The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 142
Articles in this issue
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Denver bicycle dealers and repairers organized to fight a city attempt to classify repair shops as second-hand dealers and charge a $50 annual license, winning two early court victories when judges dismissed cases against dealers who accepted trade-ins on new machine purchases, and tracking the reform to an 1884 ordinance they argued did not apply to the bicycle trade.
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The American Bicycle Company repudiated a London store lease that had been arranged by its own branch manager to protect the company against loss, then used the manager's name on the lease as grounds to sue him personally — an incident cited as evidence of the trust's willingness to use sharp dealing against its own former employees.
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Reports from Cleveland indicated the A.B.C. planned to close the entire Lozier establishment there, moving its department headquarters to Westfield or Chicago while shutting the Rambler and Lozier retail stores and transitioning to agent-based distribution.
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A contributor argued against a proposed Chicago wheel tax ordinance, contending that taxing bicycles would suppress production and employment in the same way that taxing dogs reduces their numbers, and that street improvements benefited landowners primarily and should be funded by a land tax rather than a tax on cyclists.