Will B.T.C. Charges Scheme Work ?
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ALTHOUGH the standardization of rates and charges might appear sound in theory, difficulties would ensue in practice, said Mr. C. E. Jordan, chairman of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce transport committee, at a recent meeting.
"I thitik," he stated, "thatwhen the British Transport Commission hears the representations from traders it will realize that there must be quite a lot of exceptions to any standard rates scheme. In the past, many of our industries have been built on low rates for basic materials—iron ore, etc.—and that had been achieved by not weighting the given rate with overhead charges to the same extent as with manufactured articles.
"Now, value is to be the last consideration, and it is difficult to see how the cost of finished articles made from these materials can fail to rise. It is not entirely in the interests of trade and industry that the old system • •-, should be reversed."