The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-20
STILL MORE BICYCLE WOE.

STILL MORE BICYCLE WOE.
According to the New York Journal
the wheel is in fair way To bankrupt
everybody except those who are engag-
ed in manufacturing it by the million.
1t has made q canvass of the different
trades that have suffered by the APP
probation Of the bicycle and the de
probation of all other commodities,
and presents a table of their losses.
Thereby it appears that the horse and
livery business has suffered TO the eI-
tent Of $40, 100000 a year in the reduc-
ton of it's receipts. The manager OF
the Windsor Livery stables one or
Gotham's largest establishments in
that line, is quoted as saying that It's
business fell off fully 80 per cent last
year, entirely, as he thinks, because OF
the bicycle He says that many New
York liverymen have disposed of all
but a few of their horses and put bicy-
cles in their stalls instead; that saddle
horses and carriages are alike drug
in the market, and that fully two-thirds
OF the livery horses Of the metropolis
have been thrown upon the market at
any price they would bring.
The trade in pleasure vehicles and in
harnesses and saddlery are said, on the
authority OF representative firms in
these two trades, to have suffered an
annual loss between them of $4,000
600 more A leading firm OF New YORK
tailorS is quoted as saying that the bl-
cycle Juror has diminished the tailor
ing business by fully % per cent, and
S10.O00,000 year is the figure at which
the loss of the tailors of the country is
set down. The tailors assert that the
Sunday suit has been dropped by
thousands of wheelmen as a superhui-
", because they go riding ON Sunday in
a ready-made bicycle suit, and no long
er fell the need of best clothes" The
editor of the jewelers. Weekly declares
that the jewelry and watch trade Is
depressed TO the extent to s., 10000 a
year BY the bicycle fever, and would
suffer more but for the fact that the
watch manufacturers have many OF
them gone into the business Of making
BICYCLES instead of watches. They
have also found some compensation in
the making of cyclometers and bicycle
watches The piano makers of the
metropolis, according TO representa-
tive house. believe that the bicycle Is
responsible for i loss Of at least $13,-
100000 q year TO thier trade. They be
Ieve that instead OF buying pianos,
the people are now buying bicycles
The cigar makers and dealers come
next IN the list Of cOmplsinants- They
say that the deliTium of the wheel has
decreased the sale Of cigars by % per
cent. causing a loss TO the trade OF So
o000cO 4 year.
The dry goods trade Is spoken for in
this chapter Of lamentations By the
managing editor OF the Dry Goods
Economist, who says that the ladies
OF the wheel are econOmiZins greatly
in the purchase Of dress goods. 50 that
there IS a falling of Of - per cent in
that branch of the trade lie alleges
that "the woman on the wheel j. -
devoted 70 the recreation that she Is
content with the simple costumes re-
Qnisite for It's enjoyment and does not
think OF buying the extensive outfit e.
sentizl IN former years 10 the summer
girl from statements made 10 our
metropolis contemporary the lead
ers in ether trades and business Il -
estimated that the street railways are
taking ia SS.OO0cO0 year less, The
LIQUOR dealers $4,000 yesr less
th,. railroad and steamship excursions
S--DOBOs0 q year IeSs and the tbeaters
S3.O0.cp0 year leSs-all on 2cco1nt 81
the bicycle. The cyclists ar, fo- TIE
most part. CONSUMERS % soft drtnAs
only. and very few Of them can smoke.
CO care 10 do II, while e13oyins ths=if
spins At BerntsDc's a decline u 81
least - .ser cent il The sale o. leadlz;
reading is reported, and thLS. to-, =
charged 10 the bicycle Moreover. Tae
wheeling hosts have invaded tie lob
bies OF the state legislatures. AID =