May-June, 1933
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THE COIN MACHI NE JOURNAL
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Keeping Faith With Our Readers
• We note the appearance from time to time of news
items concerning new territory opening up. T he C oin
M achine J ournal has steadfastly maintained the policy
of refusing to print information of this kind. It isn’t fair
to the operator to broadcast such information since it
opens the way for a lot of itinerant operators with idle
equipment to rush into the territory. Operators in any
community, who spend their time and money organizing
their operations, can secure as much additional equipment
as they need without having a lot of scatter-brain pub
lishers peddling the fact around and upsetting their whole
organization. “Blab mouth” editors have done this indus
try more harm than good; it reflects no credit on their
intelligence in appearing “in the know” by rushing into
print with news matter of this kind.
T he C oin M achine J ournal is published for the op
erator and, depending upon the operator for support, pro
poses to protect the operators’ interests by keeping confi
dential information such as this out of its columns.
The World’s Fair Is Here!
• Saturday, May 2 7th, the Century of Progress or World’s
Fair opened in Chicago with a gala demonstration. Never
before in the history of mankind has there been such a
display of the wonders of the world. Almost every phase
in industrial activity is represented at this Fair.
The coin machine industry has not been slighted for
among the multitude of interesting things to see there are
several new and practical ideas in the coin machine field.
The Fair offers operators several splendid opportunities,
not the least of which is the opportunity to study the
handling of crowds by means of automatic admission
gates.
Other model devices await the inquiring eyes of the
operators*and laymen.
A great many operators will take advantage of this
World’s Fair to visit many factories that are located in
Chicago.
T he C oin M achine J ournal extends a cordial invita
tion to operators to visit its offices and every courtesy
will be afforded.
Manufacturers about the city have set their houses in
order to entertain these operators. The World’s Fair
marks a century of progress for not only the city of Chi
cago but the world at large, particularly does it mark the
beginning of a new era in the coin machine business.
The License Question
• Considerable interest has been shown in the question
of licenses for machines. At the same time some opposi
tion has been shown for apparently good reasons. There
has always been a difference of opinion as to the subject
of licenses on machines with operators of such types as
merchandise machines assuming the view point that the
licenses would put them out of business, while operators
of certain amusement machines feel that a properly con
trolled license would not only help their business but bene
fit the merchandise machines.
Of course, both schools of thought have their good
points and it was the purpose of T he C oin M achine
J ournal in presenting the subject to give operators the
benefit of what is going on in the industry. We welcome
the criticisms or suggestions of all operators who care to
express their opinion on this and any other matters.
The New Emblem
• Secretary J. O. Huber of the Coin Machine Manufac
turers Association, has just distributed electros of the
new association emblem for use on letterheads and other
printed matter to the association members. This emblem
will appear on the title page of T he C oin M achine J our
nal each month. In addition to having the symbol stand
for progress and clean ethical competition among mem
bers this emblem is a splendid specimen of art work and
will enhance the appearance of any page where it is used.
The credit bureau is growing and Secretary Huber re
ports that already it has been the means of saving several
manufacturers some money and embarrassment. As its
value becomes more known it will be the strongest weapon
against sharpshooters that the industry has ever used.
The trade is entering into a new era of activity and a
great many new operators are coming into the field. Such
a bureau rendering accurate credit information will more
than pay its way.
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