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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 6 (October 24, 1926)

Incorrect Assumption

Incorrect Assumption.

“It is sometimes assumed that competition justifies reduced rates, but this assumption is frequently incorrect. Competition is often extremely extravagant in its operation and unjust in its effects. The time is fast approaching when competition between road and rail, where such is wasteful, must be eliminated. When it is remembered that wherever road transport is used where rail would do as well the total transport bill of the Dominion is being increased, it is evident that a combination and co-ordination of the two is in the interests of this country. In a young country such as this, still in its developmental stage, all thinking people must admit that the duplication of transport is a distinct loss to the community as a whole.”