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less they can be made for, and the less I through the use of a machine that would
can put them out for. The initial cost to take a pack of cigarettes and automatically
equip my own will be greater by far than
and mechanically, upon insertion of a coin
I expect to sell them for to others.
break the seal on the pack, open it and ex
I would like to have this ad in the May tract (leaving revenue stamp fully or semi-
issue, though I am not positive that I can visible) one cigarette at a time until all are
even put them out, as my attorneys may
gone, and then throw away the empty and
find an innocent infringement on someone take another pack; or some semi-compli
else's patent, of which I known nothing. cated mechanical device which would tear
Such, however, is not probable and within
open pack before customer, etc. No doubt
the time the May issue is out I should be such could be built but I leave you to judge
m a position to know whether I can market the feasibility of such a contrivance.
them. Hence I ask you for this data.
D. W eiss .
D. Weiss, Denver, Colo.
A utomatic A ge :
Supplementary to the above, I took up
slug matter today with local P. 0. In
spector and secret service head. More or
less indifferent, not interested, and pass the
buck to someone else.
I note regards penny cigarette vender:
Last summer I had conversation with a
party who holds patents on such; however
he told me that the only thing he has ever
been able to do was what that he sold sev
eral thousand for use in some foreign coun
try—which, I do not remember. Trouble
here he told me was that the U. S. Gov
ernment was absolutely against the sale of
cigarettes except in original unbroken
Packs, due to tax on them and that unless
the tax laws be evaded, they would not, in
spite of months of attempts by his attor
neys, approve sale of cigarettes in that
manner and will not permit it. Machines
(I did not see one but am merely quoting
from my recollections) could easily be made
up, as I recall, to wholesale to operators at
about $5.00 each, and probably much less.
There is, U. S. Government ignored, little
doubt of its feasibility, practicability and
profit. The above is what was told me last
year and based upon my recollections there
on, and, while I believe all I have stated to
be true and correct, I do not mean to throw
a wet blanket on any reader’s aspirations.
I do not remember the name of the party
holding patent but could find it out in a
few days time through indirect correspond
ence.
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Should anyone, in view of what I have
written, still be interested, I will find out.
And if anyone can tell this party how to
get the Government approval of such, why
I am sufficiently interested to make ar-,i
rangement to put the machine out. But Iy
do not think it could be gotten except
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A utomatic A ge :
Within the last 6 months, some one ad
vertised in your want ad columns, desiring
to sell golf and football machines located in
the southwest. This advertiser lived in
Dallas Texas.
With this information, could you supply
name and address so that further com
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G. C. M. Corp., St. Louis.
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