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Show i;niWi: in:isi.tTii). Tin: Htalo of I u liana It dteply agltalwl over the protection of what Is called, home Inlertali. This pro. tcclloii assumes the form of IcgMillou v..w. H.1U.W. ,,ih iuiiii ui legiaiaiiou teudlugto trlj plo Chicago. Natural gas It a produtt that, ouo would Ihlnk, ill I not come under pro tertlon laws. Tho Htalo Legislature of Indiana, has, however, pasted au ait prohibiting the illng of natural gaabyartlllclalpriMuru. Any raou found using uiu fur forcing gas can le severely iulsliid. The gai was lielng coneyrd to Chicago by natural pmswra moatly, but the llootlcrt vr.tnl their grui at Inuie. Tiny hold that they i an prohibit tho eiiurtatloiiofany lialur.il ivuiiuwllty from their Htale. Anotlurblll which liai Just passed ono branch of the Indiana legislature n lla to hctf, i rohlblllug Its sale wlthluthe HUbs unless lotjwtled by Indiana olllclals. This lair pruvldra for a imatliiip.ttorfori'acli cllyaud town, aud allows him three cintsa isiund lit lnsctlou, to U )ld by the lrson wiling the meat. Huch a law as this has lies u jiasaeil by sovi ral Hlatea aln ady, but Iho United Htatct Hupreiue Court declared thrui uuconatttullonal, Hhould both these bills become Hlate laws In Indiana, Chlcngo InUndt to Uat their ciiuatltuilonallty. It la hell that thu Htalo poner of ieclal lcglsla llou Is entirely exceeded In these mat I menta. Hut lliern may be some otlior motive In these law i than protection, Iji-t )rar tliurcuitalof IheChlcagu itotk yardi, from Ihelr resent location Into Indiana watselloualy contldrrod. In fact ground Has airihaaed la-jondthe Htuto lino oateusllily for tho nirasie. Home hlli li folloHed, and Ihe ruiKi.al matter was dropd, IVrlisjs the 1 IuotlcrHdoiislder Uicmseh vn aggrieved brcnusu of thu noil removal (f the jords, an I ly silly, sonaihsa, lnJI. rrouilrglilatlonottliekludiuuiilloiii'J, hope hi hsra4 the meat kings, and conid them to settle In Indiana, whtlherthe) llkn It or not. |