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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08
IT IS TIME FOR PEOPLE TO DEMAND AN ACCOUNTING

he own2 At oil events he can give the
Board Of Review much valuable infor.
nation:
Union Stock Yards. Chicago.
Fowler Brothers, Limited.
Libby, McNeill 4 Libby.
National Packing Company.
st. Louis National Stool. Yards Com
pany.
ewift's Refriserator Transportation
Company.
Hollis Cold Storage Company.
Illinois Cattle Company.
Mechanical Manufacturing Company.
sonth San Francisco Land 4 I'm.
provement Company.
Springfield Provision Company.
Rwifts Fertiliser WorkA
Western Meat Compang.
The Beef Trust and its pals got .
fine showing up from DR.. John y.
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 smolderlng fury Of dlscon-
tent which their own management OF
business has steadily engendered," DR..
CrOwell continued. I'VE are educating
our children In the public schools 10 a
point where society will neither tOler-
ate nor endure the perpetuatiOn of an
economic lie. A lie means war.
"The high prices Of to-day are a
manifestation Of that economic lie. we
read that the prices Of hogs are going
down, but pork does not. That Is but
one of many instances back of which
Is cupldity and INSCRIPTIONS specula-
tiOn.
"rhis discomfort Of the masses Is not
confined to any one section. 1t Is not
typicn. Of New York, Chicago or San
Francisco. 1t isnational. The disturb
ances which eliminated In the French
revolution were Partisan. That was a
tempest In teapot compared with the
far-reachlng, deep-rOOted discomfort In
this country that has sprung from the
encroachment of the speculative spirit
upon Industrial and commercial fields.
'srhe hoggIshness OF corporate greed
has done more than anything else to
bring conditions to the danger point In
American society. 1t Ia 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 wh.oh they have been swim
died."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08

~
The Board Of Review should sum.
mon tho following weliknown citissns
and interrogate them with refersncs
to the amount Of stock In foreign cor.
poratlons owned In Chicago. which they
have knowledge Of:
]. Ogden Armour.
Louis 4. Swift.
John A. 6pOOr.
Laurence A. Carton.
Arthur Meeker.
Mr.. Swift and Mr.. Armour are both
reported to he publlc-spirited.
They should both be 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 Is a director In the e.
lowing corporations and the Board OF
Review, II 1t wishes, can ascertain how
much stock he owns In each, or what
Chicagoans do own II, as 1t Is taxable /:
Armour car lines,
Armour Grain Company.
Central Leather Company,
C.. ii. Hammond Company,
Hammond Packing Company,
National Packing Company,
United States Leather Company.
Chicago. Milwaukee Il 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 Q director n
The following. How much stock doe
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08

ton q statement is 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.milli0nalrc tax dodgers who have
so 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 c0unty's. personal property
taxes for 1909 and 1907 show a gen.
eral Increase OF taxation throughout.
The tables are as follows:
1908. 1907.
South Town. Hyde Park
and Town Of Lake -. .&6.577 &1.?0
NOrtn Town .......... HIl1 I.01
Lake View .............. 0.7l7 I'll
west TOWN. '.........'.s S'OIS S.1u
Lake View residents must pay the
highest tax.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08

According to the Health Department
bulletin for December II, 1907, the city
inspectors stationed in the downtown
loop district condemned II hogs that
were saturated with tuberculosis. If
there was city inspection at the big
hacking houses, these tubercular hogs
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08

would never have escaped into the loop
district. But the city inspectors have
been withdrawn from the big slaugh.
ter houses and no one knows how much
tubercular beef or tubercular pork is
eaten every day In Chicago. The Beef
Trust apparently has such a grip on
the Health Department that 1t can do
what 1t likes with the peoples health.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08

Why isn't the Beef Trust proceeded
against crlmlnally? The United States
Supreme Court In decision rendered
March IL, 1905, makes IL easy to get
the packing gang now: much easier
than when they were Indicted before
The United States Supreme Court Cn
the date named decided, In effect, that
under the Antitrust Laws witnesses
could be compelled to testify and that
books and papers required must be
produced.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08

~
Swift 4 Company, the great corpora.
tion which the assessors only valued
last year ut $3,OOO.OOO. reports that It
hns over $lOOOOO,OOO In quick assets ON
hand this year. Read Its annual re-
port and draw your own conclusions.
The tax rate Is seven per cent on
One-fifth Of the actual cash value.
This would make Swift & Company
legally liable to q tax OF $l,4OO.OOO q
year. This would help out the other
taxpayers some, II 1t was paid.
But the kind assessors only value
Swift 4 Company's $lOO.OOO,OOO plant
at $3yOOO,OOO, which makes their an
nual tax only $4,000.
Quite a loss to the city In the DIFF.
ference between $4,000 and 100000
The funny part Of 1t Is that IN
eliminating the rich fellows the asses.
sors could only lind $06,OOO,OOO worth
OF personal property In all Chicago last
year. Four millions less than the re-
sources of Swift 4 Company.
The annual meeting of the stOckhold
ers of Swift 4 Company was held at
the offices of the company mt the Union
Stock Yards January 2, 1908.
Treasurer l.. \. Cartons report states
that the turnover" or gross business
of the company aggregated S25O,OOO,
Goo during the year.
The financial report shows surplu,
NJ the close of the year amounting tC
Sl5,2OO,OOO, which Is an increase OF
s2,SO3,095 compared with the previous
year These figures, after allowing
about Sl,G0O,OOO for depreciation, which
was the amount written off, indicate
earnings of substantially 1850 per cent
on S5O,O0O,OO0 capital stock, out OF
which the company paid 7 per cent II
value Of e0ch share Of stock Is hgurel
dividends during the year.
There was an increase Of $6,O65,0O'
with the preceding year, and the bool
in the value Of quick assets compared
the financial report for the year end
at $3.50.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08
Il6I)Il

How long will the United States Su.
preme Court permit the Beef Trust to
violate Its permanent injunction
against 1t? When will the United
States Supreme Court assert Its dig.
nifty and send the impudent and def
ant Beef Trust magnates to Jail?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08

Totals .$72,32O,6 ,634 $G5,35i,I20
l.. \. Carton, treasurer, said to the
stockholders:
"Resides paying You Z per cent upon
your stock during the year and adding
I'M additional property value of over
81 to each share, we have charged Off
to depreciation more than $1,000, 900.
"The turnover was accomplished by
our packing plants, supplemented by
$40 branch or distributing houses In
the United States, and fifty-fcur distrl-
butlng houses In foreign countries.
This turnover exceeds $25OOO0,O00 In
value and 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??, 1908-02-08

The Beef ,Yrus, will find It hard
% got resting place when the peo'
pie of this country rise against 1t,
a. they surely will. The people OF the
whole world are crying for its exter'
mlnatiOn.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08

1t strikes us that under the new pr,
mary law, Armour and his pals will
have hard work naming Assessors and
Reviewers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08

mOur's personal property ut 100000.
The annual tux on 100000 Ii only
$4,000.
The difference between $500 and
81, 100000 In 1,307, 900.
This would build a great many
schools and give great assistance to the
police ana fire departments.
And think what It would amount to,
II. under the Supreme Court decisions,
the back taxes not paid are collected
from Mr.. Armour for fve years
Does the City Council ever pass any
resolutions to get this money?
Oh, no!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08

And, In the meantime, the Board OF
Review should ask Mr.. Armour to tell
1t what he knows about that outside
stock.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08
Nsss,A

The packers are not satisfied eyi.
IDENTITY with the great influence they
apparently exercise over the
Chicago Health Department, the
Illinois Pure Food Department, and
the
Drawers Of grand jurles in Cook
County.
They have a tremendous influence
with the Board Of Assessors and
Board Of Review. For particulars see
page 3 Of this paper.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08

J. Ogden Armour ought to pay ST.
10000 year In taxes on $lOO,0OO,OO
II he IL only worth that sum. As 1t
Is. he pays only $500 n year on a
personal property valuation OF $500.
OO,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08

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.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-04
HETTY GREEN KNEW
PANIC WAS COMING

BOSTON. February lI-Nr# lpb
Green Iu au interview Boo ODE IwNo D
today assumed tbo part uf a a.0resa
Chief among hpr prediction. were
Tho hard times have just begun dose
pIte aI reports i0 tHD contrary
President Roosevelt viii bo nominal.
cd as Republican candidate for Il.
Presidency by The Chicago convention.
The interview iu fuII follows.
d saw This situation developing
three years ago. D am ua record a.
predicting b. . said then that thp r.oh
were approaching tho brink and that
a panic was Inevitable
There were signs which ] could NOT
ignore. Some Of the soidest men of
the Street came Go me and wanted 30
unload all sorts of things. from paIs-
tial residences 10 automobile The
New York Central quietly negotiated
with me for a big loan That made
me sit up and DO some thinking. tor
that road Is one Of the wea.thie8t iu
the world.
II saw the handwriting on the wall.
80 / began quietly TO call ia my money.
making few new transactions and get
ting into nay hands every available dol-
lar Of my fortune against the day &
knew was coming
Every real estate deal which I could
possibly close uD was converted into
cash. / never buy real estate. First
mortgages are good enough for me.
when the crash came ] had money
one Of the few who really had it me
others had their securities and their
values. They had ~ come ~ me.
They did come 10 me IN drOye8. Some
Of them / lent money, some did not.
Those TO whom ! loaned my money
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-04

got II at per cent might just as
easily have secured ~ per cent But
never IN my life have Dractlced usury
Nearly all the big department
stores IN New York came 10 me ana !
loaned them money Harry Payne
Whitney applied Tor n loan Og g.
100000 and Jet him have f.
u loaned money 10 the New YOrn
Central but when the Vanderbilt family
applied / refused. The VaHdcrbilla
came ~ me before the wedding with u
box two feet long containing the IA
nous Vanderbilt jewels, They wanted
me 10 take them rs security for a
loan.
But, Lord bless you ! know moth
Ing about diamonds and such things
They may have been worth all That
they said, but don't deal IN diamonds
/ know a few things about real estate
mortgages, but not jewels. I have 40
use for them IN my business,
"They say that Mrs, Cornelius Van,
derbiIt Is going 10 marry a hungarian
Count She ought 10 have a guardian
instead, Her husband was one ~
GODS annOinted, one Of the finest men
ever knew, lie gratlhed every whIm
Of his wife. She, poor woman, thinks
that every other man IN the world h
Ike him. She will be sadly dlsillusloncd
II she marrics that foreigner,
~ she manles him, the control Of
the Vanderbilt system Of railroads viii
pass out Of the famiiy's hands. The
millions which Gladys took 10 her hus-
band have been shipped 10 Hungary.
The other millions which her mother
VII have 10 give ~ u she marric8 her
CONT VIII be shipped ~ Hungary.
That leaves the other members Of the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-04

wu'E Boo .hp uHHIo. H lavrr ta
E.,ha. .Ho railroad ...aiIts ba1
rN rHa lv0 VomoH n1r ia uar ,aan
'H. chem
Those foreigners won't take aut ac-
Dr....- when they marry us they
demand raaI money And rHag a.t o.
Can rna Vanderbilt family uag ua
price. WcIt
Money DO easier than BE- was o. spell
Haeh as anybody knows Why
shouldn't 3D. Us after rHe rain oI e0s-
eminent dollars which C0reIy0u pour
cd into tho bauEs2 But that is merely
first aid TO the injured o. doesn't
correct the evil
THE hard times are bound 90 con-
finue until after election. Then what
win happen no one knows Ultimate
Ir The financial situation will adjust r.
SELF but not on the past inflated basis
"A good many things many things
contributed ty the lack Of confidence
Roosevelt is partly TO blame but not
wholly On my opinion the President
has not made good What would you
think if were 10 say every day for
gears that ! was going TO Kin a MUCK
rat and then never did it2 Has be
punished those dreadful corporations,
has Doc cured the eyi. Of high finance,
as be- said be- wOuld2
The result has been the imposition
ed-Or a. least. ! haven't heard that
they have been.
Still. Roosevelt should not be held
solely responsible. The muckrakers
started the loss Of confidence campaign
The courts have continued IT,
All this talk about Taft being the
nominee Of the Republican party Is
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-04

mOOnghine. The scheme Is 10 pose
Taft before the country as the Presi-
dents choice. He knows #, and every
body else on the inside knows it., When
II becomes apparent that he can't carry
the convention, Taft will get up and
proclaim that Theodore Roosevelt is
demanded by the country; or II he
doesn't somebody else In authority
vii.
"'Tcddy viii have 10 accept the
nomination then. H. rs a beautiful
scheme and will probably work. But
n for any unforeseen reason n doesn't
Roosevelt VIII succeed Plat I'm the
United States Senate.
m Roosevelt Is nominated he will
be elected. There ere 1000 foreigners
~ the acre IN the Bronx who are ach-
ing for q chance 10 vote for him. His
talk. against the money powers have
worked them into = frenzy Of approval.
I'm speaking Of the President and
the hard times, 1 am not actuatcd by
blltcd feelings The hord times haven't
hurt me any ! might have made mil
lions, bat I was satisfied with 6 per
cent,
There 30 no real need Of any legitf-
mate business enterprise suffering, ex-
ccpt as II may lave been involved
through the panic among the stock
gamblers and high GnancIcrs. The
country SIN contains all the elements
Of prosperity II viii come back when
conditions are right.
Folks sometimes wonder why /
spend 80 much o. my time and energies
In defending ,aw8uts, don't dare not
defond them, wOuldn't dare be
known as an easy mark One OF the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-04
'aB YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

Limited.
Capital paid up Yen 24,OOO,OOO,O ~
Reserved Fund. .... 16,O5O,OOO,OO
Special Reserved Fund 2,OOO,OOO,OO
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-04

the heart is almost sure q, Boz. lgr. Boo %
weakened condition, and should Doe
treated with Dr. Miles New Heart
cure remedy that will rebuild ana
invigorate the heart nerves, and enc
able it 20 offer assistance to the com
vaicscent organs, by furnishing an
abundant supply Of pure blood 10 nour-
fish them. Money back II first bottle
fails 70 benefit
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-04
Class sprockels. VIM. O. Irwin.
ClaUSSprGCkGIS


San francisco AEents-Ths Nevada
National Bank o. San Francisco.
DRAW EXCHANGE ON
SAN FRANCIsCOJThs Nevada Ma
tional Bank OF San Francisco.
LONDON-Union Of London e. Smiths
Bank, Ltd.
NEW YoRK-American Exchange Ma
tiohal Bank.
CHICAGO-COrH Exchange National
Bank.
PARIs-Credit LyODnais.
neutrality-suspicious. Bank.
HoNGKoNG AND YoKoHAMA-The
HsngkonE AnL Shanghai Banking
Corporation.
NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
Bank Of New Zealand, and Bank Of
Australasia.
VICTORIA AND VANcoUVEh-Bank
Of British North America.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING
AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS.
Deposits Received, Loans Made On
Approved Security, Commercial and
Travellers Credits issued. Bills OF EG.
change Bought and Bold.
COLLECTING PROMPTLY &C
COUNTED FOR.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-04

Branches and Agencies

Branches and Agencies
Toxic, Kobe, Osaka, Nagasaki, Lon
don, Lyons. NeV York, San Francisco,
Bombay, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Han
kow, ChefOo. Tientsin, Peking, New
chang, Dalny, Port Arthur, Antung'
Hsien, Liaoyang, Mukden, Tienling,
Chungchun.
The bank buys and receives for col
lection bills Of exchanges, issues Drafts
and Letters OF Credit, and tTansacts a
general banking business.
Honolulu Branch o. King Street
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-04

HONOLULU LODGE 616, 3. POE.
will meet in their hall, King street,
near Fort, every Friday evening. By
order Of the E. R.
FRANK 2. RICHARDSON, E. r.
HARRY A. WILDER, Secy.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-04
Fraternal Meetings
HARMONY LODGE NoaLo. or.

Meets every Monday evening at 1880
in Odd Fellows Hall, Fort Street. Wis
iting brothers cordially invited TO at
tend.
BEN +. VICKERs. N G.
e. r. HENDRY. Sec.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
Keeps Tab on The rrollsvs

An instrument has been devised for
making complete tests Of street cars
while In operation II consists OF A
table over which roll Of paper Is fed
slowly, above which are arms carrying
small recording instruments Each of
these instruments ls connected with A
clockwork mechanism which caugcs
It TO roglslor on the moving paper be.
low every 1--WE seconds Each lnstm.
monl registers a special value such
as The omporos and volts used on
each car motor or the speed Of the
car or it location ON the line etc., 10
lhol for oyory trip Of the car over the
road lhl8 doyIco furnishes graphical
record far moro accurate than could
be made by any number Of obgWyors
Unidentified,
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23

are one of the best women ever saw
an a better housekoeper that ! am
myself which is sayin' much; but l
want to tell you also that you are a
fool I amt mite surprised at Jo-
siah Sprauzy's foolin' You the way
he's been doiu'. His first wife was my
own cousin. named after the same
aunt ! was named for too. But that
atn.t goiu' to keep me from telIin the
truth about her. Here YOU are work.
iu' yourself to death, tryiu' to do like
she did. DO you know how she did?
No, you don't
Well, I'm goir' TO tell you, own
cousin or not. You said You wanted
10 make Josiah comfortable the way
Julia did. Land, Julia never made
him comfortable a day in her life.
Do you really suppose she made fresh
bread for him every day? DO you
really suppose she let him lay down
on the best velvet sofa at all, much
less with his boots 0n2 Do you think
this house was bright an cheerful an
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
rhounht Il TImr 10 Lenuo-

A young Scotch cmuanl was
brought before the magistrate Of n
Nova Scotia court charged with hav
Iug deserted his work ON certain
farm without giving due notice 10
hi8 employer when asked wha. ho
had TO say ln his defense. ho replied.
NouI they gIod mo uoul hul brake.
shaw To oot' Bwkogbaw II may bo
explained ls the flesh of animals which
have died natural death How wua
lhul2' asked the magistrate "Woel
1T was this way We ken. the aud COO
deed an we ate 10. the auld bubbIy.
jock deed an We ate IT, Then the old
woman dood#an left"
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
Negro Is Shot by Asylum Attendant

Polo Martin, a negro cook at the in
sane asylum was shot just below the
heart and probably fatally wounded
Thursday night about t'3O o'clock by
Roy Brown, a white medical student
acting as attendant, whom the negro
Is said TO have cursed Brown os.
capped from The deputy conslablcs Just
ol supper time The cook and attend
ant had words, ana Dhc negro IB said
To haze applied an unprnloblo opiDhot
10 The white man. who, II iB alleged,
went away 10 return with revolver
with which ho shot Martin.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
Mems Hats.

See that man. the lately returned
traveller remarked to q friend indi-
eating an individual a little ahead Of
them in the elevated car We'll.
l never saw him before. but I'll lay
good sized bet that he's an English.
man, and, moreover. a Loudoner"
How do you teI?' the friend
asked
by the way he wears his hat" was
the reply Notice how it is jammed
down on the head EngIishmen.
especially Londoners, put on their hats
for keeps No chance is taken Of be
ing separated from a bower'-thars
what the derby is called over there
And it's the same way with top
hat or a straw or cap, for that
matter.
"The American wears his hat light
ly IN comparison, and so do the peo.
pie Of southern continental Europe.
The French, for example. have per.
chant for hats that seem a bit too
small for them; at any rate. their
headgear doesn't appear to be very
firmly fixed It may be- my fancy but
an Italian always impresses me as q
bit uncomfortable In a hat At an
events, he likes to avoid wearing It
whenever possible. But your English.
man wears his hat thoroughly and Sc.
riously It's tilted back a little as
rule, and the nearer It is to his ears
the safer he feels
Just then the man ahead drew
paper from his pocket spread lt open,
and began TO read IT, 1t was the
London Times
There, what did tell you" was
the returned travellers comment
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
Perjury Case Appealed.

j. Rcidhar who was recently convict
ed Of perjury IN the Circuit Court Oh
Arkansas county has fled an appeal
Of The case In the Supreme Court
Rcidhar was convicted Of tes'..yns
falsely in O Justice of the peace col'
In a mortgage foreclosure suit lie H
said 10 have sworn that he had no'
signed a mortgage on some Of Os
property but that be had m.0oIHe'
some one else ro do so, Evidence was
introduced Do show that he bad s'8p
ed It himself and the Jury returned 0
verdict Of guilty