The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-23
RIGHT or COMMISSION
- CLEARLY ESTABLISHED

over 'hc normal rates from certain
RIGHT OF COMMISSION
IL CLEARLY ESTABLISUI:D
AS result Of the decision. all oucs
ton liz removed ua to the right of the
commission. not only to pass on the
reasonablencss OF a lower rate for q
maui TO more distant city than to n
nearer one In the same direction, but
10 Tx how much the difference NAV bc
II recognizes tho power Of tho com
mission TO fix such rates by zones as
distinguished from taking up the CON
u'tiohs surrounding each point OF shin
ment In the United states.
chlef Justice White announced the
unanimous decision of the court. He
haid the case turned largely upon the
construction and validity of the long
ana short haul clause in the fourth
section OF the Interstate commerce act
as amended in 1910. His conclusion
was that the amendment In 1910 trans-
icrrcd rom the railroads to the COM
mission the power hitherto rcposcd by
Congress in the railroads to deter
mine what exemptions should be made
from the general prohibition against
charging less for a long haul than for
"A short haul. He said If IL was valid
Tor congress TO allow the railroads to
exercise tho power. IL was valid for
Congress to let the commission exer-
else
after all has been said" continued
Justice White. the provision. while
involving, OF course certain la.i-
tude of Judgment and discretion, arc
no more unde.incd and uncertain since
amended than they have been from the
beginning"
LOUISIANA FAILS
TO GET INJUNCTION
The Supreme Court declined to issue
Injunction N t,py IN 'r,c.
Department from granting to Cuban
sugar the 90 per cent dirercntiai nro-
viccd by treaty, IN addition to the new
rcducted rates OF the tariff law The
merits of the case were not passed
upon, however. and action in the Gus
toms Court. was not precluded
Louisiana. as a planter OF sugar
cane on its convict farm. sought the
injunction. IT contcndcd that the %
per cent reduction in sugar rates which
became effective in March under the
Underwood law wiped out the differ
entail Attorney General McRey-
nolds advised Secretary McAdoo that
the differcntial provided by the Cuban
reciprocity treaty sun prevailed, de-
spite the reduction.
The Supreme Court did not pass
upon that. but declined the Injunction
on the ground that the power OF the
Secretary of the Treasury was discre-
tiouary and not ministerial, and that
it would not instruct him how TO pro-
coed.
POOLING OF TOBACCO
Is DECLARED ILLEGAL
Tn" Kentucky statute making il
legal for farmers 10 pool their to-
bacco was annulled rs uuconstitution-
Al by the Supreme Court Tho court
held that the conviction Of Patrick Col
Inns. OF Mason County, Ky. for selling
n 70 RI 81
ing to pool with the hurley Tobacco
Society. tobacco growers ory,aniza-
ton. was invalid. Collins had been
fined $50.
The conviction of Thomas Malone.
another Kentucky tobacco grower. also
was set aside.
In substance, the court found that az
a result Of the passage of the tonac-
co pooling act. the Kentucky State
courts held that the trust law of the
State was that any combination was
legal that did not enhance or deprcss
prices above or below real value The
court held IL was beyond human in
SenuIty to determine what was real
value OF an article under imaginary
conditions.
EN-SLAVES ARE BARRED
UNDER RULES OF KINSrIIP
The Tennessee Supreme Courts de-
cision that eN-slaves cannot inherit
property under the ordinary rules OF
kinship, was upheld by the supreme
Court.
TIE question arose in the case of
Jonn Jones an cX-slave. who ovred
Il farm in Tennessee at the time OF his
death. The Supreme Court of Tennes-
see held that his brothers and sisters
who were eN-slavcs could NOT, under
tennessee statutes, inherit the land. IT
vent to Jones's widow.
EMPLOYEES on PASSES
ASSUME ALL RISKS
Railroads arc notP liable for injury
TO interstate employees or members of
their families riding on passes which
contain stipulations that the passenger
assumes all risks while being so trans
ported. The Supreme Court so decided
ana held that pass is not to be re-
garded as part of the compensation for
which the employe works, but Is in
reality free.
The Supreme Court to-day affirmed
the decree Of the New York Federal
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