Automatic Age

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In the Gum Trade
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trade o f America
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Acquire Plant
The Apple Gum Corporation, New
V ork, manufacturers o f chewing gum,
have acquired the form er Listerated
Orbit Gum plant, located at Newport,
R, I. The plant has a floor space o f
ever sixty thousand square feet with
private railroad siding, and is one of
the most modem plants in the United
States, in an ideal location fo r the
manufacture o f a pure-food produc:-,
and shipping facilities by rail and
water are unequaled. The company
will install the latest automatic ma­
chinery fo r the manufacture o f their
product, with a daily capacity o f over
a million sticks. The form er planf
located at Newark, N. J., has been
taxed to capacity, operating nights
and holidays, but unable to meet the
■ever increased capacity, the custo­
mers will not experience the delay in
execution o f their orders, as hereto­
fore.
High Price of Chicle
The Mexican government has con­
fiscated all chicle land in Quintana
Roo. The sombrero jugglers grabbed
92,000 hectares,” says Bugs Euer, the
Humorist.
“ But we must have those hectares.
The loss o f our chewing gum. threat­
ens the foundation of good govern­
ment right in its bridgework.”
Peppermint Growers
Fear the Future
Prosperous looking mint growers
are looking with apprehension on
the present prosperity o f their indus­
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try, fearing that an over-supply of
their product may result in 1926, as
reflected at the recent meeting o f the
muck crop growers. Means o f con­
trolling their most recent insect, the
mint flea beetle, was another widely
discussed question. The mint g ro w ­
ers had no m onopoly on the floor,
however, fo r their brother mucT;
farmers, the celery and truck grow ­
ers, held forth fo r about half o f the
sessions.
From St. Louis
“ Enclosed you will find an article
which appeared in the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. You will no doubt find it
o f interest, as the activities o f the
company mentioned in article reflect
on the vending machine industry as
a whole.
Receive your publication regularly
each month and read it with a great
deal o f interest.
W . H. B U SH M AN ,
301 Pierce Bldg.,
St. Louis, Mo.
Drug Gums
Medicines in chewing-gum form
are becom ing the order o f the day.
A number o f manufacturers are put­
ting up some one special gum— a lax­
ative, a fat-reducing, bi-carbonate
gum, etc.
One concern, however, is putting
out fou r different gums.
A penny a day
Gives the flapper a-wetgh.
— W . M. W.
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