Tax dodgers and tax disparity stir Chicago debate
The Board of Assessors shows huge variances in personal property valuations for Armour and Company, Swift, Marshall Field, and others. The writer questions equal enforcement, cites high estate taxes and a call to action for the Board of Review to address perceived inequities and alleged tax dodging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Assessors
Armour and Company
J. Ogden Armour
P. D. Armour
G. F. Swift
Edward F. Swift
Louis F. Swift
Lake Forest
Armour
Marshall Field
Field
W. Potter
PD. Armour, Jr
Board of Review
Tax evasions by Chicago corporations spark call for back taxes
A Chicago rally urges taxing all foreign stock owned here, claiming $20,000,000 in unpaid five year back taxes. It cites Swift, Libby, Armour and others in cross-border holdings and pressures the Board of Review to pursue five year back taxes to fund firemen salaries, teachers raises, and city improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Samuel McRoberts
McRoberts
Board of Review
Illinois
Board of Assessors
Chicago Eagle
Supreme Court
Swift's Refrigerator Transportation Company
Maine
Supreme Court of Illinois
Deneen
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago Junction Railway
New Jersey
North American Transportation and Trading Company
Union Stock Yards Company of
South Omaha
Nebraska
Union Stock Yards of
People's Treasury
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Kansas City
Swift & Company
United States
Swift Beef Company
Boston
Swift
Hollis & Company
Massachusetts
West Virginia
New York
Swift Fertilizer Works
Georgia
Swift Refrigerator Transportation Company
Swift Live Stock Transportation Company
Swift Beef Company, Limited
Great Britain
Swift Packing Company
Swift & Company of Illinois
Germany
Swift & Company of
Union Stock Yards Company
Omaha
Halstead & Company
C. H. Davis & Co
Norwich
Armour & Company of New Jersey
United States Commissioner of Corporations
New Jersey Corporation
Tllinois Corporation
Armour & Co. of
Armour & Co
J. Ogden Armour
Louis F. Swift
John A. Spoor
Laurence A. Carton
Arthur Meeker
Mr. Armour
Armour
National Packing Company
United States Leather Company
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Fort Worth
Union Stock Yards
Fowler Brothers, Limited
St. Louis National Stock Yards Company
Trellis Cold Storage Company
Ignola Cattle Company
Mechanical Manufacturing Company
South San Francisco Land & Improvement Company
Springfield Provision Company
Swift's Fertilizer Works
Western Meat Company
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