The chronicle=news., 1913-06-16
MO. RATES ARE
C0NfISCA1ORY
DECISION

Washington. d. e.. June iG,--
Validity OF the Two court passenger
laws and maximum frclgh, rates in
Missouri. West Virginia and Arkan-
sns were upheld by the upr.mO
court today In n series OF decisions In
the noted state cases. No decision
was announced in the Kentucky
care. In the Missouri tn. great ma
Joriiy Of rates contested by til. rail-
Id. State freight rates established
In Oregon also w.r" approved.
All claims that tn. state laws at
tackled int"r'cr-d With interstate
comm.re. were swept aside. follow
inr the precedent 81 In the Minnesota
decision a week ago.
In tn" mn ajnrity OF IN. Missouri
eases and In til. Arkansas cas- tn.
eour, held they had presented to-
claim that their property was b-inE
taken without compensation through
operation Of 'h. new rates.
In tho Missouri rate casrn today
the supreme court held the rates
ronfisrniory on the 81. Louis and
HANNIBAL. kansas City. Clinton and
sprinEfi-id and Chicago Great West
-rn railroads.
The -oir, held the rate. valid ~.
Missouri Pacific. the II. Louis. Iron
Mountain T. southern. the Wabash.
tho Chicago. Milwaukee 4 81. Paul.
and tn" Chicago 4 Alton.
The decision hoiiinr the rates con
iissaiory as to the Chicago. Gr~s,
Western. vas mad- io apply BY Writ
tie q: stipulation between the stat"
aud the railroads. 10 the Quin-y.
Omaha aud Kansas City railroad and
i,.~ ~. Joseph and Grand Island rail
way.
The dr~ision vaa aH.,d On ih~ MIS-.
suuss -coans ras,saarr lnw sst- shs
m~simum fr-fiht :s~.
1ns,ire Hughes. who announer.:
the decision held that the ssin
sought Ia h~ made Vi the railroads.
io the effect that Missouri rai~s
were an Interference with int-rsis'.
comm-tc~ must be- decided asains,
them for the same r-a.nn. given 10y
the court in the Minnesota rate cas-.
80.
The court ai.p sustained the rai~s
o' the Missouri ia~ a. 'n the Chi-a-
So. Darlington & Quincy. the N"hi.
son. Topeka aud santa -. the Kan
"a. City Southern. the Missouri. Kan.
"a. and Texas. the Chiraxp. Rosk isl.
and aud arificc ,inciudink the 81.
i."'iis. Kansas city and tol"ra'iat
and the s'. Louis aud San Francisco.
| In each Of these .a.~. the d~rrr@s
Of the lower c"ur; In favor of the
railroads were reversed.
The Oregon rate cases consisted al
two suit. brought by tho Oregon
Railroad and Navigation Company
and the Southern Pacific company.
That by the Oregon Railroad s
Navigation company was brought to
restrain the enforcement Of an order
Of the railroad commission os Oregon
made April 90. i:"s. prescribing
freight rates. The principal ground
of attack was that III" order and
rates named would bc an uncons'i-
iutionai interference with interstate
commerce.
In the case of the Southern Va.
!cific lin which the Oregon and CALI
| fornia Railroad company was Joined
a. complainant the suit was brought
to restrain the enforcement Of an or
der Of tn. railroad commission made
September :. 1910. prescribing
freight rates.
The Arkan.a. maximum freight
rate law and the two cent passenger
fare law were today upheld ~ valid
by the supreme court. The West
Virginia two cent Law wa. also up
held as valid.
| Justice Huxhc. said the question
Of interference with Interstate com
mcr,p va. decided In favor NJ the
state for the reasons assigned In the
Minnesota rate decision. No Ques-
tion Of confiscation was prssentcd
In the West Virginia case.
The supreme court today upheld
as valid the rates impOsed by the
Oregon railroad commission out Of
Portland. thus affirming the federal
court of that state.
Al 2:1. o'clock the supreme court
adj journed until next October with
out announcing q decision in the In
rate eases or passing
on an application for review OF the
lI;ompers. Mitchell Morrison contcmp'