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Show WHAT THE TAX WOULD DO. j A Chicago writer has been figuring on the possibilities of tho Inheritance tax In its application to Chicago's estates es-tates and finds that nearly $5,000,000 revenue to Uncle Sam would be realized. real-ized. Wealth that departing millionaires million-aires cannot take with them and is likely to ruin 6ome of their heirs will go to help maintain asylums, poor-houses poor-houses and schools. Some of the principal prin-cipal estates now in existence, which have been created by the death of the founders of the fortunes during tho last live or six years, and the government govern-ment tax to which they would have been subject had the law been In force are these: Tax. Marsh Field 80,000,00 $2,400,000 P. D. Armour.. 20,000,000 COO.OOO Xeleon Morris. 20,000,000 600,000 Potter Palmer. 10,000,000 300,000 Otto Young ... C.000,000 180,000 J. B. Drake 4,000,000 120,000 Silas Cobb ... 6,000,000 180,000 Gust. F. Swift. . 10,000.000 300,000 J. V. Farwcll.. 2,000,000 00,000 Totals $158,000,000 $4,740,000 |