Show ir Is ia pow a little over two years yeara ago since bince judge deady of tho the united stites states C circuit court tor for the district of 0 oregon decided in the case of ex parta koehler that a railroad corporation could chaffe charge less for a long than a short haul liall in t the I 1 to binno direction where the same was done to enable it to retain or secure business at a point or place where inhere there were competing lines of transportation and where the charge made was wag reason able this thia decision was waa made as will le be seen before the of the the inter state commerce law the same judge has now rendered another decision to the same cal act in construing section 4 the long and short haul baul clause of the new law lie ile holds that freight carried to or from a competitive point is ia alwag always carried under substantially dissimilar r circumstances and conditions from the that t carried to or from noncompetitive competitive non says that though competition may nut not bo be the only circumstance making the tha conditions under which longer and shorter hauls are perl performed ormed substantially stant lally ly dissimilar it is certainly the most obvious lone and effective onland must have been in the contemplation of con gress aresa when passing the act this decision cl islon it will be seen been la Is in substantial accord with that rendered by the interstate commerce commission upon the petition tit 0 of the louisville nashville a law weeks is e eka ago though it is perhaps put afi less qualification there seems to lie be little reason to doubt that the principle va at the basis ot of these decisions deci siona will ce e maintained in case the question should be brought to td the court of last resort ex er |