Swift & Company Tax Fight Prompts Public Action
An editorial attacks Chicago Board of Review for underassessing Swift & Company and related outside holdings. It details rapid asset growth, large private property, and widespread ties to Chicago figures including J Ogden Armour and Samuel McRoberts, urging audits and full taxation of substantial personal property across linked firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Samuel McRoberts
Henry FP. Darlington
J. Ogden Armour
Louis F. Swift
Laurence A. Carton
Arthur Meeker
Armour's Big Plant Tax Dodging in Chicago
The article outlines Armour & Company with twenty million capital and vast holdings in Chicago and across the region. It claims only 2.5 million of personal property assessed for tax, excites calls for Board of Review scrutiny, and cites back taxes and corporate structures in New Jersey and Illinois. It names J Ogden Armour and Sam McRoberts, urging officials to pursue tax justice and public benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Swift & Company
Board of Assessors
Illinois
United States
Commissioner of Corporations
Maine
Tlinois
New England
New York
New Jersey
Swift Beef Company
Boston
G. F
B.C. Swift
G. F, Swift and Company
N. EF. Hollis and Company
Massachusetts
West Virginia
Swift Fertilizer Works
Georgia
Swift Refrigerator Transportation Company
Swift Live Stock Transportation Company
Swift Beef Company, Limited
Great Britain
Swift Packing Company
Germany
Ilinois
Union Stock Yards Company
Omaha
Kansas City Stock Yards Company
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company
Rt. Joseph Stock Yards Company
New England Dressed Meat and Wool Company
North Packing and Provision Company
Sperry and Barnes Company
Connecticut
Sturtevant and Haley
P. Merwin Company
Worcester
Mass
Springfield Provision Company
Springfield
White, Percy and Dexter Company
Mexa
Halstead and Company
C. H. Davis and Co
Norwich, Conn
Bimbler, van Wagenen and Company
Newark
Theil
Chica
J. Oxden Armour
Central Leather Company
Leather Trust
United States Leather Company
Mr. Armour
H. P. Darlington
Armour & Company
South Omaha
Sioux City
East St. Louis
Fort Worth
Supreme Court
Armour & Company of New Jersey
Armour Car Lines
Hammond Packing Company
National Packing Company
Union Stock Yards
United States Commissioner of Corporations
New Jersey Corporation
Inois Corporation
Hilnels
Armour Packing Houses
Port Worth
New Jersey Cor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Swift
Kansas City Railway and Light Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Kansas City
Kansas City Electric Light Company
McRoberts
Edison Electric Light and Power Company
Consolidated Electric Light and Power Company
United Electric Company
Kansas
Samuel Me
Roberta
Kansas City Railroad
Jt. Armour Car Lines
Armour Grain Company
G. HH. Hammond Company
Stock Yards Savings Bank
Northwestern Elevatel Railroad Company
Onaha
Limited
Chicago Junction Railway
G. H. Hammon Company
Peoples’ Trust & Savings Bank
L. A. Carton
Mr. Carton
Swift's Refrigerator Transportation Company
Armour
Lake Forest
The
Union Stock Yards Company, of
the Board of Review
Chicago Subway Company
Kanaas City Railway and Light Company
Armour Car Linea
Continental National Bank
G. H. Hammond Company
Louis
Henry P. Darlington
Cook County
Finols
Armour’s Big Plant
Corporation
Sam. McRoberts
Louie F. Swift
Brundage
Armour, Swift
John W. Hill
Bie
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