The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 143
Articles in this issue
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The American Bicycle Company refused to sign a proposed labor agreement submitted by the International Bicycle Workers' Union that would have required the trust to recognize union locals, hire only union card holders, and submit disputes to arbitration in exchange for the union label and removal of past labor grievances — with the Louisville union retaliating by campaigning publicly against Pope Mfg. as an unfair shop.
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Denver bicycle dealers and repairers continued winning dismissals in police court against the city's effort to collect a $50 second-hand dealers' license, with judges repeatedly ruling that accepting trade-ins or selling on commission did not constitute second-hand dealing, while the dealers designated one appeal case to serve as the definitive test of the ordinance's validity.
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The principal independent steel ball manufacturers — the Grant Ball Co., Cleveland Ball & Screw Co., Chicago Steel Ball Co., and others — quietly formed an arrangement to sell their entire outputs through the Central Distributing Co. of Buffalo, effectively creating a ball-making combination while keeping the details of ownership and organization secret.
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A correspondent visiting the 1900 Paris Exposition found the American Bicycle Company's exhibit located in an obscure building sixteen miles from the main grounds, unknown even to professional guides and drawing virtually no visitors, a humiliating contrast to the trust's boastful claims about dominating the global bicycle market.