallow" he is called because
of his inability to stand on the ground;
while the horned lark is one of the most
graceful of walkers, and Mr.. Ruskin
wakes eloquent on the ankle motion of
the robin, motion also shared by the
American robin. although in color, size,
and many habits he differs from his
English cousin.
According to Michelet, a swallow is
supposed to make about so leagues an
hour in fight, so that, as Mr.. Ruskin
says, "leaving Devonshire after an early
breakfast, he could be in Africa to
lunch. -Harper's Weekly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-04
EAST MIDDLEBURY.

Cloyes Reed and Miss Wyman of Rut-
land were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Reed during the past week.
Mrs. g. F. Partridge was with Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank G. Partridge of Proctor for
Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hunt have re-
turned home for the winter.
a son was born to Sir. and Mrs. Peter
Tierney Sunday morning.
Earl Leno had the misfortune to fall
and dislocate his left arm at the elbow
during the past week
Edward Leno is under the doctor 8
care.
The many friends Of Miss Jessie New
ton will be pleased to learn that she is
slowly recovering from her long sickness
with typhoid fever.
Cold Spring lodge, I. o. G. T., will Gel.
citrate its 10th anniversary of its institu-
ton on Tuesday evening with an oyster
supper. All members of Cold Spring are
requested to be resent.
Mrs. A. H. Sumner has gone to Rut
land, where She expects to remain with
friends during the winter.
About 60 couples attended the Thanks
giving ball at the Green Mountain House
A quiet and orderly party is reported.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dubrey of Rut
land were the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
John Champlin during the past week.
N. B. Decker has returned to the Sold
iers' home at Bennington.
Miss Jessie Newton is slowly improv
ing.
Miss Croft of Middlebury college wal
the guest of Miss Genevieve Elmer owe
Sunday.
l. B. Boardman was in Rutland las
Monday to consult with DIR. Caverly O
that city.
A five minute talk to the children Sun
day morning at the NJ. E. church. Sub
ject of the regular discourse will be
For What are We Converted?" Sun
day school at noon. Evening service a
Up. M, conducted by Mr.. Frederick Bid
well.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-04
Cha m plain Terce nte n ary.

Already the publicity promised by the
advocates of the tercentenary celebra-
ton is beginning to appear. The Spring
field Republican of Sunday had a half
page article, illustrated, in relation to
the coming event, while the same issue
had the following to say editorially:
Plans are already in active prepare
ton for the joint celebration next July
by Vermont and New York of the 300th
anniversary of the discovery OF Lake
Champlain. An article printed upon
another page will remind the reader how
important and how intensely dramatic il
the history which the celebration should
serve to recall. Champlain. Montcalm,
Lord Howe, Lord Amherst, Ethan Allan
these are but few of the names that
suggest themselves and in turn the
events in which their heroic bearers par
| ticipated. Yet while the time is still
months distant it is desirable to empha-
size the one act by which the anniver-
sary may be most fittingly signalized.
The ruins of Fort Ticonderoga at the foot
of Lake Champlain in New York state,
and the beautiful promontory on which
they stand, should be acquired either by
the state or by the nation, preferably the
latter, and maintained as public reser-
walton or park. The property is now
under private ownership and it is under
stood that it may be bought at reason.
able figure. What may become of it if
not acquired is only matter of con
| lecture; the natural beauty of the spot
might lead to its being taken for exclu
sive private use as part of country
estate or it might be desecrated by the
erection of summer caravansery.
Fort TicondeToga must always have
unique historical value through its as
sociations with boCh the conflict be
tween English and French for the mas
terry of the continent and the latter
strife of the colonies for their independ
ence. Congress is about to meet; bill
| for the purchase of Fort Ticonderoga
should be introduced early in the ses
sion.
This subject would probably not have
heen suggested had Vermont not taker
the initiative in this plan of a celebra
ton. Congress is likely to look with fa'
vor on all such proposals as the forego
ing.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-04
On the Flight of Birds in Au-
tumn n.

The more timid of the birds migrate
at night, and so cut us off from one of
the chief joys of autumn, seeing their
regiments cross the sky. The English
Robin, according to Ruskin, is night
migrant, and in this land the woodpeck.
ers, cuckoos, flycatchers' meadowlarks,
orioles, many of the finches, vireos, tan
most thrushes prefer night travel. They
are timid and afraid of attracting at.
tention if they go in swarms by day
lighs. 1t seems they carefully plan their
departure, prearrange a date-would
that one had the magic ear and shared
their councils-and then ON the fixed
night they gather at the note of their
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-04
vINoL CURES CHRONIC COUSINS,
COLDS AND BRONCHITIS
After Other Remedies Fail

Il have been troubled with a chronic
cold and bronchitis for a long time
and have tried many remedies without
nnding relief Through the kind sug-
gestion of friend tried Vinol, and
after taking four bottles, am entirely
cured" A. H. Wilde, 7338th Avenue,
Minneapolis, MINI.
S. Mcdonald. lat w. Congress
st. Paul. MINI, writes: 81 con-
tracted a severe cold last winter and
thought would never get rid of it. /
tried Vinol as a last resort, and it has
completely cured me-"
Vinol combines two world-famed
tonics. the healing. medicinal proper
ties Of cod liver oil and tonic iron, de-
liciously palatable and agreeable to the
weakest stomach. For this reason.
Vinol is unexcelled as a strength
builder for old people. delicate chill
dren, weak and rundown persons. af-
ter sickness and for Chronic Coughs.
Colds and Bronchitis.