"Doubtless the power to control the manufacture of a given thing involves, in a certain sense, the control of its disposition... the exercise of that power may result in bringing the operation of commerce into play, it does not control it, and affects it only incidentally and indirectly." The source of this quote is

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This quote is from the United States Supreme Court case United States v. E. C. Knight Company, which addressed the issue of whether the federal government could regulate manufacturing under the Sherman Antitrust Act. The Court ruled that manufacturing was not interstate commerce and thus not subject to federal regulation under the Act, distinguishing between manufacturing and commerce.

"Doubtless the Power to Control the Manufacture of a Given