The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 144
Articles in this issue
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The American Bicycle Company sold off the entire western wholesale sundry stock of the Pope branch in Chicago at cut prices through an outside firm, with a circular openly identifying the goods as regular Pope products — an inconsistency the paper noted given the trust's simultaneous practice of refusing to sell closed factory buildings for anything below inflated asking prices.
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The Soudan Manufacturing Co. of Elkhart called a creditors' meeting to propose a 25 cents on the dollar settlement on liabilities of $26,100, citing losses from its move to Elkhart and difficulty securing competent workers, with the bank and largest creditors willing to grant an extension if merchandise creditors agreed.
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Cleveland bicycle dealer N.A. Quilling, returning from Paris, argued that American consumers were too fastidious for motorcycles as currently built, predicting they would prefer a cleaner, smoother automobile carriage over noisy, vibrating machines suited only to French riders willing to accept grease and dirt.
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Cleveland seamless tubing manufacturers reported earlier-than-usual contract bookings for the 1901 bicycle season, with the Shelby Steel Tube Co. and Standard Welding Co. both indicating strong demand including growing orders specifically for electrically welded tube from manufacturers who had adopted it exclusively.