New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-24

s'ruc,ion We look more to draughi than weight.
ohr siaplr weight Is 2 pounds for our genera Io@!
enough for the average rider. An opinion from ~
to be wo.i something Zimmr' tells me mai re
would no. ride a wheel Oh path wnici
Would weigh more than - pounds.
THE POPE IDEA OF IT
Elliott Mason, ,the local head Of the Pope Manu-
featuring Company. was found in his Office IN
Warrcn-st. Yes have heard" said he. "of the
story about the American scw.nr machine which
sold in this country FOR 500. when the same ma
chine sold in England for So. but nothing
Ike that ever existed it, cycling. Why. We Get
per cent better for export The Columbia. foi IN
stance which is sold here for 800 retaiis IN tals
for $40. We have 100 wheels now being packed Cor
immediate Shipment 80 Paris
Tho American wheel is becoming popular or
the other side ard We no longer import wheels 10
any great extent The English wheel IS So:e. as
that they cannot compete with us The price Is
about the same: the h.gh,sradc Ensisn w herd
selling for from il9 to f2l OF course AS mere 'he'e
are many cheaper grades. ,, ,
we are the pioneer cycle o, ,n np hI
years since 1873. do not look Tor any reo TIVE
lion in the price Of wheels in the near nd he fear
that drygoods houses would sell wheels ana s.ana
we sell Ia" only to our accredited agent in each c,iy
and others the wheel only at ,hc
E ponses so are y prac sS rnl barred out
NG trade IN ,h bef busy o.
course If we could make style o. we, yo wnJ ~
w y cheap s4s s ii is price has dow
Steadily Wheels which sold for Sl9o N IN - ana -
soid Tor sl5 last year and bring only NV ms ycdI
'he continual changes in the Styles OF whcoIs nldhe
nnw machinery and tools necessary Az our
tctorx in Hartford plant covers thirteen acres
OF who cry for cheaper wheels should look
over this list: , ...t,
80 The actual cost OF labor. ,., -,
% The actual cost of advertising tWhich is a DIS
~ The actual cos, of selling.
- The actual cost Of guarantee.
&c. General expenses.
-. Interest on investment.
WHAT MIR. SPALDING SAYS.
Until recently the Pope and Overman companies
were the only manufacturers in this country whose
plants turned out everything Belonging to the b.
cvc,c Now however ~ 6. Spaldng & Brothers
have come TO the front. and the firm. while young
in the cycling business has made big strides. ~ g.
SHADING from baseball pitcher or a small sal
AIRY few years Is now tn" wealthy preS.lc"'
of the National Board Of Trade.
- Waiter Spaliing his brother. is at the head OF
the large firm and he is fast riValng his brother
reputation for shrewdness ana business captcily,
facture Of wheels and the making OF wdtGheS at'i
sewing machines" said J. Walter Spaldine.
think that the present price for the standard Whee
will remain as ii is for some tine. ~ we c'Nu
why we could OF course afford to sci, item cheaper.
Now they have to be remoiclled o@ch =, iSon' ne
price of the machine has been ioduced 80 - PEI
cent in two years. ana do not look for a further
reduction for at leas; two or three years ,,
"Of course YOU can buy a really eooi vince
really first class for so or for even l'ss pul M
standard pattern. containing all the improvements
cannot be pat upon the market FOR less IMAM 'lo'