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he Nation's Welfare Dependent Upon Efficient Transport
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IMPORTANT as is the passengertransport side of the commercialvehicle industry, it cannot be gainsaid that the conveyance or haulage of raw materials, manufactured goods and essential commodities is, in reality, of more vital necessity, and upon it depends the welfare of the nation as a whole.
The cessation of passenger transport by road would not have such an immediate and drastic effect as would the stoppage of the other. Human beings are, to a certain extent, independent of external means for transport—at least, so far as the land is concerned—but inanimate objects must either be carried by human agency or some external source of mechanical power. We have ruled out horsed transport because the amount of such transport available is now comparatively small. Even the railways have to depend upon the road for the collection and delivery of the bulk of their freight.
Road transport has proved itself to be cheap, efficient and, what is, perhaps, the most important of all, rapid. The losses due to pilferage, damage, and, in the case of perishable articles, by delay, are reduced to practically nil where the motor vehicle is concerned.
The reliability of the modern goods vehicle and tractor is such as to inspire the confidence of users in all spheres of transport by road. Year by year there has been a steady improvement both in this and other respects. Vehicles are now available which will carry an increased pay load per unit of power expended and this without increasing pro rata the road space occupied. From the 2-cwt. load-capacity motorcycleand-sidecar combination to trailers and vehicles carrying in the neighbourhood of 100 tons, each unit has its particular field of activity in which it can give useful and valuable service.
In the many pages of this issue we touch upon nearly every phase of road transport and haulage so far as goods and materials are concerned, and our readers should be able to glean from them much information of worth and interest which will help them in the particular classes of work with which they have to deal.