The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-17
Missouri Rate Case Deci-
sions Announced by Su-
preme Court
MINNESOTA RATE
CASE FOLLOWED
In Decision Reasoning and
State Laws Are
Upheld

Washington, June 1.-THE suprem
court followed closely the decision i
the Minnesota rate case in deciding tn
Missouri cases yesterday. The decision
is victory for Missori.
The suits were brought to restrain
the enforcement of the freight rat,
and passenger fare acts of the stat,
of Missouri, passed in 1907 The ques
tion OF interference with interstate
commerce is the same as that present
ed in the Minnesota rate cases, ant
the decision is the same.
There were eighteen suits in all. In
eight Of the suits il was stipulated
in the court below that they should
abide by the decision reached in other
cases. OF the remaining ten, two were
consolidated into one for purposes OF
trial, leaving nine suits which were sub.
mitted to the court below upon the
proofs. The court below enioined the
rates as being coniscatory.
On the appeals in these nine suits
tthere being an appeal and cross APP
peal in each easel the court sustains
the rates as to the following six com
panies: Chicago, Burlington and Quin-
cy; Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe;
Kansas City Southern; Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas; Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific (including the st. Louis.
Kansas City and Colorado, and the St.
Louis and San Francisco
In the cases OF these companies the
DEGREES are reversed and the cases re-
manded with instructions to dismiss
the bills, respectively, without preju-
dice. The court holds the rates to be
confiscatory in three of the nine cases
whose appeals were heard, as follows;
st. Louis and Hannibal Kansas City,
Clinton and Springfield, and Chicago
Gl eat Western.
in these three cases the DEGREES are
affirmed, with the modification that the
railroad commissioners and the attor
ney general Of the state may apply to
the court whenever ii shall appear that
by reason of change in circumstances
the rates fixed by the states act are
sufficient to yield reasonable compensa-
ton.
Under the stipulations made in the
court below, the decision sustaining
the rates as to the six companies above
will also apply to six other
st. Louis Southwestern,
Missouri Pacific, st. Louis, Iron Noun
tain and Southern, Wabash, Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul, and Chicago
ard Alton.
The decision in the case of the Chi
ago Great Western company, holding
Lhe rates to be confiscatory, will also
lpply by virtue OF the stipulations
made below to the Quincy. Omaha and |
Kansas City railroad company and the
st. Joseph and Grand Island Railway |
The court also sustained the rates
II the Missouri law as to the Chicago, |
Burlington and Quincy. the Atchison.
topeka and Santa Fe, the Kansas City /
'outhern, the Missouri, Kansas and Tex
:. the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
ific tincmding the St. Louis, Kansas
fty and Colorado), and the St. Louis
nd San Francisco.
In each of these cases the DEGREES of
be lower court in favor of the rail
Dads were reversed.
The supreme court adjourned until
ext October without announcing de-
ision in the Inter Mountain rate cas-
; or passing upon an application for
review of the Gompers- Mitchell Nor
lson contempt of court cases.