The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 118

Articles in this issue

• High Car Fares Aid Trade: Pronounced Demand Already Felt in Detroit

  Detroit bicycle dealers reported unusually strong early demand for the 1900 season, attributing the boom partly to a street railway fare increase that was prompting working-class riders to buy bicycles instead, with dealers forecasting record sales and growing interest in chainless and coaster-brake models.

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• Lost on Anti-Trust Law: E.C. Stearns Suit Against Chicago Agent Decided Adversely in Iowa

  An Iowa district court ruled against E.C. Stearns & Co. in a suit to recover payment for bicycles, invoking the state's anti-trust statute which voided contracts involving price-fixing agreements and relieved the buyer of any obligation to pay, a decision with potentially far-reaching implications for exclusive agency contracts in the bicycle trade.