as in this case) Federal subjects, and Federal laws as invalid 

 because they affect similarly State subjects ; and the State 

 Governments will find that the doctrine will react with 

 baneful pressure on their own activities." It seems almost 

 grotesque to find that the State Governments are to 

 apprehend evil as the result of a legal decision of the 

 majority of the High Court, directed towards conserving 

 the sovereign rights of the States. The Fob-nil Legislature* 

 seems to have aimed in certain instances at gaining control 

 over the States in as many ways as possible ; and although 

 the same population constitutes both the Commonwealth 

 and the States, yet it is self-evident that there may be 

 differences in the internal interests of a State as compared 

 with those of its immediate neighbours. Take the mining 

 industry, for instance : in each State there are mineral 

 deposits, there are consequently mines ; and the mines are 

 being developed by domes tie rorporntions midrr State laws. 

 Is it practicable, or ever intended, to place all such com- 

 panies in all their details of working and control under the 

 aegis of the Commonwealth Government, to the ignoring 

 of the State authority and the interests of its people ? To 

 state the case seems to carry with it a refutation of the 

 idea. The Commonwealth can with advantage perhaps 

 enact some provisions of a broad nature which should govern 

 corporations in all the States : but beyond this, each State 

 will probably prefer to control the operations of its own 

 companies, and to enact such special local provisions as 

 may be deemed advisable. 

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the ground already traversed in connection with the oper- 

 ations of companies in general, concerning the business of 

 insurance companies in relation to the provisions of Sec. 51 



