Show CONSTITUTIONAL BUT BUTIn In tb th the famous commodities t s clause cLaus clau of uC the supreme me court one is forcibly reminded of that justly cele i ted ditty Mother d dear lr r may I go 10 swim Yea Yes my darting darling laughter daughter I Rang Hang Hn your yaw clothe on en a II hickory limb nIb But Out dont go near the water The fIte court holds that the Hepburn rate law iw is It valid in forbidding a II railroad company to transport between states r than Umber man mined or produced by b it or under UDder Its Ita authority or which it may own in whole or in Iii part or lr in which it nay Iy have ha any an interest t direct or r ret ct t So far so good but the court the government interpretation l hr It jr holding that a II railroad company com pan may ilia own stock in a corporation which te do M these things thin and still transport the commodity without interference from the law In other words the Denver 8 Rte JUD Grande could not haul front from Utah into Nevada ed from mines it owned out outright outright right but it can haul the coal of the Utah Fuel company whose who e stock it controls Just us as the n Pacific can haul th the coal of the subordinate com corn company paR pany which it controls in Wyoming In IR other words the law Ja is constitutional but it prohibits none of the things thing which the government contended it would prohibit so 10 o long as there is a company e to own the commo commodity commodity dlly and ami produce or manufacture it Ateo gIon AlOng with ith the Standard Oil fine the Santa Fe fine and the other exploits which were heralded as the great achievements of the Roosevelt admin administration this commodities clause goes oes to te t the limbo of oC o bogus victories |