A full discussion of the limits of freight charges would take account of the fact that "what the traffic will bear" is an elastic amount.
The sailing vessel now has no effective rival, and can charge "what the traffic will bear," and that is very nearly the cost of conveying the goods by wagons.
The owners of the patent on the new appliance charge for it "what the traffic will bear"; and until the patent runs out, the users of the machine have to sell their goods almost at as high prices as before.
A lower rate for newspapers is also justified on the principle of charging "what the traffic will bear.
And what becomes of the argument that charging rates according to what the traffic will bear, is an ample safeguard against extortion?
But not only may the final limit of what the traffic will bear be different for each commodity; the steps or stages by which the rate progresses up to this maximum, are quite independently determined.
In some cases the principle of charging "what the traffic will bear" has been so applied that industries have been ruined through the absorption of their profits by unjust transportation charges.
On the opposite side of the account, it is also worth noting that, while modern business management may now and again fall short of what the traffic will bear, it happens more commonly that its exactions will exceed that limit.
The principle of charging "what the traffic will bear" does more than govern the rates as applying to visible traffic.
A general consideration of what the traffic will bear.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "what the traffic will" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
