Automatic Age

THE AUTOMATIC AGE
Vol. 1
CHICAGO, O CTOBER, 1925
No. 3
GUM M ANUFACTURERS HAVE
N A T IO N A L ASSO CIATIO N
The National Association o f Chew­
ing Gum Manufacturers has all the
big chewing gum manufacturers on
its membership list and a good many
o f the smaller ones. F or the past
three years Mr. Atwater o f the Wm.
Wrigley, Jr., Company was President
o f the Association and Mr. M. D.
Bromberg form erly o f the American
Chicle Company was Secretary. The
last meeting was held at the Hotel
Biltmore, June 12, 1925, and the fo l­
lowing officers were elected:
President— Mr. L. W. Hoskins o f
the W alla-W alla Gum Co.
Vice-President— Mr. W. B. Nesbitt
o f the Listerated Gum Co.
Secretary and Asst. Treasurer— Mr.
A. WT. Blendow of the National Gum
Co., Inc.
Treasurer and Asst. Secretary —
Mx\ H. G. Wischmann, o f the Wisch-
mann Gum Co.
Executive Committee
Mr. G. B. Mustin, Chairman o f the
Fleer Gum Corp.
Mr. Eugene Bock o f the Mint Gum
Company.
E.
G. Goudey o f the Goudey Gum
Company.
Harold S. Clark o f the Clark Gum
Company.
I.
E. LaGrange o f the Pulver Gum
Company.
The principle items o f discussion at
the last meeting were:
(1 )— First Class Express Rates and
the unfair ruling o f the American
Express Company that chewing gum
is not a food product and as a conse­
quence taking first-class rate. Con
fectionery takes second class.
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(2 )— Taxation of Vending Ma­
chines.
(3 )— Ball Gum Department o f the
industry.
(4) — Suggested concerted action
toward educating the public that the
chewing gum industry has a real rea­
son fo r existence.
The recent death o f Mr. Charles
G. Hylander was reported.
Mr.
Hylander was connected with the
Wm. W rigley, Jr., Company fo r many
years and was Chairman o f the
Traffic Committee o f the Association.
A recent letter from Secretaiy
Blendow says:
“ The Association only meets once
a year and that is in the month of
June so we do not believe that it
would be advantageous fo r you to
plan a meeting with the National
Association at just this time. Some
action should be taken immediately
to bring about better conditions in
the trade and the getting together of
the various factors in it.”
A Grand Thing
“ I received your samply copy of
the A U T O M A T IC AGE and I think
it a grand thing fo r the manufactur­
ers and operators and any one that
is interested in automatic machines.
We should have had such a journal
years ago. I want to thank you for
the copy and wish you good luck.
Enclosed please find check fo r $1.00
fo r one year’s subscription.
F. D. ROSE,
Gloucester, Mass.
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