...commerce any article or commodity, other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, mined, or produced by it, or under its authority,...in the conduct of its business as a common carrier. A literal reading of the commodities clause suggests that railroad companies could never carry on their...

...commodity, other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, 'mined, or proi-ced by it, or under its authority, or which it may own in while or in part, or in which it maj have any interest, direct or indirect, except such articles or...

...commodity, other than timber and the msnufact>.ired products thereof, manufactured, mined, or pro&ced by it, or under its authority, or which it may own in vhrle or in part, or in which it vff have any interest, direct or indirect, except such articles or...

...country, any article or commodity, other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, mined, or produced by it, or under its authority,...in the conduct of its business as a common carrier. [A"o/e: Section 1(8) above, known as the "Commodities Clause," applies only to railroads. It is included...

...timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, mined or produced by it [ie, the railroad], or under its authority, or which it may own in whole...the conduct of its business as a common carrier." This clause was originally enacted in the first few years of this century to prevent flagrant favoritism...

...unlawful for a railroad to ship in interstate commerce — any article or commodity * * * manufactured, mined, or produced by it, or under its authority,...or indirect, except such articles or commodities as mav be necessary and intended for its use in the conduct of business as a common carrier. In the case...

...manufactured, mined, or produced by it, or uader its authority, or which it may own la *.»•: le or IB part, or in which it ma,y have any interest, direct...intended for its use in the conduct of its business as « common carrier." The commodities clause however has b*en very well emasculated by the decisions...

...That provision forbids a railroad to transport any commodities, with certain sliecified exceptions, which it may own in whole or in part, or in which it may have any interest, direct or indirect. Nevertheless, in our view, an absolute ban of joint activities by the oil companies in the construction...

...That provision forbids a railroad to transport any commodities, with certain s)>ecified exceptions, which it may own in whole or in part, or in which it may have any interest, direct or indirect. Nevertheless, in our view, an absolute ban of joint activities by the oil companies in the construction...

...railroads barring shipment of any articles or commodities except timber or timber products which a railroad "may own in whole or in part, or in which, it may have any interest, direct or indirect," except those commodities actually needed for use by the carrier itself "in the conduct of its business as...