Show WE 10 PRO HY CONT commodities clause of inter state commerce act of 1906 approved by supreme judges wh ie le law Is held to be const til tu t onal court does not concede the content ons of the gov as to its scope washington that the commode ties clause of the interstate corn com merce act of 1906 1 as the hepburn rate law Is constitutional was in effect declared axed on monday may 3 by the supreme court ot of the united states the decision deg decision ision was announced by justice white the court reversed and remanded the decision of the united states circuit court but the only directions were to enforce and apply the statute as it Is no nov v con briefly summarized the decision of the supreme court in tue we commodities clause cases holds the law to be con but it does not concede the contentions of the government as to its scope n especial exception was as to the ownership of stock in a dif ferent corporation wh oh h it was held did not constitute such ownership as would prohibit transportation under the beims of the law it N was as also held that ownership of the commodity applied only to the time of transports tran tion it if before transporting it the railroad company has in good faith parted with a commodity it may carry it the principal point of the decision was in relation to the railroads hold ing the off or subordinate companies and on that important point the finding was favorable to the roads justice harlan dissented on the stock feature but otherwise the decision was unanimous these cases had been decided by the circuit court favorably to the rail roads in that the clause of the hep burn rate low jw which prohibits inter state railroads from carrying corn com modifies manufactured mined or produced directly or indirectly by the roads was declared unconstitutional the general impression had been that that decision would be affirmed in the supreme court when there fore there was a reversal instead of an affirmation the interest m as in m ich magnified |