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Rule Covering Sale
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Another typical installation, at
the American Grill,
Berkeley, Calif.
ments have been made in gasoline
filling stations and steamships cater­
ing to pleasure-seekers. A steady
stream o f testimonials from enthusi­
astic customers has been coming in—
each one telling a story o f increased
profit and trade, .varied only in slight
degree. Daily earnings have averaged
from $2.50 to $7i50, and the profits
in increased business and good will
are
incalcuable.
Satisfaction
is
the keynote in every instance.
The Eectramuse is a typical exam­
ple o f a quality product that has lit­
erally “ made good over night.” It
has been on the market hardly more
than a year, but in that short space
o f time it has proven clearly its re­
markable earning power before the
most critical jury o f all— the users
themselves.
Quite recently the makers have
opened the field o f sales o f Electra­
muse to dealers and operators. A
special discount plan (limited to one
dealer in cities o f 100,000 or less),
now offers an added opportunity fo r
volume sales. Dealers and operators
have already accepted this oppor­
tunity with enthusiasm, and it is
safe to venture that the popularity
o f Electramuse will soon surpass
even the original optimistic predic­
tions.
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Under the provisions o f article 163
o f Regulations No. 8, Revised April,
1928, before the use o f a machine
fo r the automatic sale o f tobacco
products can be authorized, a work-
model or photographs o f such ma­
chine must be submitted to the Com­
missioner o f Internal Revenue fo r in­
spection.
Machines fo r vending full and un­
broken statutory packages o f tobac­
co products must be constructed, and
such packages must be so placed
therein, that the class o f product,
size o f package, and revenue stamp
attached thereto are plainly visible
through glass panels.
Machines fo r vending| a tobacco
product from a statutory package
must have glass panels so placed that
the revenue stamp also the required
caution notice and marks or brands
are plainly visible. The mechanism
fo r delivery must provide fo r practic­
ally a direct feed o f the article from
the stamped package.
The stamp
must remain intact on the package
until the contents are sold, when the
emptied package shall be removed
immediately and the stamp thereon
utterly destroyed. No such emptied
package may again be used fo r a to­
bacco product product under severe
penalties imposed by law.— Treasury
Department, Washington.
“Still in the Ring”
“ Fire recently completely destroy­
ed my shop, delivery car and a lot
o f equipment, but I am still in the
ring” and have alsso mailed my dol­
lar to Mr. F. E. Turner and “ spit on
hands” and rolled up my shirt sleeves.
Good luck to The Automatic A ge
and the new organization.— A. H.
Haines, Toledo, O.
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