Beef Trust Defies Court as Tax Dodging Charges Rise
A viewpoint editorial attacks law flouting by large meat packers led by Armour and Swift. It urges Congress to expand meat inspection costs on packers, require dating on canned goods, and demand government inspection of all meat in transit. It criticizes tax dodging and political tampering by powerful interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Chicago Tribune
Armour
Harriman
St. Paul Road
Armour Packing
Armour & Co
D. Armour
Illinois Central Railroad
Taxing Chicago’s rich to fund City needs sparks reform talk
A charged attack argues that if giants like Swift & Company and Armour & Company paid fair taxes, city deficits could vanish and funding for police fire schools and lights could rise. The piece cites Swift assets near 100 million and Armour holdings across many firms, urging the Board of Review to probe stock ownership and tax fairness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Company
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Company
New Jersey
Chicago
Armour Car Lines
Armour Grain Company
Hammond Packing Company
G. H W. Hammond Company
Kansas City Electric Light Company
Kansas City
Kansas City Railway and Light Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
National Packing Company
Stock Yards Savings Bank
Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company
Union Stock Yards Company
Omaha
Schwarzschild & Sulazburger
Central Leather Company
United States Leather Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Fort Worth
Supreme Court
Armour
Union Stock Yards
L. A. Carton
Board of Review
Louis F. Swift
John A. Spoor
Laurence A. Carton
Arthur Meeker
Mr. Swift
Mr. Armour
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New York
George W. Jackson, Inc. Contractors
Our Steel
W. Jackson Bivd
Quincy
Elston Ave
Mendel Gt
John M. Ewen
the Rookery
United States
Harrison Dunlap
Swifts
Swift
Harrison Or
Dunlap
Hlinois
Beef Trust
United States Supreme Court
I. A. Carton
South Town
Hyde Park
Lake
North Town
Lake View
Take View
Illinois Cattle Company, Mechanical Manufacturing Company
South San Francisco Land & Improvement Company
Springfield Provision Company
Switt’s Fertiliser Works
Western Meat Company
Illinois Central
The
Titus
Haraban
Stuyvesant Fish
I Mnds Central
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