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02 May 1908

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Chicago Eagle

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1908

Page

2

Tax Dodgers and Beef Trust in Chicago Tax Battle

The letter urges blocking reforms that affect private interests and criticizes taxing church and school property. It cites Marshall Field & Co and Swift & Company assessments, questions Armour’s outside stock knowledge, and warns of a major tax scandal. It cites a 1900 Supreme Court decision and cites Health Department data on meat condemnation.

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Chicago Marshall Field & Company Field & Co. Oh United States Supreme Court Witneses Chicago Health Department Union Stock Yards Chicago Tribune Armour Harriman Ufe St. Paul Road Armour Packing Armour & Co P. D. Armour Illinois Central Railroad
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Tax dodgers and city needs prompt Chicago reforms

A lengthy critique argues Chicago corporate giants like Swift & Company and Armour & Company evade taxes enabling a $700,000 city deficit. It urges Board of Review scrutiny of stock owned by J Ogden Armour and Louis Swift, noting Swift & Co turnover of $250 million and a $1.4 million potential tax on $100 million assets. The piece cites Armour holdings and urges stronger taxation to fund schools, police, and fire services.

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Swift & Company J. Ogden Armour Armour & Company New Jersey Chicago Armour Car Lines Armour Grain Company Hammond Packing Company G. H. Hammond Company Kansas City Electric Light Company Kansas Union Stock Yards L. A. Carton I. A. Carton United States Board of Review Louis F. Swift John A. Spoor Laurence A. Carton Arthur Meeker Armour Illinois Central Chicago Tribune Titus Haraban Stuyvesant Fish
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