More Goods. Being Sold "On Wheels"
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lk SORE goods were now being sold 1V on wheels" than ever before, Mr. A. Prentice, chairman, declared at the annual meeting of the Scottish Co-operative Transport Association, last week.
He said that whilst co-operative societies had all increased their ancillary fleets, the. main rise in the number of C-licensed vehicles was attributable to the small trader or businessman who had added to the duplicated services already given in the main food lines, which were subsidized to keep their cost to the consumer as low as possible.
"In spite of all that may be said about nationalization in many quarters, it can be said that British Road Services are hauling more tonnage with fewer vehicles than was achieved by private industry prior, to nationaliza
tion. Can this be said of the retail' trade?" Mr, Prentice stated. He' continued: "Statistics don't prove, so. Rather' do they tell the opposite story; we are, multiplying duplication wi thout thought of control of costs, and this cannot go on, especially with highly subsidized commodities."
Mr. Prentice said that more use had to be made of resources to give consumers better and cheaper transport, sp as to leave more money for the' purchase of essential goods.