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Show A C0MM01 bV1i: NUISION. That waa a very aeualble declalou of the Huprtnio Court of the United Htilct, recently delivered, to the ellrct that tha telling of party rale llcktta by railroad! It not au Inlrlngrment of contlltutlonal law. The cite which elicited thlt common lente opinion, waa brought agalntt tbe Iltltlmore and Ohio ltallroad Company, for telling parly tlckttt at reduced ralet. An Injunction In-junction wai ap lied for agalntt tbe company, to the United Btatea Dlalrlct Court for Houthern Ohio, and refuted. Whereupon an appeal wai taken to the court of laat reiort which auatalued the action ol the lower court. The right of a railroad company to deal on tha wholeaala prln-il(le prln-il(le la recognised, In thlt de cltlon. In geueral butlnett, wholeaala ratea are made tower than retail, and the court holda that acting ukin It la not "unjuat dliorlmlnatltn." If It waa olalmed to be wrong in tbe conduct of any other bualnoaa than that of a rail, road company, the objection would tw laughed at at rldlculout. Hut It aroma to be common for ilma folk! to dlacrlml-nateagalmt dlacrlml-nateagalmt rallroaJ cempanlea while they complain of dtaorlmlnallon from I hem. A few more tuch drcltlont from the hlghtit legal tribunal will make ao many boleilu the I nteralate commerce law that II will loarcely be able to keep afloat on the tide of publlo aiUlra. |
