with respect to the second argument, regarding inconsistency, chief justice griffith questioned whether the federal legislation setting d'emden's salary was not simply intended to have effect "with reference to the local conditions prevailing in the particular state, such as local taxation, house-rent, prices of food and clothing" and so on, to which drake replied that the stamp duty legislation was in conflict with the federal legislation because the effect was to diminish d'emden's salary before he received it, unlike the examples griffith cj mentioned of things which would affect it after he received it.