The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 50
Articles in this issue
- p. 3
Buffalo trade observers blamed the season's epidemic of broken forks on alley bicycle shops that expanded on loose credit in 1897, assembled poorly made machines, and then sold them cheaply to young riders on long payment terms, with the Cycle Age noting that one such shop's operators had now opened a grocery store in the same premises.
- American Humber Co. to Quit
New York department store managers Adams and Co. intimated in a press advertisement that the American Humber company had told them it would likely close its factory for 1899 except for replacing defective parts, confirming that the company's policy of allowing department stores to sell at any price had destroyed its market viability.
- Increase of Exports Checked by Canadian Tariff
The first month's figures under Canada's new preferential tariff giving British imports a 25 percent advantage over American goods showed less impact than feared, with Canadians continuing to buy American bicycles even at the higher duty because American products matched their preferences better than British alternatives.
- Effect of Canadian Tariff on Cycle Exports
A detailed analysis of Canada's 1897 tariff revision showed how the phased preferential reduction for British Commonwealth goods was structured, and examined the bicycle import data for August 1898 as the first month under the new regime.
- Urges Supreme Court Action on New Bankruptcy Law
Lawyers and creditors crowded Washington to press the Supreme Court to issue the official forms needed to make the new federal bankruptcy law operational, with the delay leaving parties to many insolvency cases without any legal remedy and threatening millions of dollars in property interests.
- p. 3
The issue covered developments in the revision of American patent and trademark law resulting from the congressional commission's work, with particular attention to how proposed changes would affect bicycle manufacturers holding design and utility patents.
- p. 5
A consular analysis of Chinese consumer preferences and business customs described the specific commercial practices that American bicycle exporters needed to adopt to succeed in China, including credit terms, agent selection, and adaptation of products to local tastes.
- p. 16
A detailed technical description of the Whitney steam-powered road vehicle was presented, with the Cycle Age continuing its coverage of motorized vehicle development as a topic of direct interest to bicycle manufacturers contemplating entry into the motor vehicle trade.