Millard County Chronicle | 1912-04-04 | Page 4 | Commerce Court Reversed.

COMMERCE COURT REVERSED. Power of Commission to Require Show. down of Intrastate as Well aa Interstate Inter-state Business Is Affirmed. Washington. A victory wan won Monday by the Interstate commerce commission when the supreme court of the United States decided the commission com-mission had the power to compel water lines to report to It regarding Intrastate aa well aa Interstate busl-neas. busl-neas. It was the flrwt case from the commerce court to be considered by the supreme court and the commerce court waa reversed. While the suits before tha oourt con ceraed Immediately water linea, the government declared in arguing the caae that the defeat of the commission In this case would mean that railroads also need not report regarding intrastate intra-state business, and the commission's ' whole system of gathering reports relative rel-ative to commerce wpyld be worthless.