Show HEPBURN RATE LAW by 19 commodities clause of interstate inter state stale commerce act of 1906 approved by supreme judges while law Is held to be constitutional court does not concede the contentions of the government as to its scope WaR washington hington that tho the comm commodo ocIl ties clauso clatis oll of tho the interstate commerce act of 1906 known its as tho the ailep hepburn rate law lav Is iff was in effect de declined clarea on oil monthly may 3 by tile the court of the united statch tho the decision was waa announced by justice white while the iho court and remanded lein the derision decision of tho alio united states stales circuit court but the only directions wel acio 0 to enforce a and ad apply tho as it is now construed Brici fly tho the decision ot of tho su court lit in bio commodities clause cases holds the law to be constitutional but it does not concede tile tho contentions of tho the government as aa to its scope an ali especial exception was as to tb tho the ow ownership of stock in a n alt if forant correlation corporation which it was waa hold held did not constitute mich ownership as would prohibit transportation under the terms of tile the liw law it was also held field that ownership of the commodity applied only to tho the time of tion if befaro transporting it tile tho railroad lalli oad company has in good leilh parted gitil it i commodity it way may aidy carry it the point of the decision was in i rotation elation to tho railroads holding the caf r subordinate danato coni panics and on that important point tho the finding was favorable to the roads justice learlan dissented on the stock fe feature attire but bilt otherwise the le dc cl casion jon was waa those these casts cases had been deel decided deI by the circuit court favorably to tile tho riffle roads in that the clause of tho hepburn rate law which prohibits antor in ter state railroads lall roada from carrying carry lne corn com manufactured mined or produced directly or indirectly by bi the roads was declared unconstitutional the general impress impression Jon had been that that dee decision islon would bo be aff limed med tit in tho the supreme court when therefore thero theio was it a reversal leversal Ins instead teaI ot of an the interest was much magnil led |