Defiance by Beef Trust Lashes Supreme Court Tax Protest
Letter complains the Beef Trust ignores a U S Supreme Court injunction and fixes meat prices. It accuses Armour Swift of evading taxes, urges readers to read tax dodger coverage, and calls for accountability for multmillionaire corporate elites and city assessors. It urges civic wakefulness and hints at reform by the Board of Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beef Trust
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
The
United States Supreme Court
Suan Francisco
Wealthy Chicago Owners Face Tax Push for City Funds
A broad attack on big Chicago corporations argues high taxes on owners like J Ogden Armour and Swift & Company could fund new schools, lights, parks, and police and fire services. The piece highlights a $700,000 city deficit and cites Swift & Company assets and Armour holdings to question tax assessments and urge Board of Review scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police
Swift
Vig Corporation
Swift & Company
Ansessors
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Company
New Jersey
Chicago
Armour Car Lines
Armour Grain Company
Hammond Packing Company
G. HH
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 & Salzburger
Central Leather Company
United States Leather Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Fort Worth
Stettin
Germany
Armour
Union Stock Yards
L. A. Carton
Tne Financial Report
Board of Review
Louis F. Swift
John A. Spoor
Laurence A. Carton
Arthur Meeker
Mr. Swift
Mr. Armour
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George W. Jackson, Inc. Contractors
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Quincy
Steel Works
Elston Ave
Mendel Gt
Anza
John M. Ewen
the Rookery
Linals
Sara
Mour
Thia
I. A. Carton
United States
Notifica
South Town
Hyde Park
Town of
Lake
North Town
Fowler Limited
Brothers, Libby, McNeill & Libby
St. Louis
National Stock Yards Company
Swift's Refrigerator Transportation Company
Hollis Cold Storage Company
Imnols Cattle Company
Mechanical Manufacturing Company
John F. Crowell
Wall Street Journal
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Cobb Hall
University of Chicago
Dr. Crowell
San Francisco
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