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Chicago Tax Taunts Swift Armour and City Deficit
A heated call urges Chicago to tax big corporations like Swift & Company and Armour to cover a $700,000 city deficit. It details vast holdings, argues current assessments underestimate wealth, and names J Ogden Armour and Louis F Swift as key figures with stock in many firms. It proposes Board of Review scrutiny and notes high personal property taxation on 85,000 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Company
J. Ogden Armour
Tutsman
Armour & Company
New Jersey
Chicago
Armour Car Lines
Armour Gravity
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 & Salzburger
Central Leather Company
United States Leather Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company
Union Stock Yards
L. A. Carton
Board of Review
Louis F. Swift
John A. Spoor
Laurence A. Carton
Arthur Meeker
Armour Car Ines
Armour Grain Company
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Fort Worth
Texas
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Mr. Armour