The Cycle Age and Trade Review, Vol 20, No 12
Articles in this issue
- Denver's Bicycle Repairers' Association has successfully established uniform repair rates across the city after a year of organizing, with the final holdout tire representative now agreeing to charge for repairs.
- Inventors and manufacturers protest the Reeves Bill, which would tax patented products and allow the government to condemn patents at cash valuation for public benefit.
- Investigation into the Toledo department store bicycle syndicate reveals that machines are being assembled at high speed from second-grade materials, with quality far below what the public expects.
- Hardware dealers across the country are organizing in opposition to bicycle makers who use department stores as agents, fearing destruction of the agency system.
- Cleveland dealers hold a successful opening week for the 1898 season despite bad weather, with large attendance and varied opinions on the value of such events for future years.
- Detailed analysis of the actual cost components in bicycle manufacturing, showing why list prices cannot be cut as deeply as newspapers suggest.
- Report on the growing use of acetylene gas lamps as bicycle lighting equipment and their trade potential.
- Profile of the American cyclist who logged the greatest total mileage during the past season.