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Chicago Nobility of Stock Yards Faces Tax Abuse Probe
An exposé argues Chicago assessors pity the wealthy while city nobles like J Ogden Armour, Louis F Swift and Samuel McRoberts evade fair personal property taxation through indirect assessments. The piece urges reform, cites Kansas City holdings, and calls for Board of Review scrutiny and legal action to enforce equity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Russia
J. Ogden Armour
Prince
Dodger Ine
Bubbly Creek
Louis F. Swift
Prince of
Brookfield
Edward Morris
Duke of
Porterhouse
Wienerwurst
the Eagle
Democratic County Central Committee
Independence League
Krueger
Armour
Tuinels Central Railroad
Board of Review
Samuel McRoberts
Kansas City Railway and Light Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Kansas City
Kansas City Electric Light Company
Edison Electric Light and Power Company
Consolidated Electric Light and Power Company
United Electric Company
Kansas
Samuel Mc- Roberts
Kansas City Railroad
S. J. Ogden Armour Rockefeller
Marshall Filel
Cook County Board of Assessors
Lake Forest
Kay
Chicago Board of Anmeneers
Armour & Company
Armour Car Lines
Armour Grain Company
Central Leather Company
Amessors
Asnegeors
Armour Soap
Pullman Company
Wees Armour’s
Tts Palace
Seine
Armour Systen
Swift and Company Haseen
Board of Assessors
Armour and Company
P. D. Armour
G. F. Swift
Edward F. Swift
Marshall Field
Mareball Field
Field
P. D. Armour, Jr
Greenleaf
W. H. Stead
Attorney-Central
Board of Assessors and Board of Review