Show i BICYCLES NOW USED ONLY FOR BUSINESS w WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Au Aug 24 Bicycling Bicycling as a pastime is rapidly decreasing asin in popularity abroad as well was as in this country statistics show a tremendous fallin falling off in in exports of bicycles from tho the States Explanation of the tho decrease is is found I in in the fact it is said slid that bicycles now are aro used chie chiefly y for business When bicycles were wore at the zenith of their popularity popularity pop pop- in 1897 they were exported to the value of In 1900 the exports decreased to In the thelast thelast thelast last fiscal ye year r bicycles exported al aggregated aggregated re gated only The greater share of them went to the United Kingdom In Japan local manufacturers arc are lar largely large large- oly o- o ly lv supplying 5 the demand for the bicy bicy- cles des |