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successfully in court. You fellows are in on the ground floor, &
to see opportunities when they appear, and capable of making
most of them. You are in a position to choose the most promisl11^
machines, the most prolific locations and “ cash in” from the
go, with prospects of constantly growing profits.
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And what does this new era of the vending machine indu^1?
mean to A U T O M A T IC A G E ? Just th is: A U T O M A T IC AG® v
your paper— it belongs to the industry, and as the industry
so shall its organ respond to this greater opportunity o f service
you. W e shall increase our efforts in this dawning era of
business, and shall be devoted to the industry in raising it to ° e
levels both in prosperity and in public opinion, which has not
it due credit.
A subscriber and one o f the leaders in the manufacturing ^ ,
said to us recently: “ A U T O M A T IC A G E deserves ten thousa1^
readers, and it shall have them as the industry grows and th°s
connected with it come to depend upon it.”
A ll this means that this prediction, based upon the facts *
hand, is not a castle built in atmosphere, but rather on the soUfla’
substantial foundation each one of you have helped to lay.
T h e C o n v e n tio n — O u r
B a rom eter o f P ro g re ss
Plans are rapidly going ahead for
biggest convention our industry has ever staged.
The men in
charge are determined to put on your show and our show in
bigger way than has been done before. Former conventions
one hundred per cent successful and no one who attended wou
have missed them. This one will be bigger and better because ° ul
industry has grown since then.
An array o f new machines were introduced at the Amusem^11
Parks convention in Chicago this month, those that were m °s
suitable fo r amusement park purposes. These and a great to * 0?
others will be displayed at our own convention and will shoW ^0
best advantage the progress we are making.
But a convention is infinitely more than an exhibit: It is
personnel of an industry assembled; it is the spirit of progress
brought to a peak; it is the power which directs scattered effoi^
toward a common g o a l; it is the means of knowing each other bet
ter and getting the other’s point of v iew ; it is the melting pot in*0
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