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December , 1931
Free Banquet Features Coin-Machine
E x p o s itio n
The next Annual Coin-Machine Exposition will be held
at the Sherman Hotel, February 22, 23, 24 and 25, under the man
agement and auspices of the Chicago Manufacturers Committee.
Every manufacturer in Chicago has been asked to serve on the
convention Committee.
Several new features will be incorporated in the Exposition
this year. The most important is the plan to use the excess money
paid for the cost of booths in giving the operators a free banquet.
A t a meeting of the Chicago manufacturers held at the Sher
man Hotel, plans were completed and committees appointed to
carry on the show. Practically all the leading manufacturers were
represented and an unanimous rising vote was taken pledging each
and every manufacturer present to support the manufacturers’
show and no other. The three leading trade journals also pledged
their support to it. Committees were appointed as follows:
E X E C U T IV E — Wm. Ryan, 0 . D. Jennings & Company; Lee Jones,
J. P. Seeburg Corp.; Walter Tratsch, A. B. T. Mfg. Co.; D. Gott
lieb, D. Gottlieb & Co.; J. H. Keeney, Keeney & Sons; Mr. Maloney,
Midwest Novelty Mfg. Co.
BAN QU ET A N D E N T E R T A IN M E N T — L. B. Elliott, J. E. Van
Tyle, 0 . C. Lightner, J. 0 . Huber, M. Gensberg, C. J. Dollnig,
Tom Murray.
J. 0 . Huber was selected managing director to allot the
space. Applications should be made to him at 617 W . Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago. Pledges of manufacturers to support one
show will be welcomed by everyone in the trade. The manufac
turers themselves feel that three shows are an unnecessary burden
of expense and think if all the effort is put behind one show it
will also welcome the decision to have one show only because all
the efforts of the entire trade will be directed to make this one affair
an outstanding success and enable all the operators to see all
the machines without having to attend different shows. Operators
who have complained that too many shows have a tendency to start
too much competition for themselves will also feel that this is a step
in the right direction. There is no objection on the part of the
operators to one show, but they do feel that several of them each
year are bound to overload the operators with too much new blood
until the business can profitably absorb it.
In years past there have been three conventions, two held by
different operators’ associations, and one by a group of manufac
turers in New York. The Chicago Manufacturers are working
hard to make their show the only one of the year. It certainly was
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