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Several New Chapters Are Added to
So. California Radio Trades Ass'n
Each Branch Will Hold Meetings at Frequent Intervals to Discuss Problems That Are
Directly Pertinent to the Business—May Adopt Standard Service Charge
T OS ANGELES, CAL, April 25.—Several
new chapters of the Radio Trades Asso-
ciation of Southern California have been
formed recently in different parts of Southern
California.
These now include Pasadena,
Huntington Park, Long Beach, San Pedro,
Riverside, Santa Ana, Santa Paula, Bakers-
field, San Diego, Santa Barbara and the Valley.
The last named includes dealers from the
towns of Pomona, Ontario, Covina, Upland,
Azusa, San Dimas. Each chapter holds weekly,
semi-weekly or monthly meetings at which
times local problems are discussed.
These problems, however, are practically
identical in every district and can be summed
up under the following headings:—Radio in-
terference, excessive trade-in allowances, abuse
of home demonstrations, radio service and a
fair and profitable charge for same.
Radio interference is being eliminated as
far as possible by the passing of city ordi-
nances which make it unlawful to operate elec-
tric devices during certain hours which inter-
fere with radio reception. Other causes of
radio interference emanate, of course, from
power and other public utility corporations'
equipment, and through a close co-operation
between the latter and the special department
of the Association they are remedied as far
as possible and at the earliest possible moment.
The excessive trade-in allowance is a curse
which has existed for a long time in the auto-
mobile business, and in the piano and phono-
graph trades. Every radio dealer recognizes
it and seems determined to check it. Plans
have been proposed and tentative rules have
1
been laid down; among others has been an
• understanding that no dealer will allow more
than ten per cent of the price of the new set
which is being purchased for an old set toward
the purchase price of the new.
Radio dealers are becoming more and more
• sensitive about the abuse by some supposed
.prospective purchasers of demonstrations of
radio receiving sets in the latters' homes.
i'They have found that many persons will try
Edison Radio Progress
in Northern New York
[J. L. Hicks, President of Alliance Motor Corp.,
; Rochester, Tells of Great Interest in Edison
Products in That Section
i J. L. Hicks, president of the Alliance Motor
''Corp., Rochester, N. Y., distributor of Edison
• Radios, was a recent visitor at the general of-
; fices of Thomas A. Edison, Inc., in Orange,
!
N. J. George J. Wilson, advertising manager
|of the Alliance Corp., accompanied Mr. Hicks.
. During a very interesting discussion with sev-
'eral of the executives of Thomas A. Edison,
line, Mr. Hicks reported how pleased the Motoi
^Alliance Corp. is with the continued acceptance
jof the Edison Radio throughout its field of ac-
•j'tivity in the Northwestern part of New York
State, and also with the way new Edison deal-
ers are being signed up in large numbers. Elab-
orate plans are now being made by the corpora-
tion for a tremendous Edison Summer cam
i ipaign.
to keep a set in their horns as long as pos-
sible, and, all the time, they have no intention
of purchasing it. These people have been
named "joy riders," and they are the cause of
much expense and waste of time.
Rules, or understandings, have been arrived
at during meetings by which dealers have
agreed to limit home demonstrations to twenty-
four hours, and, by means of courtesy arrange-
ments among themselves, to confine these
home demonstrations to one make of set only,
at a time.
There is an increasing belief among radio
dealers that the minimum charge for radio
service should be $2.00, and that the charge
for service, including the time consumed in
journeying to the customer's home and back
to the dealer's store, should be $2.00 per hour.
Value of Gross-Licensing
of Radio Patents Stressed
Cross-licensing of radio patents, closely
paralleling the plan which is functioning so
effectively in the automobile industry, is in-
evitable in the radio industry, according to
LeRoi J. Williams, of Cambridge, Mass., chair-
man of the Patent Committee of the Radii)
Manufacturers Association.
Patent interchange among the members of
the RMA, all of whom are manufacturers of
radio equipment, will be one of the important
subjects to be presented to the membership
at the annual RMA Convention scheduled for
the week of June 3 at Chicago. As a result of
the Chicago meetings may come definite inau-
guration of the RMA plan to cross-license ra-
dio patents ajnong its membership.
The radio trade and public have vital in-
terest in the outcome of this patent cross-
licensing agreement. The plan is designed to
permit the manufacture of radio products with
a minimum of patent litigation, which, to the
public, will mean more efficient radio appara-
tus, better engineering skill, and appreciably
increased value for the money invested in a
radio receiver.
To the radio industry it will mean a saving
of hundreds of thousands of dollars annually,
that are now expended in wasteful and useless
law suits over patents.
Majestic Concern Active
CINCINNATI, ()., April 30.—The Cincinnati Ma-
jestic Radio Distributing Corp., which recently
located in a large building at 1042 Gilbert ave-
nue, has been carrying on a wonderful pro-
motion campaign, as a result of which it has
more than fifty dealers in the city and suburbs.
The head of the company is Carl Glazer, an
experienced radio man, who formerly was man-
ager of the radio department of the Julius J.
Bantlin Co.
The Cowman-Hughes Co., music dealers of
Sapulpa, Okla., will shortly open a branch store
in dishing, Okla., with George Smith as man-
ager.
Wisconsin Radio Trade
Committees Are Named
Eric W. Pfleger, President, Announces His
Appointments for Ensuing Year—Program
of Activity Is Outlined
MILWAUKEE, WIS., April 29.—Announcement of
committees who will serve the Wisconsin Radio
Trade Association during the ensuing year has
been made by Eric W. Pfleger, president. They
are as follows:
Attendance and membership committee:
George Barnes, Oliver Kuehnel and E. W. Hein-
ricks.
Entertainment committee: Stanley
Schlosser, J. Westley and F. Mehr. Finance
committee: A. J. Wolf, A. C. Schleiger and S.
1'. Gladney. Membership committee: W. H.
Roth, G. Ische and Earl Butter. Merchandising
committee: Charles Kramer, George Gitzel and
D. A. Bock. Vigilance committee: Charlgs
Krech, E. O'Connor and Walter C. Kluge.
Technical committee: Sam Snead, F. Stolte and
F. A. Vaughn. Legislative committee: Fred E.
Yahr, Charles Krech and A. Van Antwerpen.
Exposition committee: E. W. Pfleger and the
board of directors.
The Editorial staff of The Broadcaster,
monthly publication of the Wisconsin Radio
Trade Association, has been named to consist
of L. T. Robertson, V. H. Maurer and C. Mor-
ris. Henry M. Steussy, L. M. Oberndorfer and
I). M. Williams comprise the speakers's bureau.
Joint meetings of the attendance, merchan-
dising and vigilance committees are to be held
on the second Friday of each month, and joint
meetings of the technical, editorial and publicity
committees are to be held on the fourth Friday
of each month. The Board of Directors will
meet on the second Wednesday of each month
immediately following the regular meeting.
H. F. Curran Heads Kansas
City Edison Distributors
Howard F. Curran, a man of wide experience
m the radio field, has been appointed manager
of the Kansas City office of the Edison Dis-
tributing Corp., and will look after the dis-
tribution of Edison radios, phonographs and
records in Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska.
Mr. Curran was formerly manager of the
wholesale radio department of the H. L. Spen-
cer Co., Iowa distributors for several well-
known radio products, and is well known and
popular among the dealers in that territory.
Radio Guild Growing
CINCINNATI, O., April 28.—The Radio Guild is
now having prepared for its members a trans-
fer, to be placed on show windows and on
doors, calling attention to the fact that the store
is a member of that organization and that a
square deal can be depended on. "Members of
the Guild meet each Friday, and gradually we
are improving business conditions and stabiliz-
ing the trade," explained Ely Steinberg, presi-
dent of the organization. "We do not resort
to 'big-stick' methods, but by moral suasion
we have brought practically all of the best
houses of the city into line. Co-operation in a
proper and legitimate way is our objective, to
the end that both the buyer and the seller will
benefit."
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