Major report on the formation of the Cycle Trades Protective Association at a Buffalo meeting of forty independent makers, incorporating with one hundred thousand dollars in capital to defend members against patent suits from the American Bicycle Company. An A.B.C. salesman's implied patent threats to a major jobber had triggered the organization, which together produced over two hundred thousand bicycles annually. The article examined prospects for peace, noted that jobbers and dealers were reassured that it was safe to buy from independent manufacturers, and published the official notice listing the founding member companies.
