Beef Trust and Jury Bias Stir Chicago Critique
The piece denounces Cook County Jury Commission ties to the Beef Trust and calls for action against corruption in local politics. It blasts Armour Swift tax dodging, urges taxpayer justice, and cites a 2006 Illinois State Board of Health bulletin on local meat inspection. Chicago is criticized for lax oversight and corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jury Commission
Cook County
Beef Trust
Toliet
Mlinois State Board of Health
City Health Department
State Board of Health
John F. Crowell
New York
Wall Street Journal
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Cobb Hall
University of Chicago
Dr. Crowell
Chicago Corporate Tax Grievance Calls for Fair Shares
A Chicago editorial denounces tax avoidance by Swift & Company and Armour interests. It argues city finances rely on taxing large corporations and calls on the Board of Review to probe stock ownership in major firms, urging action to fund schools, police, and fire services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big
Chicago
Swift & Company
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Company
New Jersey
Armour Car Lines
Armour Grain Company
Hammond Packing Company
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, of
Omaha
Lmited
Schwarzschild & Salzburger
Central Leather Company
Vaulted States Leather Company
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Fort Worth
Mour
Supreme Court
Armour
a@aseasora
Union Stock Yards
L. A. Carton
I. A. Carton
United States
Board of Review
Louls F. Swift
John A. Spoor
Laurence A. Carton
Arthur Meeker
Mr. Swift
Mr. Armour
Armour ‘Car Lines
G. H. Hammond Company
United States Leather Company
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company
Texas
Ng Company
St. Louis National Stock Yards Company
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Seaat
Ertatelar
Chefair
State
Adoeea
George W. Jackson, Inc. Contractors
Our Steel
W. Jackson Blvd
Quincy Street
Steel Works
Eletom Ave
Mendel
Anza
John M. Ewen
the Rookery
Armour, Swift
Armour, Swift and Company
Beef ‘Trust
San Francisco
Tahoe
Notifica
South Town
Hyde Park
Lake
North Town
West Town
Lake View
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