The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 123
Articles in this issue
- Handlebar Makers Meet: Conference in Cleveland Regarding Proposed Consolidation
Six manufacturers of divided handlebar designs met in Cleveland to discuss a consolidation aimed at ending the fierce price competition that had reduced profit margins to a minimum, with the Whiteley Manufacturing Co. of Springfield, Ohio acting as the driving force behind the initiative.
- Testimony Accumulates: Washington Dealers Add Evidence of Greatly Improved Outlook
Washington, D.C. bicycle dealers reported strong improvement in trade conditions compared to the same period the previous year, with warm weather drawing out riders and coaster brakes becoming a key selling feature, with three out of ten bicycles leaving one major dealer equipped with the device.
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The partnership of Crosby and Dana acquired the entire capital stock of the Snow Cycle Chain Co. and planned to consolidate it with their Springfield, Massachusetts drop forging operation, continuing a strategy of building up an independent parts-manufacturing business.
- Rumors Afloat in Buffalo: A.B.C. Said to Have Ordered Plant Closed
Reports circulated in Buffalo that the American Bicycle Company had ordered the closure of the Buffalo Cycle Mfg. Co. plant effective April 1, with dismantling already begun and about four hundred workers thrown out of employment, to the consternation of the local community.
- Trade in the Philippines: Sales of Cycles Small as Yet But Repairing Pays
A Cycle Age correspondent in Manila reported that bicycle stores were springing up quickly as the season opened, with American soldiers having brought diverse makes of bicycles to the islands, while native Filipinos were trading in quantities of old French and English machines for repair or replacement.