Classic Mode

Automatic Age

Issue: 1925 August

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T h e A u t o m a t ic A ge
get your ideas before the trade, that is the object and function of
this p a p e r -t o act as a medium of news and information and an
exchange of ideas for all the trade.
The Need of
a National Association
,
is recognized by eveiybody in the
fraternity. There should, in fact, be two associations of nation­
wide scope— an organization of operators, and an oigani
zation of
the same
manufacturers.
Both
time and place and
could
after
and should mee
executive sessions
a
ot
the individual associations joint sessions should be he c w
problems of benefit to the entire trade could be discussed an
worked out.
There are several local associations of opera ois
already which are doing good work and they recognize t e
of amalgamation along national lines. One operator remar e
a
the big drawback has been the lack of a trade organ or a medium
through which the call could be issued and enthusiasm worked up
for the convention. The A U T O M A T IC A G E is at the service of
both branches of the trade in this undertaking and we will be glad
to receive letters from all who are interested so that the ball may
be started rolling toward definite action.
Men with
Better Business Ideas
, f
are needed in the operating end oi
the trade. W e find a certain percentage of keen business fellows
among the operators and a lot that should not be in t e game.
Some are too downright lazy to properly service theii mac ines
and that hurts other operators as well as the entire industry,
is admitted by everybody that the play on vending machines
throughout the country would be double its present volume today
if the business had not been greatly injured in the past; by empty
and broken machines. One of the objects of the A l
A G E is entering the field is to make better operators a n d interest
a higher class of new ones to come into the business.
er8f,1S
no rert&un why real business men cannot see the possibilities in
e
vending macnine game the same as they do in 5 and 10c s oies,
[cafeterias, self-service groceries, moving pictures and other simi­
lar lines of small coin propositions.
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T he A
10
u t o m a t ic
A ge
W e Did Not
Get a Chance
,
to call on any where near the m ajority of
manufacturers and jobbers in the trade. I f we had this issue
would have been an inch thick. But we found that some wanted
to see just what kind o f magazine we would get out. So we
thought we would begin publication and then finish calling on the
trade.
It is our idea to improve the publication as we go along. Our
experience is that information flows into a magazine like water
runs down hill. W e appreciate the advertising response that has
already been given us; and we feel that everybody who makes
money out of the vending machine business will feel that he owes
it to himself to put something back into it, and help support a
good paper for the trade.
W e believe it is only a question of a short time until every con­
cern in the industry will be represented in this paper by either a
large or small space. W e believe our advertisers will get good
direct results because we think we have accumulated during the
past year o f preparation and investigation one of the best lists of
vending machine prospects in existence, and augmenting this list
are several that our good friends have offered to send sample copies
to feeling that a good trade paper would keep them enthused and
pepped up for better service.
A Well Wisher
Yesterday we signed for advertising space in the A U T O M A T IC
A G E which you are about to publish.
W e advised your representative, Mr. J. M. Buckley, that there
is a need for a publication of this kind provided that you will
serve the vending machine interest with a motive above that of a
commercial one. In other words, if you can incorporate in your
paper a general purpose to elevate the morale of the vending ma­
chine business, your publication will no doubt meet with success.
T H E C O L U M B U S V E N D IN G CO.
F. H. Fogel.
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