Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-10
DELIVERY COST
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How 90 eut down the high cost Of living
Is tUbieci in vhieh every man IN Hobelals
Is directly interested An official inSesIiga
tion Of This question has just been finished
&C Washington BY the census bureau. The
committee found that IL is costing merchants
about 9 per cent 81 the retail price 10 deliver
the goods to the eonsgmers' door. The in.
vestieation COVERED the actual necessities Of
life and the eomulittee was 20 impressed
with the value Of efficient delivery and the
important role which IL Is playing in the e&
horbitant price Of foodstuffs that . recon,
mendation was made to provide an appropria.
ton 20 make further detailed investigation
throughout all parts Of the country.
One Of the conclusions arrived NJ IN the
preliminary investigations was that eonsid-
cradle part Of the high cost OF living could
be attributed TO inefficient delivery methods
employed BY the average retailer. The more
it costs 20 deliver goods the higher the price
that must be paid by the purchaser. II was
conelusively shown that the average merchant
who employs horse-drGwn delivery vehicles
and motor trdcks OF the heavier type which
we're not adapfed 20 his specific delivery
problems was paying so per cent more than
necessary 10 deliver the Saturday nights
grocery basket from the store to the home
Cost Excessive
able. hut can be easily comprehended II
simple analysis is made OF the average mer.
chants delivery problem.
Parcel post aud delivery experts have by
Is that Of economically handling loads vary
ing 10 weight from a few hundred 10 q thou.
sand pounds. AZ first sight horse drawn
vehicles present the ideal means for trans.
porting such light loads. but when the fact
- considered that the endurance Of horse
y limited TO only twenty miles a day. and
that he can only travel five miles an hour
az the most, 90 say nothing Of necessary
readily zee that the cost Of such delivery
must be excessive. Then there are the stable
charges, feed. harness and wagon repairs
veterinary chRfges and many other little inci-
dentais that are rarely considered. In the
aggregate al these count and present de-
livery problem which is prohibitiye.
Motorized delivery is the ideal solution Of
the problem. but the average merchants fail
ing Is his inability 20 buy truck adapted
10 his particular needs. 0SerEealous sales
men. or the merchants shortsightedness. in
many instances, prompt his buying equipment
altogether too heavy for his work. Here,
again. the consumer pays for Transporting
quarter and half capacity loads by trucks
whose operating and maintenance expense
greatly offset the economy effected by the
rapidly Of motorized delivery.
Ideal Solution
Many merchants at this point turn to the
pleasure ear rs an avenue Of relief,
hut time has proven the downfall of such q
No car designed 20 carry 500
pounds Of passengers IN high gear can sue,
ressfully withstand the service strain of de.
livery service. Sudden starts and stops jars
and iolts OF dead weight loads soon tell on
surn vehicles. and the replacement and re-
pair charges. not 20 mention, In many in.
stances excessive gasoline and oil eonSump-
lion. create n delivery charge that is unbe.
Iieyable.
The ideal solution Of the whole problem
now rests with the half.tou truck designed
specifically for delivery purposes, o truck
which hos been built from radiator 10 rear
,xie for this work. ~
The vim delivery truck. which is distribut.
"a by the Won Hamm. Young Co., Ltd. was
he first commercial vehicle TO be put on the
market solely for delivery purposes and meets
IN these requirements. Built by men who
ave been identified with parcel post and