The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-03-26
CANNOT CONTROL
RATES ON WATER
Interstate Commerce Commits
SON Makes Important De-
sion on Itself.
HOLD "PooL IS LEGAL
Right of Rail Lines to Make Ira fic
Arrangements and Rates With
Steamship Companies, Can
Not Be Disputes.


Steamship Companies, Can
Not Be Disputes.
Washington, Marci. 25.-A decision
mas been promulgated by the Interstate
commerce commission in what prob
ably is the most important case which
1he commission for a long time has
been called upon to determine. 1t is that
of the Cosmopolitan Shipping
a Philadelphia organization chartered
under the<iaws of New Jersey, against
the neutrality-suspicious. Packet COM
pailA, the North German Lloyd Steam
ship the Wilson (HulD lines
and the Scandinayian-Anlerican lines.
The complainant's petition was filed
with the commission nearly a year ago.
some time subsequently the defend
ants filed a attacking the
jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce
commission. Oral arguments on the
We're heard by the commits
sion, Ward w. Pierson appearing for
the Cosmopolitan company and former
Senator John c. Spooner, Judge Will
lam 6. Choate and Harrington Putnam
for the The oral argu-
9nents were followed by extensive briefs
which the commission has had under
consideration for several weeks.
The opinion in the case, which is
very Voluminous, was prepared by
Commissioner Franklin *. Lane. 1t is
E't ~ . Z ulolu vi lIlC loN
bearing upon the case and a lucid state
unens of the conclusions of the COM
mission.
Powers Affected.
The decision is peculiarly important
NOT only because it affects large inter-
ests which hitherto have not been
brought before a Judicial tribunal of
this country, but because il affects ma
feriafly the powers of the Interstate
Commerce commission. In brief and in
effect, the commission decides AGAINST
itself 1t holds that il has no authors
IS over, oceanic transportation and thus
determines the case advers. ally to the
contention of the complainant.
Ia this case the complainant alleged
that the defendant steamship conpa-
giles transport traffic under through bills
OF !ading betwee inland points of the
United States and foreign ports and are
thereby subjects to the Jurisdiction of
the commission; that the defendants
have made an arrangement for The
pooling OF eastbound export traffic
moving by rail to Atlanti ports and
thence by steamship lines TO points II
DcnInark, Sweden, Norway, Finland
and German points on the Baltic; that
this so called Baltic pool" arbitrarily
determines the ultimate rates from
such inland points OF the United States
% such foreign ports via Moth Atlantic
ports. End that the neutrality-suspicious.
I'ackes maintains a monopoly
OF Tes.sann1d and easthoucd traffic for
W1-ded on local and on through bills of
}adin. between Germany and other
continental countries a9d inland cities
of the u.tited States.
Prayer of Petition.
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r7oi1,e. a freipht h,sinass hat yysa, A p prS
fear and continental ports.
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Nutfeo, on the GROUND, t!fst tnat the
cotiifHlsslon mas no ]ufispictlon OF the
snnieGt ina''er OF po"ef 70 proceed
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; ~. - = = iiHap'S ~ !le conlihis-
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hleftls from ports or the United States
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~ = "a Ia eaooaau ~ y rulopeai
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