The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-08

The first effect of the decision of the Court of Appeals can not be felt in Aiabanna for seven days and 1t may b< thirty days. Until that time the in-
 junction of Judge Jones will De in of.
 feet and the new rates wtil not bs effective. ss sts .4ss E
 Under the rules of the. court 1t will
 be seven days before the mandate to
 Judge Jonss' court from the Court oi
 fendants may ciaim after tho recep-
 ton of the mandate that 1t will be i'm
 possible for them to put in the chang
 ed rates without . great deal of print
 ine and detail work. This 1t will be claimed will take .ssvsral., days. The court will have tha power of extend ing the time for the enforcement oi
 the now rates and 1t is moro than probable that the time will De, extend cd more than seven days. | [ There may have been prscedents es- tablished. beautiful points of law ex- plotted. and punches of history made by the opinion of the Court of Appeals relative to the Alabamn rate cases, but the. point that touches most forcibly the. workaday 1aymAn. is whether or not he can cash. the little pink rebate tickets, which he has shoardeds So cars- fully since the Injunction nrst was sp- piled. (.
 The interpreters of the dscision of the Court of Appeais declare. that noth. fng is settled. that ,ths case will drag along in Judge Jones' court onoos more, in the effort to prove the rates coh- nscatory. The decision of the Court of Appeals. say the Knowing ones. merely set forth that Judge, Jones had not sufieientN evidence to prove the rates confiscatory, and therefore should not.,have granted the injunction.
 So from this, MT. Pfnk.slip holder. ftAiooks as if you must walt for the outcome of the efforts, toward prov ing the rates confiscatory.i If they are found thus. from the evidence. then the Injunction will probably slip back: if not. then the redemption of tho re- bate cheeks will follow. <. ,s;. s If you regard closely the rebate check of yours. you will see that payment will be made upon final decisiot'. ok the case if the final decision goes asainst the raiiroads. And few sreK&rd, the de- ctsion of the Court of Appeals finai.. one interesting phase of the matter is that. according to the opinion of attorneys. among them, Attorney Gen- eral Garber, declare that 1thare are some 5000 sto l.ooo rates. on various comnodities., which the Railroad Com- mission can lower. if they 70 .desire, now, that the Injunction is lifted. ir- respective of the si1o statutory rates which had already, been lowered by the laws which brought on all the trou- bie, -
 The State laws. In. regulating the rates, effectedi changes in a1do, the bus mess in which comprise e6 per cent ok the trafiacs of, sfhe-- ratir6ads In Aiat baina. There arass kestdSs, hetwsen 5000 and A, 900 other rates. which the State laws did not affectf A |.
 Tn their applications for injunction. the railroads asked that the restrain ing order cover the rates. which ths State did not touch. that the Railroad Commission could take no ateps to- ward lowering them. And now that the injunction is of. and even pending the hearing on the connscatory propo- sition as affecting the other @11o. the 5000 or 1000 hitherto untouched rates can be touched sssg ss i..t vs,,s 7 1t may be that the State, will come in to 9s,6fS as e result of the Court of Appeals decision.{ That amount was sent by the State, officials to New tor. ieans. as the csses we're before the Court of Appeals there. to pay cost of printing records. ete.es Mir. 0arber thinks that this amount will go as costs in the case, and the costs. it is probable. will be ohaiked up against the railroads. ss
 : There is general exuitation at the Capitol, with congratulations pouring into the Attorney General who. aa States attorney. took q. leading part in the fight, and to whom the decision of the Court of Appeals Is. in a way. a personal victory.