...legislation, because among other things it excepted from its provisions, restrictions of competition in agricultural products or live stock while in the hands of the producer or raiser. Consistency would seem to require a construction to the effect that an exemption of labor unions from...

...legislation, because, among other things, it excepted from its provisions, restrictions of competition in "agricultural products or live stock while in the hands of the producer or raiser," which provision, or substantially the same provision, is also found in the laws of Arkansas, Georgia...

...legislation, because, among other things, it excepted from its provisions, restrictions of competition in "agricultural products or live stock while in the hands of the producer or raiser," which provision, or substantially the same provision, is also found in the laws of Arkansas, Georgia...

...combinations of capital. The part that vitiated the whole was Section 9, which says : "The provisions of this act shall not apply to agricultural products...stock while in the hands of the producer or raiser." This provision, the judge held, was both class and special legislation, and therefore in contravention...

...the United States, by reason of the fact that by the ninth section it declares that "the provisions of this act shall not apply to agricultural products or live stock while in the hands of producer or raiser." The Circuit Court held this section to be repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment...

...the United States, by reason of the fact that by the ninth section it declares that "the provisions of this act shall not apply to agricultural products or live stock while in the hands of producer or raiser." The Circuit Court held this section to be repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment...

...the United States because of the ninth section, which excludes from the operation of the statute " agricultural products or live stock while in the hands of the producer or raiser." In other words, and to present the discriminations of the statute in its application to persons, it...

...the production, transportation, or sale of merchandise, etc. Section 9 provided that "the provisions of this act shall not apply to agricultural products...a statute is not a legitimate exercise of power of clarification, rests upon no reasonable basis, is purely arbitrary, and clearly denies the equal protection...

...combinations of capital. The part that vitiated the whole was Section 9, which says : "The provisions of this act shall not apply to agricultural products...stock while in the hands of the producer or raiser." This provision, the judge held, was both class and special legislation, and therefore in contravention...

...statutes in some states make an arbitrary distinction between dealers and producers by declaring that the act " shall not apply to agricultural products or...stock while in the hands of the producer or raiser." Such a provision, being class legislation, makes the whole law invalid under the fourteenth amendment...