The Road and Rail Controversy Sir Arthur Salter, in his
address to Members of Parlia; ment on Tuesday, drew an interesting picture of the kind of co-operation and competition he foresaw in the world of transport. Sir Arthur envisages close co-operation between road and rail services, road transport acting as feeder for the rail, collecting and delivering over a certain distance while the long hauls are left to the railways. That would be an obviously fruitful co-operation, open, however, to the danger of the creation of a transport .monopoly. But that menace will be met, in Sir Arthur's view, by the provision whereby any commereial concern can run its own vehicles without restriction, a salutary competition capable of holding a monopoly in check being thus created. This is sound common sense, as the Members of Parliament who listened to Sir Arthur Salter no doubt recognized.
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