The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 101
Articles in this issue
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Long-awaited official policy statement from the American Bicycle Company, confirming that all existing brand names will be retained, dealers may buy varied lines, nine selling branch groups have been established, and prices set at twenty-five to seventy-five dollars depending on model.
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Disclosure of the American Bicycle Company's management structure: legal, patent, manufacturing and purchasing, financial, and general sales departments, all operating from the new Park Row headquarters.
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List of the nine selling groups through which the American Bicycle Company will market its products, each led by one of the larger member companies managing the output of associated smaller factories.
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Statement that the American Bicycle Company, possessing over nine hundred patents including the Owen-Smith bottom bracket patent, will actively investigate and enforce infringements while offering licenses to outside manufacturers.
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Announcement that one of the largest American Bicycle Company factories has been set aside exclusively for automobile production and is already behind on orders.
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Government statistics cited by the A.B.C. showing that bicycles were the single largest American manufactured export in 1897-1898, exceeding agricultural implements, paper, and rubber goods.
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Report that the public sale of American Bicycle Company debenture bonds raised less than four hundred thousand dollars, with the underwriting syndicate carrying the remainder at a cost to their reputations.
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Report of a rumor that the A.B.C. could not make payments to manufacturers on schedule, officially denied by the company, with confirmation that payments proceeded the following day.