Beef Trust Criticizes Chicago Health Actions and Supreme Court
The piece condemns withdrawal of city inspectors from packing houses and blasts Armour and the beef trust. It cites a 1907 health bulletin showing tubercular hogs in the loop district and argues for criminal action and tougher enforcement. It accuses officials of undue influence over health, tax, and assessment boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Health Department
State Board of Health
Beef Trust
United States Supreme Court
Witneses
Health Department
Loop
Loop District
Chicago
John F. Crowell
New York
Wall Street Journal
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Cobb Hall
University of Chicago
Dr. Crowell
Chicago Tax Fury Targets Swift Armour Holdings
A Chicago call to tax big corporations seeks a 1.4 million annual levy on Swift & Company and similar gains from Armour and others. Critics argue current assessments ignore vast wealth, worsening city deficits and underpaying public servants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Review
J. Ogden Armour
Louis F. Swift
John A. Spoor
Laurence A. Carton
Arthur Meeker
Mr. Swift
Mr. Armour
Armour
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the Rookery
Beet Trust
Chicago Health Department
Tikinois Pure Food Department
Cook County
Board of Assessors
Swift & Company
Jast
Armour & Company
New Jersey
Armour Car Lines
Armour Grain Company
Hammond Packing Company
G. J. 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 Battronal Company
Union Stock Yards Company
Omaha
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company
Fort Worth
Texas
Hutchinson Packing Co
Hutchinson
Kansas
Northwestern National Fire Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Onuwha Packing Company
Trussian National Insurance Comy
Stettin
Germany
Ari
Mour
Supreme Court
Union Stock Yards
L. A. Carton
Mnanelal
Bra'ch Homes
Iprovem
I. A. Carton
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Notifica
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Hyde Park
Town of
Lake
North Town
Lake View
Er Oe Fowler Brothers
Lim Libby
McNeill & Libby
St. Louis National Stock Yards Company
Swift's Refrigerator Transportation Company
Houie Cold Storage Company
Mads Cattle Company
Mechanical Manufacturing Company
South San Francisco Land & Iprovement Company
Springfeld Provision Company
Bwitt's Fertiliser Works
Western Meat Company
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