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Taxed Yet Rich Skip Burden of City Funds in 1907
Chicago pressure grows as citizens argue big corporations like Swift & Company and Armour & Company should pay fair taxes. A deficit of about 700000 prompts calls for higher assessments and public-spirited action to fund schools, police, and fire services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Swift & Company
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Company
New Jersey
Armour Car Lines
Armour Grain Company
Hammond Packing Company
G. I. 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
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Fort Worth
Mour
Supreme Court
Armour
Board of
Board of Review
G. H. Hammond Company
United States Leather
Milwaukee & St. Paway