The Traffic See-saw.

“Here in New Plymouth,” said Mr. Wellsted in conclusion, “in the seaport and principal town of Taranaki, the province that by the excellence of its roads tempts a man to put down a deposit and buy a motor lorry, and where road competition is rife, I put it to you that it is your duty, not only from a railway point of view but on broad economic grounds, to use your own national transport system for the carriage of your goods, and so enable us to keep our rates down. Decreased traffic means increased rates on what is left.”