The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 47
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Toledo bicycle maker Joseph L. Yost transferred his factory to the mortgage holders for $10,000 and discharge of a $30,000 obligation, retiring to his elected post as Lucas County Treasurer and expressing satisfaction at paying all creditors in full despite being starved of working capital since the departure of his partners.
- p. 1
Pope Mfg. Co. licensed the French firm Les Usines Clement to manufacture chainless bevel-gear bicycles and motor carriages under Pope patents in a new 800-by-400-foot Paris factory, with American superintendents, foremen, and machine tools throughout, in what the Cycle Age described as a model of international commercial cooperation.
- Cheap Motor Vehicles: Erie Company at Anderson to Make Motocycles
The newly incorporated Erie Cycle and Motor Carriage Co. of Anderson, Indiana planned to manufacture motor carriages priced from $350 to $600 alongside its existing bicycle line, with motors of two to eight horsepower.
- Ames Mfg. Co. Quitting Business
Ames Mfg. Co. of Chicopee, Massachusetts advertised all its bicycle machinery for sale, one of several New England manufacturers withdrawing from the trade as compressed margins made bicycle manufacturing unattractive relative to other metal-working opportunities.
- Roller Skates: Liberal Policy of Makers Will Assist Agents
Roller skate manufacturers were offering favorable consignment terms to bicycle dealers looking to fill the winter season, with the natural overlap between skating and cycling customers making the combination an attractive option for shops in markets with cold winters.
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Kansas bicycle dealers had successfully maintained exclusive agency arrangements in most of the state, and at least one department store was found to be proceeding cautiously with bicycle sales after observing the backlash its competitors had experienced in other markets.
- Acetylene Lamps and Insurance: The Regulatory Question
The issue revisited the insurance coverage problem surrounding carbide storage, reporting on discussions between lamp makers and underwriters aimed at establishing specific storage and packaging standards that would satisfy insurance requirements.
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The Cycle Age criticized general-press articles claiming to advise bicycle dealers and manufacturers, arguing that journalists unfamiliar with trade realities were offering unhelpful platitudes while missing the genuine structural problems facing the industry.