Chicago charter fight stirs rent and meat price fears
Local groups led by United Societies and Independence League oppose a proposed Chicago charter arguing higher taxes will raise rents and meat prices. Editorials note concerns about meat inspection costs and packer profits while predicting political backlash against leaders tied to the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Societies
Independence League
James J. Gray
Democratic Party
Taxpayers and Ward Improvement Clubs
Real Estate Board
Jefferson Club
Chicago
Taxable foreign stock in Chicago firms sparks reform push
An advocacy piece urges Chicago to tax outside corporations owned here, arguing back taxes could fund firemen pay, teachers salaries, lights and streets. It lists Swift & Company and Armour interests, cites a $20,000,000 potential haul, and presses the Board of Review to investigate owners like J Ogden Armour and Louis Swift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iignels
Chicago
Board of Assessors
Board of Review
Chicago Eagle
Supreme Court
Swift
Refrigerator Transportation Company
Maine
Stoels
Supreme Court of Illinois
Illinois
Deneen
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago Junction Railway
Chicago Junction Railways
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
G. F. and
B. C. Swift
G. F. Swift & Company
N. B. 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
Ilinois
Germany
Swift & Company of
Halstead & Company
C. H. Davis & Co
Norwich
Armour & Company of New Jersey
United States Commissioner of Corporations
New Jersey Corporation
Illinois Corporation
Armour & Co. of
Armour & Co
Armour, Packing Houses
Sioux City
Fort Worth
Citisens
J. Ogden Armour
Touls F. Swift
John A. Spoor
Laurence A. Carton
Arthur Meeker
Mr. Swift
Mr. Armour
Armour
Hammond Packing Company
National Packing Company
United States Leather Company
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Union Stock Yards
Fowler Brothers, Limited
Tabby, McNeill & Libby
St. Louis National Stock Yards Company
Swift's Refrigerator Transportation Company
Iloilia Cold Storage Company
Illinois Cattle Company, Mechanical Manufacturing Company
South San Francisco Land & Improvement Company
Springfield Provision Company
Swift's Fertiliser Works
Western Meat Company
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Gquans
Quincy Street
Congress
Guare
Apy
Trust Preas
Chicago Daily News
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