The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 130

Articles in this issue

• Merely a Play for Time: Snyder Suit Defense Plea Called Dilatory

  A.B.C. patent attorney Redding dismissed the Snyder company's plea that the American Bicycle Company was an illegal combination lacking standing to sue as a mere delaying tactic, while confirming that he and opposing counsel planned to travel to Europe in July to gather further testimony for the Eagle bottom bracket case.

• Columbus Plant Goes Next: Trust Has Been Quietly Removing Machinery

  The American Bicycle Company quietly dismantled the Columbus Bicycle Co. plant and threw more than 300 workers out of employment, with the closure expected to provoke a backlash of anti-trust sentiment among Columbus's well-organized labor community.

• Greatest in the South: Season of 1900 Opened Early and Sales Have Been Remarkable

  Atlanta bicycle dealers reported the best trading season ever seen in the South, with the sole dealer who advertised exclusively as 'not in the trust' doubling his sales compared to the same period the prior year, including equipping the city's entire mounted police department with Eagle bicycles at the chief's explicit request to avoid trust products.

• Living Methods Described: Largest Dealer in Baltimore Gives Good Advice

  The largest cycle establishment in Baltimore described how it built a profitable repair department generating $500 per month, maintained discipline with customers who tried to loiter, managed installment sales systematically, and credited its success to carrying the Orient as a leading independent line over trust machines.