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Tax Dodger Pullman Tax Fight Dominates Chicago Session
John C Richberg roared at the State Board of Equalization as he outlined steep new Pullman tax figures and urged tax on the capital stock with deductions for out of state property. He warned the city will pursue double taxation issues while detailing stock value and dividends amid a broader Chicago political debate on traction and municipal ownership.
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John C. Richberg
Hilness
State Board of Equalization
Pullman Company
Richberg
Maxwell Edgar
Pullman
M. Barnes
Capital-Stock Committee
Cook County
Milneis
Chicago
Pullmap
Illinois
Board of Equalization
New York
Dunne
Walt Fisher
W. W. Gurley
Chicago Union Traction Interests
Transportation Committee
Council
John M. Harlan
Charles Steele
J. P. Morgan & Co
John T. Wilson
John A. Spoor
Thomas E. Mitten
Chicago City Railway
L. C. Krautoff
George W. Wickersham
Chicago Union Traction
R. R. Gavin
Julian T. Davies
Chicago Union Traction Company
C. L. Abbey
Chicago Bar Association
Mr. Abbey