Some Rates to be Lowered "I do not think anyone
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is likely to he disturbed with the conditions of contract, and in regard to the rates, those being charged for full loads are precisely those now actually being paid by the largest manufacturers. We have a number of cases where they are actually paying higher rates—but this is an effort to arrive at a uniform national scale for every 'manufacturer, wherever his factory may be," he said.
He stated that although new furniture carriers were offered permits to enable them to continue, many voluntarily sought acquisition. By the time that the matter of reconsideration of permits arose, the R.FLE. found itself responsible for the greater proportion of the work.
The charges scale is given in an accompanying table. Up to 25 miles radius, work will be contracted for on an hourly payment basis. A clause in the conditions of carriage limits liability for loss, failure to produce, or damage, to £5 for any article, suite or service.