Tax dodgers in Chicago face grand jury after Board of Review pledge
An editorial excerpt depicts Chicago tax officials planning strict scrutiny of wealth statements at Board of Review sessions. It notes threats of grand jury action for tax evasion and calls for verbatim records, citing penalties for assessor misconduct. The piece highlights Goodrich Transit stock in Chicago as a taxable asset and urges inquiry into ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Chicago
Grand Jury
Stven
Corporation Counsel
Til
Common People Tax Burden vs Rich Owners in Chicago
The Chicago Eagle charges that municipal taxes miss millions in foreign stock owned by Chicagoans. It cites Swift & Co and Armour interests across dozens of subsidiaries, urging the Board of Review to collect back taxes for five years to fund firemen, teachers, streets, lights, and parks. It names J. Ogden Armour, Louis Swift, and others as possible sources of stock owned in Chicago corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illnois
Chicago
Board of Assessors and
Board of Review
Chicago Eagle
Supreme Court
Swift
Refrigerator Transportation Company
Maine
Cypital
Supreme Court of Illinois
Illinois
Deneen
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago Junction Railway
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
Ilus
Swift & Company
Hines
Swit & Company
Swift & Co
New England
New York
Swift Beef Comming
Boston
G. Fy and
B.C. Swift
G. P., Swift & Company
Hollis & 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
Ilinois
Germany
Swift & Company of
Union Stock Yards Company
Omaha
Worcester
Mass
Halstead & Con
C. H. Davin & Co
Conn
Bimbler, van Wagen Company
Newark
Armour & Company
Illnois Corporation
Armour & Company of New Jersey
United States Commissioner of Corporations
New Jersey Corporation
Altnois Corporation
Armour & Co. of
Armour & Co
Iinois
Armour Packing Houses
Sioux City
Fort Worth
Ilinota
Board of Assessors
J. Ogden Armour
Louis BF. Swift
John A. Spoor
Laurence A, Carton
Arthur Meeker
Mr. Swift
Mr. Armour
Hammond Company
Mammond Packing Company
National Packing Company
United States Leather Company
Milwaukee & St
Union Stock Yards
Fowler Brothers, Limited
St. Louis
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Athletic Goods
Stallone
Beetty Ae
Ffice
Che Fair
George W. Jackson, Inc
Randolph Street
City of
W. Jackson Blvd
Quincy Street
Steel Works
Elston Ave
Mendel St
John M. Ewen
the Rookery
Armour
Chicago Daily News
Goodrich Transit Company
A. W. Goodrich
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