CONTROL OF TRANSPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 266, 9 November 1932, Page 6

CONTROL OF TRANSPORT.

When the history of the depression eoihes to be written one outstanding chapter will be devoted to the creation by the distracted couiltry of a board to create unemployment *nd raise the cost of living. For this is, if not the intention of the Transport Board, certainly the effect ofi its regulations. It is certain tts car drivers put out of work must run into hundreds. From evwy centre many dozens are displaced, while in some .places the board has arbitrarily raised the fares also. When men are seeking every outlet for employment the board is determinedly closing one, and it is questionable if its action is not detrimental to our best interests. We do not seek to determine the number of grocers or butchers or •milkmen required to efficiently serve is and who can therefore use our roads. We know we have too many, but rely on natural competitive laws to regulate their quantity. -And we are only too thankful that even this/outlet is left for men to find employment instead of. seeking Government aid. Why should this arbitrary board be erected when its effect is obviously to create unemployment and raise fares in an impoverished community? Why not rely on the same natural laws that regulate other occupations and control their numbers ? ISBERAL.