Show INTI 1 H STVT1 COMMI HCM A icccnt decision of tho Supreme Couil of the United States in tho case of tho Wabash St Joins Aliciflc Railroad vs the Male of Illinois settles tho question for the present that legislative discrim iiuihons and regulations of rates of transportation trans-portation on railroads continuous over covered States cannot bo mado by State laws tho matter being exclusively within tho jurisdiction of Congress Tho decision rests upon tho clause m tho Con stittttion giving Congress the power to regulate commeico among tho States and with foreign States Tho law of Illinois prohibits any charge for tho transportation transporta-tion of passengers or Ircight within tho Stato proportionatol greater than woul 1 bo eliarijOd for the transportation of pas Bonders or similar freight over a greater distance on the same road In tho mat her at issue it ippoaro 1 that tho ulroad compaii had ch irgod one firm 15 cants per bundled pounds for the carriage of goods from 1oori to Now York and it tho sumo time charged other tInt 2i cents per hundred pounds from Gillman tQ New York Gillman being lIearer Ness York than Peoria Tho Court said that tho nnhts and freedom of commerce between be-tween tho States would bo seriously interfered in-terfered with if difToient States through which railioads might pass should exer ciso piesumcd right to regulate and fix i rates of transportation within their limits j I that a uniform system ippheablc to all roads which operate in two or more States can only be inaugurated and enforced i I forced by tics National Letislalnrc V 1 i I mmorit of the Indies consistmi of tho i Chief Justice and two associates die i Eonto from tho derision claiming that in tho absence of Congressional legislation legisla-tion States might act j that the State has concurrent jurisdiction with Congress in the matter to a certain extent j that tho creator of a corporation has tho right to regulate and restrain the cro ituro from trespassing upon tho rights of tho people Tho Supremo Court of Illinois came ti tho same conclusion and tho decision of tho U S Court tJtJrHO tics dousion 01 tho Slate Court It is quito time that Congress phoul < I move in tho matter on tho lino of Kea Kans bill which ippeirs to cover tin ground as well or better than mv other which has been ollered |