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Value Defeats Restriction
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FOR those who cannot possibly visit the Commercial Motor Show, which opens next Thursday at Earls Court, this issue and the comprehensive Report Number, which will appear next week, will constitute an invaluable summary of everything displayed. We would, however, emphasize most strongly the advisability of attending and making a careful inspection of an Exhibition which is of world-wide importance.
Whilst it is an international event at which will be staged some of the finest examples of foreign design—for no other than the best could hope to -compete in the British market—the bulk of the exhibits will, naturally, be of home production, and the world is beginning to admit that the all-round excellence of the vehicles, components and equipment from our factories, and the quality of the materials from which they are made, cannot be surpassed. • No doubt Earls Court will be visited by many who are not actually concerned in road transport, and we would suggest that, amongst these, should be all Members of Parliament and road surveyors. Such a demonstration as that to be afforded will convey, in a more convincing manner than anything that can be said or written regarding the subject, a vivid impression of the might of the road-transport industry and of the efficient way in which manufacturers are catering in every respect for the requirements of the industry.
The Commercial Motor Show is essentially a business one, but none the less interesting for that reason. It represents a vitally important factor in the economic stability of the nation, a stability which has quivered under repeated onslaughts of repressive legislation, but which, purely because of its intrinsic value and the undoubted benefits which it confers upon trade and industry, has maintained its equilibrium.
The leaning Tower of Pisa rocked on its foundations many hundreds of years ago, but is still a sound edifice. Road transport is in a similar position, and will continue to live and grow despite the efforts made to undermine it.
The growth in the employment of commercial vehicles is extraordinary, but is decisive proof of the need which it is meeting. In 1904 there were only 4,000 goods and passenger units in the country; last year the number was almost 600,000, and every month shows a considerable increase.
Come to the Show all ye of little faith, and we shall be surprised if you be not converted to the view that road transport must, on all accounts, be upheld and encouraged.