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Show OUT OF COAL TRADE DECISION BY SUPREME COURT WHICH WILL DIVORCE THE RAILROADS AND MINES. New Life Given Commodities Clause of the Hepburn Rate Act and the Government is Afforded Another Opportunity to Enjoin the Railroads. Washington. ' The "commodities tdause" of the Hepburn rate law, interpreted in-terpreted two years ago by the supreme su-preme court of the United States, was jiven new life on Monday by that tribunal in a second interpretation. 3o effective was the reconsideration 3f the subject that government of-Scials of-Scials predict that the evil will now oe remedied and railroads divorced from the coal business. The government govern-ment is now afforded another opportunity oppor-tunity to enjoin the railroads piercing the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania from carrying coal in alleged violation of the "commodities clause." Chief Justice White announced the iecision of the court. The entire jench agreed with him, although on the previous consideration Justice Karaln dissented. |