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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
2
The piece attacks Swift & Company and Armour over personal property taxes, naming McRoberts as Union Stock Yards director and urging Congress to tighten meat inspection and labeling. It questions sewer charges and the Packers' tax payments, portraying the Beef Trust as defiant and anarchist worthy.
A reform plea argues Chicago public servants are underpaid while powerful firms like Swift & Company and Armour interests pay little tax. It cites a $700,000 city deficit, claims Swift holds over $100 million in assets with only $42,000 assessed tax, and urges Board of Review scrutiny of Armour and Swift holdings to fund schools and police.
In a 1900s Chicago Tribune excerpt, J Ogden Armour is highlighted as a leading director candidate for the Illinois Central railroad, with stock transfers and a plan to assume the director role by March 16. The piece lauds Armour’s expanding industrial influence, noting his control of Armour & Co and widening interests into railroads and other fields. It closes with a warning to tax dodgers about Chicago’s enforcement.
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