Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-01-22 | Page 14 | Bicycles Popular in Japan

BICYCLES CS POPULAR IV IX TOKIO OKIO Jan 22 In lI-In In comparison with Its o I on there erl fabb probably han are more r bicycles US used In Japan than ar In any excluding Iu other l r rJ England country r in where h the th the world bicycle c not f is still sti largely J us used for tor pleasure trips In Japan however they are used more tOe for commercial 1 purposes ur e they better f being adapted t to the tho narrow ar 1 streets than wagons or motor trucks There are now more than of them In use In the country the total If licensed at iet the end of 1921 when the last returns were complied Compiled being As each bicycle 1 bl cle pays a yearly year year- ly 1 tax of ot 8 yen a considerable reve revenue revenue revenue reve reve- nue Is obtained from this source Most of these bicycles are made In Japan but Great Britain heads the list of ot countries sending these machines here the United States being second nu cl with wih less than half hal of England