[142] “The insurance business does not constitute interstate commerce.” Paul _v._ Virginia, 8 Wallace, 168 (1868). But the power to regulate commerce doubtless includes legislation placing common carriers engaged in interstate commerce under such federal control as to constitute federal ownership of railroads, telegraph and telephone lines, steamships, sailing vessels, etc., etc. Such ownership is illustrated in France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and in other countries. [143] The Sherman Anti-Trust Law of July 2, 1890, and decisions of the Supreme Court concerning it, are illustrations. [144] See the Hours of Service Act (March 4, 1907); the Adamson Act (1916), and other acts indicative of the trend in the congressional exercise of the power. [145] United States _v._ E. C. Knight Co., 156 U. S., 1 (1895). [146] Art. i., 8: 3. [147] Coe _v._ Errol, 116 U. S., 525. [148] Kidd _v._ Pearson, 128 U. S., 1. [149] Cooley _v._ Board of Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia, 12 Howard, 299 (1851). [150] Escanaba Company _v._ Chicago, 107 U. S., 678 (1882). [151] Harman _v._ Chicago, 147 U. S., 396 (1893). [152] Sands _v._ Manistee River Improvement Company, 123 U. S., 238. [153] Brown _v._ Maryland, 12 Wheaton, 419 (1827). [154] Brown _v._ Maryland, 12 Wheaton, 419 (1827). [155] Walton _v._ Missouri, 91 U. S., 275 (1875). [156] The evil effect of discriminating State legislation, and the like, during the Articles of Confederation, are dwelt on by the Court in Walton _v._ Missouri, _supra_. [157] Walton _v._ Missouri, _supra_. [158] Robbins _v._ Shelby County Taxing District, 120 U. S., 489 (1887). [159] _Idem._ [160] Crutcher _v._ Kentucky, 141 U. S., 47 (1891). [161] As by the act forbidding the transportation of lottery tickets through the mails. [162] Crutcher _v._ Kentucky, 141 U. S., 47 (1891). [163] _Idem._ Cases decisive of the police powers of a State are numerous. The principle involved may be deduced from Railroad Company _v._ Huson, 95 U. S., 465 (1877); Brimmer _v._ Rebman, 138 U. S., 78 (1891); Morgan’s S. S. Company _v._ Louisiana Board of Health, 118 U. S., 455 (1886); Leisy _v._ Hardin, 135 U. S., 100 (1890); L. S. and M. S. R. R. _v._ Ohio, 173 U. S., 285 (1899). [164] Crutcher _v._ Kentucky, _supra_. [165] Brown _v._ Houston, 114 U. S., 622 (1885), in which the cases are cited. [166] Telegraph Company _v._ Texas, 105 U. S., 460 (1881). [167] Leisy _v._ Hardin, 135 U. S., 100 (1890). An act of the Legislature, or a constitutional provision prohibiting the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors within a State, is an example of exercise of the police power by a State. See also Rhodes _v._ Iowa, 170 U. S., 412 (1898). Schellenberger _v._ Pennsylvania, 171 U. S., 1 (1898); and cases cited _supra_ touching State police power. [168] The Passenger Cases, 7 Howard, 283. [169] R. R. Co. _v._ Huson, 95 U. S., 465 (1877). [170] Turner _v._ Maryland, 107 U. S., 38 (1882).