TRANSPORT BILL WILL RAISE DRUG COSTS
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IN 1446, British Drug Houses, Ltd., 'carried 80 per cent of its orders in its own fleet of more than 50 vehicles, which are based on London, Nottingham and Liverpool. The vans travelled 750,000 mites, and the cost of transport was 50 per cent. less than in the case of goods consigned by rail.
The company estimates that if the carriage of drugs be not exempted from the provisions of the Transport Bill, more than half its goods will have to be sent by rail and outside road transport, and that transport costs will be increased by about 50 per cent.
These facts are quoted in the February issue of the " Manufacturing Chemist," to illustrate the hardship that will be ca.used to the drug trade by the operation of the Transport Bill.
The Wholesale Drug Trade Association is opposing the Bill, and about a year ago it presented to the Minister of Transport a memorandum setting forth eight reasons why exemption should be granted to the drug industry.