Classic Mode

Automatic Age

Issue: 1925 September

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The Vending Machine
Industry Is Beset with
natural enemies, and that is the
main reason why those in it should organize for protection.
For
instance, we have just learned that the Restaurant Owners’ Asso­
ciation has started out to put the pie and sandwich vending
machines out of business through taxing them to death.
Let it
be remembered that there are a lot of restaurant owners and as a
group they have considerable political influence.
It behooves the manufacturers, whether they make sandwich
and pie vending machines or not, to get together to offset this influ­
ence, because the chances are that any ordinance passed taxing one
machine will most likely include all of them.
W e Are Very
Much Pleased
w'ith the very hearty response that has come
from the trade in all its branches. W e are convinced already that
our judgment was right in assuming there was a genuine need for
a magazine to represent the great automatic industry. W e feel, as
many other close observers feel, that the coin controlled machines
are in their infancy and that almost unbelievable strides are going
to be made in the next few years. W e predict that before long we
will see coin controlled machines vending many staple commodities
in the public places of the country, many of which will be built and
operated on a gigantic, and heretofore unattempted scale. W e
know at this writing of some undertakings that are under way and
if these machines are perfected so as to be practical they are going
to make a tremendous hit throughout the country.
It is going to be our earnest desire to take our place in this field
and fill it completely. W e want to get out a publication that will
be a credit to the industry and the pride o f every one in it. Last
month we printed 32 pages. This month business has justified an
increase to 44 pages. W e want to keep going up, and if the trade
will respond during the coming months as it has [responded since
the initial issue we can assure the vending machine industry that
it will be represented by a publication that will compare favorably
with the best in the country.
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T he A
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Next Month
W e W ill Issue the Call
for the first annual convention
of the National Vending Machine M anufacturers’ Association, or
such similar name as may be officially adopted. W e are now com­
pleting a list of manufacturers who will act as a temporary com­
mittee to call the convention. This committee will select from
among its members a temporary chairman, who 'will preside at
the opening session, state the object of the meeting and call for a
permanent election o f officers. All manufacturers will be eligible
to membership, and all will be invited to attend the first meeting,
feeling free to use their owTn discretion as to whether they want
to become permanent members. There will be no officers elected
or appointed in any way until the regular convention where all
members will have an opportunity to be seen and heard.
T H E A U T O M A T IC A G E , as the organ of the industry has
been asked from many sources to take the initiative in this move­
ment.
W e will be glad to hear from all manufacturers who
endorse the movement and those who expect to attend. It has
been suggested that the meeting be held just previous to the next
season, either in February or March, when the newly organized
National Operators’ Association will probably also arrange to
meet at the same time and place. Details o f the meeting are not
as yet settled, and we would like to have suggestions along this
line from the manufacturers. President Funke, of the National
Operators Association, says that the early spring months would be
better for them because their members are then planning for their
summer season as a great many operate penny arcades and other
outdoor amusement enterprises.
It m ay be possible that the National Association of Chewing
Gum Manufacturers will be able to meet at the same time. This
m atter is now being! taken up with Secretary Blendow and we
expect to have a report to make before our next issue. The meet­
ing of these three units, each separate and distinct, with at least
one joint meeting will be the greatest event that has ever happened
in the history of the vending machine industry. It would bring
together all the big men of the trade, and would be a stimulant and
inspiration to every one who is fortunate enough to attend. W e
predict that from such a conclave ideas would be promulgated that
would start the industry on the way to a new and greater period
and on a higher plane.
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