The Cycle Age and Trade Review, Vol 23, No 98
Articles in this issue
- Market report from London describing the growing cycling culture in Spain, with over ten thousand bicycles in Madrid and eight thousand in Barcelona, and recommending Velten, Puig & Co. of Barcelona and V. de Atauri of Vitoria as reliable agents while detailing Spanish import duties and certificate-of-origin requirements for American exporters.
- Report on the property transfer deeds recorded in Chicago, Milwaukee, Peoria, Indianapolis, Toledo, Cleveland, Syracuse, and Hartford as the American Bicycle Company formalizes its factory acquisitions, with war revenue stamps on the deeds revealing the actual valuations placed on key factories including the Columbia plant at five hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
- Official denial from Albert L. Pope that the Pope company's sundry department has been sold, confirming the company intends to continue its accessories business aggressively.
- Report on plans to establish a permanent machinery exhibition in New York for the benefit of foreign buyers, with several manufacturers already enrolled.
- Commentary from the London Financial News lamenting that American manufacturers have captured export markets that British makers once dominated, attributing the loss to lack of energy and investment.
- Racing results and club news from cycling organizations.