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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18


The Board OF Review should sum.
mon the following well.kuowu citissns
and interrogats them with rsfsrsnes
to the amount Of stock In foreign cor.
porations owned In Chicago. which they
have knowledge Of:
j. Ogden Armour.
Louis r. Swift.
John A. Sp0or.
Laurence A. Carton.
Arthur Meeker.
Mr.. Swift and Mr.. Armour are both
reported to bs public.spirited.
They should both be willing 70 help
In this matter.
They can. II they will. help . great
deal by telling the Board Of Review
what they know.
Mr.. Armour Ia q director In The e.
lowing corporations and the Board oi
Review, II II wishes. can ascertain bow
much stock he owns In each. or what
Chicagoans do own II, 20 It 10 taxable
Armour car lines,
ArmOuS 6Iulu COupauy.
Central Leather Company.
g. II. Hammond Company.
Hammond Packing Company,
National Packing Company,
United States Leather Company.
Chicago. Milwaukee 4 Ct. 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 r. Swift u Q director II
the following How much stock Do
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18

tlon q statement II made that the tax
rate on personal property has been
raised over 81 on every hundred dol.
lars Of valuation.
Of course this does not apply to the
multl.milll0nnirc tax dodgers who have
70 much influence with the assessors
They escape lightly, and the burden
falls ON the poor.
The tables Of rates for the various
parts of the county's personal property
taxes for l0O0 and l0O7 show a zen.
eral increase Of taxation throughout.
The tables are ~ follows:
1000. 1907.
South Town. Hyde Park
and Town Of Lake ....S6.077 $7.90
North Town ............ G1l7 1.57
Lake View .............. G7l7 III
West Town ............. 7,Ol3 TO
Lake View residents must pay the
highest tax.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18

Armour, Swift and the other multi.
millionaire personal tax.dOdgers paid
their Just dues to the municipality.
The Assessors have left Armour,
Swift and Company OF SO lightly that
vehicle owners will have to make up
the delinquency.
J. Ogden Armour ought to pay ST..
100000 a year in taxes on $lOO,OOO,OOO
II he IL only worth that sum. As 1t
II. he pays only $500 year on a
personal property valuation of $780,
900.
The Beef trust will 6nd II hard
10 sse resting place when the peo.
ole of this country rise against II
% they surely will. The people Of the
whole world are crying for its exter.
minati0n.
~0A
The Illinois State Board of Health
Is composed OF able and honest men.
In August, 1906, 1t issued bulletin to
the public announcing that 1t was the
duty Of municipalities to protect their
meat supply by careful local inspec.
ton. as the government inspection only
applies to interstate and foreign com.
merce. The government has no local
jurisdiction here. The reply made by
the city health department to this wise
advice from the State Board Of Health
was the withdrawal OF the city inspec.
tors from the big packing houses.
Comment Is unnecessary.
Chicago II worse today In tho graft
line than san Francisco ever was.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18

he owni At all events hs can give ths
Beard oe Review much valuab,s iaSes-
nation:
Union Stock Yards. ChicaOA
Fowler Brothers. Limited
Libby. NcNsill Z Libby.
National Packing Company.
= et Louis National Stock YAr1G osO
peny.
ewift's Rser,ssrator Traaapsseatsss
Company.
Hollis Cold stosa0s CompaaV.
Illinois Cattle Company.
Mechanical Manufacturing osnpsaV.
oouth San veaneisco Lard 3 In
provsmsnt Company.
Springfield Provision Comoa1v.
Rwifts Fsetiliser WorkA
Western Nsae Cem0aaV.
The Beef Trust and its pals got q
fine showing up from DR.. John +.
Crowell Of New York, associate editor
Of the Wall Street Journal, who spoke
before the social and economic section
of the American Association for the
Advancement Of Science In Cobb Hall,
University Of Chicago. Dec. 81. 1907.
"The leaders Of the great enterprises
today probably do not adequately ap-
preciate the sm0lderlng fury Of discon-
tent which their own management Of
business has steadily engendered." DR..
Crowell continued. I'VE are educating
our children In the public schools TO q
point where society will neither toler-
ute nor endure the perpetuation OF an
economic lie. A I've means war;
"rhe high prices Of to-day are .
manifestation OF that, economic lie. we
read that the prices Of hogs are going
down. but pork does not. That 10 but
one OF many Instances back Of which
Is cupidity aud unscrupulOus specula-
tiOn.
"Hhis discomfort Of the masses II not
confined to any one section. 1t is not
typical OF New York, Chicago or San
Francisco. 1t 10 national. The disturb
ances which eliminated In the French
revolution were Partisan. That was q
tempest In teapot compared with the
far.reaching. deep-rOOted discomfort In
this country that has sprung from the
encr0achment OF the speculative spirit
upon industrial and commercial fields.
'.rhe hOgglshness Of corporate greed
has done more than anything else to
bring conditions to the danger point In
American society. 1t 10 time to take
heed. The bandit must be prevented
from getting away with his booty, for
the people are beginning to realize the
extent to which they have been swim
i died"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18
1T IS TIME FOR THE PEOPLE TO DEMAND ACCOUNTING

mour's personal property at 100000.
The annual tax on 100000 10 only
$500.
The difference between &?.SO0 and
Si.4OO.OOO In $l,307.OO
This would build great many
schools and give great assistance to the
police and fire departments.
And think what Il would amount to,
II. under the Supreme Court decisions,
the back taxes not paid are collected
from Mr.. Armour for Ave years.
Does the City Council ever pass any
resolutions to get this money?
oh. no!
~
Swift & Company. the great corpora.
ti0n which the assessors only valued
last year at $3,OOO.O0O. reports that It
has over $iOO.OOO.OOO In quick assets on
hand this year. Read Its annual re.
port and draw your own conclusions.
The tax rate In seven per cent on
One-fifth Of the actual cash value.
This would make Swift 4 Company
legally liable to tax Of $l.40O.O0O
year. This would help out the other
taxpayers some, II II was paid.
But the kind assessors only value
Swift 4 Company's $lOO,0OOOOO plant
at $3,OOO,OOO, which makes their an
nual tax only $4,000.
Quite a loss to the city In the diff
ference between $4,000 and $l,4OO.OOO
The funny part OF 1t is that In
eliminating the rich fellows the asses
sors could only tind $0G,OOO,OO0 worth
Of personal property In all Chicago last
year. Four millions less than the re-
sources of Swift & Company.
The annual meeting Of the stOckhOld-
ers OF Swift 4 Company was held at
the offices Of the company ut the Union
Stock Yards January 2. 1905.
Treasurer l.. \. Cartons report states
that the turnover or gross business
of the company aggregated $3.50, O,OOO,-
900 during the year.
The financial report shows surplus
at the close Of the year amounting to
Sl5..OO,OOO, which Is an increase OF
$o.sO3,095 compared with the previous
year, These figures, after allowing
about $l.GOO,OOO for depreciation, which
was the amount written of, indicate
earnings of substantially 1850 per cent
on S5O.OOO,OO0 capital stock. out OF
which the company paid Z per cent In
value of each share of stock Is figured
dividends during the year.
There was an increase OF $6,065, ,0O5
with the preceding year, and the book
In the value Of quick assets compared
The financial report for the year end
ut $3.50.
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people will accept him as candidate
for President.

bWuJVc VIII ucScpt uim 80 S"""'o"sS
for President.
The Jury Commission OF Cook coun-
ty persists In putting members and
employees Of the Beef Trust on the
Grand Jurles OF Cook county. In the
opinion OF many people this prevents
the Indictment, conviction and impris-
Onment In the Joliet penltentiary Of
the wlckcdest trust that ever existed
In violation Of the Antitrust Laws
of Illinois. But the people will get
these fellows yet. and In getting them
they will ascertain the motives that
prompted the Jury Commission to ap-
Tarently become such willing tools Of
this notorious Trust. Small credit Is
due to the Cook county bench, whose
apIOintees the members Of the Jury
Commission are. Many Of them must
ipe aware OF this state OF affairs and
none Of them have ever raised voice
ar hand to stop the outrage. A Trust
that raises the price Of food upon the
people and does as II pleases with local
officials, may have things Its own way
for awhile. But the wrath OF good
citizens and the inevitable fate that
awaits wrongdoers will overtake them
all some day-Beef Trust, officials ana
dupes, and don't you forget IL
II the Beef Trust can get Its men on
grand juries, the same methods ought
10 secure II representation on petit
5uries.
Team owners and other victims Of
the wheel tax must remember that
such tax would not be necessary II
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18
l1Gl

Eighty-hve Thousand wage earners
OF Chicago have been notified to pay
assessments on their personal prop
erty, and accompanying the nOtifica-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18

Chicago Is worse today In tho graft
line than san Francisco ever was
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18

Totals ..... .$72,32O, ,G34 x65,35i, ,7?O
J.. \. Carton, treasurer, said to the
stockholders:
"Besldes paying YOU 7 per cent upon
your stock during the year and adding
an additional property value Of over
$5 to each share, we have charged of
to depreciation more than 100000.
"The turnover was accomplished by
our packing plants. supplemented by
$40 branch or distributing houses In
the United States, and ffty.fOur distrl.
butlng houses In foreign countries.
This turnover exceeds $25O.OOO.OOO In
value, ana was greater, both In ton.
mage and value per unit, than any pre-
vious year In the history Of the COM
pany."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18

Team owners and other victims Of
the wheel tax must remember that
such a tax would not be necessary II
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18

II the Beef Trust can get Its men on
grand juries, the same methods ought
to secure 1t representation on petit
5uries.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-03
CARRIED
OFF BY ELEPHANT
German NobleWo1nan Has Mar
row Escape From Being
Crushed by Animal.

san Francisco. Special: a wild ride on
the back of a runaway elephant across
the burning sands of the Jaipnr desert in
India, endin. in a narrow escape from be-
ing crushed to death by the huge monster
when it fell, was the terrifying experience
OF Countess Clara Won Moltke, 81 cousin
of the famous General Won Moltke and a
close friend CT Queen Louise of
who was a passenger on the steamer MAN
churia.
At Bombay Countess Noltks evinced a
desire to traverse 4 portion of the desert
on elephant back. No sooner had she
mounted onto the palaau.n on the ami
mails back than the elephant broke from
the drivers grasp and plunged across the
desert.
The countess managed to cling on. An
other caravan from the south came into
view. and the elephant. hearing the beat
ot the tom-toms, rushed toward 1t. The
animal emitted a great roar and crashed
through the caravan. The shock threw
the beast to the ground. and Countess
Moltke fell heavily on the hot sand. She
was not badly hurt, however, and was wei
cared for until her terrified companions
came up on their galloping horses.
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All OF us, the vice. president and cashier |

All OF us, the vice. president and cashier
included, worked very hard on the re-
naming lead coins in hopes of finding
some more gold, but only three of them
contained any, and the disc in one Of
these was very thin.
In the morning the vice president and
cashier opened the vault and found that
with one or the other standing by it every
moment since it had been locked the pre-
Ntous afternoon, about $500 OF the $1,000
left in the gold and silver boxes had been
replaced by lead counterfeits. The locks
both of the vault and of the compartment,
the very knots on the money bags,
seemed just as the cashier had left them.
That afternoon. in spite of all our pre-
cautions, the newspapers got hold of the
affair and printed glowing accounts of
the three successive Notwithstanding at
length upon the impenetrable mystery of
the case and the clever workmanship of
the lead coins. Very little money except
bills was left in the vault that night.
None of it was interlcred with.
1t seemed TO me that the only possible
explanation WAS that some one had en-
tered the vault through an underground
passage. after tlnneling the pier under
meath, and even this was an absurdity.
Still, i could not help believing that Il
careful scrutiny of the floor of the vault
would reveal a secret opening, and l
thougbt that perhaps thc other end of he
utltnei could be discovered in some adj
iacent cellar. With this in mind. l was
s,tntcring along the alley naEt to the
bank on the second morning after the last
robbery. looking intenrly at the building
opposite. y side door was open, with a
o1c-horse draN standing in front of it. Or
the drav was Il narrow wooden box about
a foot long. labeled:
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GRAIN MAN beats
WALKING RECORD
Edwin s, Hsosenbaum Lowers
Best Time Between Mil
waukee and Chicago.

Chicago, Special: The long distance
walkiny record between Milwaukee am!
Chicago has been smashed.
Upon being appraised of this fact. Nj
Born, 1854 !,rc>cl boulevard. paid 10 his
son.mlaw. Edwin S. Ro%senbaum. secretary
of j. Roseni,Anm & Co, grain dealers. a
certified check for $1,000 and later in the
day presented - similar check TO his SON,
Alfred Bora. Both young men had walk
cd from Milwaukee to Chicago in less
than ca hours, thereby upaetting MI
Eorn's' calculations. In addition MIR
Rosenbaum by doing the distance In 1881
established a new record. The distance is
shared by his brother William and by
Attorney a. w. Wise.
Ex--Al4erman Joseph ~Badenoch, who
covered The same distance last November
in the midst of snowstorms. needed s.
hours To do 1T, but officials Of The New
illinois Athletic club said that there i:
one record of ii hours.
1t was cx-Alderrian B~adenoch's achieve
ment THAI started the present contest.
"A young nlan ought to be able To d.
the distance i'm much less time" pointe,
out Soninlaw Rosenbauln to Mr.. Born n
they talked of il.
I'D like 20 see you do it in any.hin.
like ;hat time replied Mr.. Born. IF yo,
and my boy Alfred can make it in 6
hours Iii give each of you $1,000"
Thereafter followed much training an,
rubbing down by Trainer J. j. FitZseral,
of the Illinois Athletic club. with twenty
mile walks against time when the woathe
permitlGu.
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A Ruse That Failed.

FROM me New YORK lffneS.
Henry Clews is telling a new story
which he says he got straight from the
Canal street district. A young jobbipg
firm, the tale tells, overbought for the
fall trade. Their heaviest mistake a
been in a line of overcoats, which it
looked they woul have to carry over a
season. Efforts to get cash for the
stock was fruitless. except at ruinous
rates. AT last the firm went to an old
timer in the trade for advice.
"Well.'' said the man of experience.
you've got a pretty good list of Gus
toners. Just divide the coats up into
lots OF 13 each. Send a batch apiece
to some of the sharpest customers. but
make out the bills for twelve. They'll
be so tickled to get one coat for nothing
that they'll take EN- ALL"
The scheme has been tried before the
men met again. The old timer waited
for his praise.
"Well, didn't they keep the coats?'
he asked.
Yes" returned the jobber sadly
"One each. The one that wasn't billed
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-03
A ROYAL Rehuke.
h0Jdi
rom the New York Advertiser.

i loiil iliS ANSN u Ni'ti.
1t appears that on the death of Alex
ande1 Ill the Countess Stroganoff
wished to drape her palace in Grape,
etc, but the autocrat of the city, Lieu
tenant General Won Wahl, sent word
that nobody was to drape his or her
house in rape. or anything else. until
he issued orders. notwithstanding
this Very clear order, the resolute. zeal
Gus and loyal countess ignored the
wishes of the all powerful Won Wahl,
and, in fact, calmly sent word to him
that she intended doing exactly as she
pleased i'm the matter of draping her
palace. And she did so. Enraged at
being set at defiance in his way. Won
Mahl sent a posse of ~constables to the
Stroganof palace to tear Town the
emblems of mourning. This was eX-
actl4 what the lady wanted. She at
once let the young Ear know what was
going on and painted the Outrage in
the most glowing colors, and the re-
suit was that young Nicholas promptly
ordered the great governor of ST. Pet
ersburg to remain at his residence for
three days. One must know St. Pet
crsburg we'll to understand how much
Won Wahl is detested there, and, more
over. the childlike nature of the Rus
slams. to form any conception of the
intense delight that his episode
caused in all classes, from prince to
moujik.
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screens OF brick or Of steel and replace It
with lead or any other metal of about the
same atomic weight. l called this eN-
change of metals 'teledialysis (from tele.
far, and dialyzein, to break through, TINS
last machine could be SO adjusted thai Sill
ver'-
The bottoa of the page cut off the writ
ing. But the conclusions to be drawn from.
it are obvious. Whoever had charge OF
that real or pretended laboratory had dis
covered a new form of radiant energy per-
haps similar to The N-ray. which when
directed from q bar of lead against gold
or silver coins ever in a closed vault fifty
feet distant, would draw out the gold or
silver without making any visible dis
turbance, depositing the lead In its place,
atom for om- Il manner somewhat
analogous to the process OF electro-plating
This accounts for the beautiful lead COINS
and the fact that a few Of them stu had
a little gold near the center seems to
prove the theory beyond doubt. The
thieves. whoever they were, stood in the
adjoining building and focused their
rays on one money bag after the other.
withdrawing the noble metals and sub
shutting base lead, while we set up all
night trying to guard the vault. 1t was
greWsome to think that the metals had
been passing out in a stream of invisible
atoms. part of the time through our very
bodies. without our knowing it.
The guilty ones had flown. My too-evi-
dent interest in the copper and anti
mony" had alarmed them. The express
company was notified to hold the pack
ages, but they had already been shipped.
The record in the express office SHOWED
that they We're consigned TO IS. NJ. Far
ley. Providence, II. T." The Providence
detectives We're wired to and 1t was eN-
pcctcd that the consignce would be easily
caught. But he had probably been warned
by his confederates, for no one called fol
the packages. After being held for some
days, they We're returned to New York
and the Twelfth National at length recov'
cred them. They were found to conta-r
about $4,000 in gold and silver bullion
The balance of the $4,000 stolen is still
missing, and the thieves are probably en-
joying it in some distant country.
Neither Wilson" nor any of his associ
ates-if he had y-h been located a:
finished, for a detective story in which thu
culprit is never arrested is a most unortho
doN performance. The trouble is it would
be hard to convict him even il caught, TO
unless the state could show a practical eN
pertinent i'll ''teledialysis't the judge woult
TO doubt instruct the jury to bring in
verdict of not guilty on the ground that
according to the Prosecutors own state
mont, neither the prisoner nor any of hi
associates was in the bank at the time o
the robbery.
Meanwhile let those With treasure boNe
beware, for there is Il thief at large VIII
can steal without breaking through.
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SIR ROGER, A GOAT,
FOND or his Beer
Found Necessary TO Cut His
Allowance Down to Two
Schooners a Day.

Clinton. Miss. Special: Sir Roger, q.
large buck goat, the property OF James
r.. Isustace, has been causing another
sensation.
Roger is black and white. lie has large
horns and a We'll cultivated bunch OF chin
w~hiskers, which wave in the breeze when
he starts to dc a butting stunt. Except
to his owner. he is not credited with be-
ing at all amiable to human beings.
a few months ago he caused a commn-
ton among the young folks who happened
to be going home from school one day
and cspied him in the rear of tho IInstace
block, Church street. Sir Roger came
from Il sheep farm in Lebanon, N. H.. his
job being to keep the logs away from the
sheep. Within a few minutes he Inado the
aggregation of children keep their dis
lance.
Roger caused his sensation n few days
ago by drinking beer at the lGustace bar.
He had the mahogany to himself as he
! was getting away with the amber fluid
which he seemed to relish. Now Sir Roger
has started out to drink up all the beer
he gets within reach of, and is being put
down as a topper and a bad actor when he
has tanked a few ales.
When the buck made his way In TO
where they were drinking at the bar. the
other day. chain and all followed.
There was a scattering when he entered
at the book door, and those who didn't
drop their beer in fright forgot they had
a thirst for the rest of the day.
Roger lost no time getting his %forefeet
up on the round railing at the top of the
bar. Then he w.nked and bleated to An
thony O'Malley, the bartender. A four
masted schooner of ale was showed over
and Sir Roger gulped it. 1t was great
fun. and the goat tucked away another In
quick time, never once looking up.
Finishing the second, he was ordered. Of
the bar and walked slowly to the back
yard. Twice q day he calls for his ale.
but lest Roger might start a rough house
some time. his potions are limited to two.
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The Late Mrs. William.

FROM 1Outn s companion.
When Lucy Seaver married William
Edison and was able to have calling
cards with Mrs. William Edison" en-
graved upon them, she felt that life had
no higher pride in store for her. She
preserved this attitude through all the
years of her married life.
When Mr.. Edison died she was in
constable. and even after several years
of widowhood she hotly resented any
indication hat her friends had for
gotten her lamented William for one
moment.
1T makes me so angry" she said to
m whom h suspected of carelessness
in the matter, TO be spoken of or
thought of as Mrs. Lucy Edson.' 1t
is an nsult to Williams memory"
"oh, I'm sure it's never mean for
that said the friend hastily. Only
it's quite customary among certain
people, you know, for a widow to take
her Christian name, have letters adj
dressed to her in that way and so on
TT will new be with me-" said the
widow Indignantly. II prefer always
to be known as the late Mrs William
Edison"