Automatic Age

T h e AUTOMATIC AGE
Vol.
CH ICAGO , JA N U A R Y , 1926
No. 6
filG N A T IO N A L C O N V E N T IO N
A N D EXPO SITIO N G AIN S
IM PETUS W IT H T U R N OF Y E A R
Plans fo r the big National Con­
tention o f the Vending Machine Op­
erators and manufacturers and the
great exposition which will be held
^ the same time are going forward
With increasing interest. The adver­
tin g labels have been printed and
^le being distributed to all .manufac-
Urers who have taken space; ann
they are sticking them on their en­
velops.
These labels c a n y an in-
^tation to everybody to attend the
c°nvention.
There
is an
equal
amount o f cards in the hands o f the
committee. These are to be given out
y the salesmen as they travel
nroughout the country. Manufactur­
ers have asked fo r them in quantities
a few hundred to as high as 2,500.
ne salesmen always have a pocket
of these cards and hand out to
the operators they meet, so that the
°Perators may have the details o f the
c °nvention constantly before them.
^ number o f operators have written
*** for advertising matter, so that
ey can send it to their brother op­
erators in neighboring towns. A t the
ast meeting o f the Chicago Opei*a-
0rs
Association
every
member
Judged himself to write a personal
ter to -all his acquaintances out o f
0Avn and invite them to attend the
^°nvention and exposition. W e want
0 hear from every operator who ex­
pects to attend. Please write us. It
as also been proposed that the re­
Urn railroad fare be refunded to the
^Perator who comes the longest dis-
nce. The committee will pass on
ls plan before the February num­
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ber, and there is little doubt that it
will be carried out.
Operators Have Many Problems
Every operator we have talked too
has some point in his cranium that
he wants to have discussed on the
floor. Certainly there will be a lot to
be learned at this convention. Every
operator who comes will go home a
better business man. In the first
place he will go home with anywhere
from a dozen to a thousand new ma­
chines under his ann, because he will
find there the very latest and newest
models o f machines on exhibit. The
old problem that has bothered him
from year to year will be solved be­
cause there will be some old heads
there who will tell him how they work
it out. There is lots to know about
the successful operator o f a vending
machine route, and beginners in the
business will learn more at this con­
vention than they could in ten years
o f struggling along alone.
One entire floor o f the Great
Northern Hotel has been engaged by
the operators committee. The Great
Northern Hotel is located on three
streets— Jackson Boulevard, Dearborn
Street and Quincy Street. The best
space has already been taken. Those
who reserve henceforth will have to
take second class space.
The best room in the hotel, No. 24,
immediately in fron t o f the elevators,
has been reserved by O. D. Jennings
& Company, Chicago. The next best
rooms, Nos. 14 and 34, on the cor­
ners o f the two streets with five big
windows in each have been reserved
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