Packing interests blamed for Chicago sewer and tax woes
An editorial attacks meat packers for pollution and tax dodging in Chicago. It argues Congress must require packers to pay inspection costs, print canning dates, and have meat in transit inspected. It cites Armour Swift and McRoberts, cites Supreme Court actions, and condemns health inspections pulled from large packing houses amid tuberculosis warnings.
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Congress
Chicago
30Th Street
People's Treasury
Chicago Tax Proposals Target Swift Armour Wealth, City Deficit
A Chicago call to tax wealthier corporations and owners like Swift & Company and Armour & Company argues higher levies could erase a $700,000 city deficit and fund schools lights and parks. It notes Swift reports over 100 million in resources yet is taxed on only 42,000 while Armour properties and holdings span multiple firms across packing and rail lines, urging the Board of Review to examine stock ownership and corporate reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 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
Schwarzschild & Sulaburger
Central Leather Company
United States Leather Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Fort Worth
Union Stock Yards
L. A. Carton
Board of Review
J. Ogden
Armour
Louis F. Swift
John A. Spoor
Laurence A. Carton
Arthur Meeker
Mr. Swift
Mr. Armour
Lin
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company
Texas
Hutchinson
Illinois Central
The
Chicago Tribune
Titus
Harahan
Stuyvesant Fish
iMr
Harriman
St. Paul Road
Armour Packing
Armour & Co
P. D. Armour
Millnots Central Railroad
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Lareece and
Saddi Wehendie
Pheee Evchenge
New York
George W. Jackson, Inc. Contractors
Our Steel
W. Jackson Bivd
Quincy
Anza
John M. Ewen
the Rookery
Swift
McRoberts
Contro
Beef Trust
United States Supreme Court
Witneses
Chicago Health Department
Mlinols
Chicago Eagle
Armour and Swift
United States
South Town
Hyde Park
Lake
North Town
Lake View
West Town
Illness Cattle Company
Mechanical Manufacturing Company
South San Francisco Land & Improvement Company
Springfield Provision Company
Swift's Fertiliser Works
Western Meat Company
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