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Show REBATE CASE IS DECIDED IN FAVOR OF GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. By a divided di-vided count, the Supreme court of the United States today decided the rebate enso bronchi h" the government aeainsl the riiieaco Ss Alton "Railroad company aiul Viie-Presilcnt Faithorn and Treas urer Wann of that company in i'avor of i he go eminent. Tho case involved a cliarpo of making mak-ing a concession to tho packing firm of Schwarzchild and Sulzberger on shipments of packinor house products from Kansas City, Kan., to eastern points. The pneking company has a mile and a half of railroad track in connection with its plant. Tho Chicago Chi-cago & Alton company - repaid to tho packers ono dollar a car for tho use of their tracks and entered the payment pay-ment on its books as a refund on account ac-count of terminal charges. |