"Investigate Costs More Closely "—Mr. Marsden
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APLEA for greater investigation into transport costs was made by Mr. A. G. Marsden, transport adviser to the board of Unilever, Ltd., when he opened a transport course at Ashridge College. Although modernization of the railways was overdue, was investment of the sum involved justified, he asked.
Transport users, as represented by the International Chamber of Commerce, had taken a broad stand that no form of transport should operate at A loss; but charges should be related to cost and not be based on what the traffic would bear.
Mr. Marsden said that 15-20 per cent. carrying capacity additional to normal requirements for a given tonnage was necessary for road transport because of road congestion. Unilever's annual expenditure on transport equalled about half the wage bill for their 270,000 employees.