Tax talk on trusts and a fight for fair taxation
The piece condemns Railroad Trust and Tobacco Trust, argues a food price rising trust must be forgotten, and backs honest taxation. It cites Armour stock taxation, cites an Illinois Attorney General note on taxation of foreign and domestic property, and references 1906 health data and meat condemnation while criticizing business figures in politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Trust
Tobacco Trust
Olly Trust
Ilinois
Armour
Chicago
L. M. Eckert
Princeton
W. H. Stead
Board of Assessors
Board of Review
Chicago Health Department
Union Stock Yards
Chicago Tax Reform Urged Against Big Corporations
A dated plea argues Chicago should tax Swift & Company and Armour interests to fund public services. It notes Swift & Company assets near 100 million with a meager 42 000 tax, and Armour holdings across multiple firms, suggesting back taxes could cover city deficits and boost schools and safety services. The piece urges Board of Review scrutiny of Armour Swift holdings and calls for public accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Company
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Company
New Jersey
Chicago
Armour Car Lines
Armour Grain Company
Hammond Packing Company
G. HW
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
Germany
Armour
Mour
Supreme Court
Union Stock Yards
L. A. Carton
Board of Review
Louis F. Swift
John A. Spoor
Laurence A. Carton
Arthur Meeker
Mr. Swift
Mr. Armour
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Caffertin
Chefair
Adens
Phoee
New York
George W. Jackson, Inc. Contractors
Our Steel
W. Jackson Blvd
Quincy Street
Goteel
Eleton Ave
Mendel St
John M. Ewen
the Rookery
Greenleaf
United States
Notifica
South Town
Hyde Park
Town of Lake
North Town
West Town
Take View
Fowler Brothers, Limited
Libby, McNeill & Libby
St. Louis
National Stock Yards
Comany
Swift's Refrigerator Transportation Company
Trellis Cold Storage Company
Minols Cattle Company
Mechanical Manufacturing Company
South San Francisco Land & Improvement Company
Springfield Provision Company
Swift's Fertilizer Works
Western Meat Company
Beef Trust
John F. Crowell
Wall Street Journal
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Cobb Hall
University of Chicago
Dr. Crowell
San Francisco
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