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attach their protest and get re­
lief.
The following excerpts from
such a court order are the heart
of all vending machine opera­
tors’ pleas against unfair city
and state taxes:
“It is further shown that the
defendant sells through these
machines, gum, cigarettes, can­
dies and nuts of all kinds; and
this court holds that the de­
fendant is a merchant doing a
LEGITIMATE business; and
any license collected from him
must be neither CONFISCA­
TORY nor DISCRIMINATORY.
It is, therefore, necessary for
this court to decide whether or
not the ordinance does discrim­
inate A G A IN S T THE D E ­
FENDANT by reason of his
METHODS OF DOING BUSI­
NESS, and also if this license
tax is confiscatory.
“If the defendant was re­
quired to pay the license tax,
as provided by the ordinance
under consideration by the court
in this case, then it would result,
as the court holds, IN A CON­
FISCATION OF HIS PROP­
ER TY , A N D W O U LD BE
SUCH A BURDEN ON HIS
BUSINESS AS TO DESTROY
IT. This sort of a license tax is
not permitted by the laws of
this State as set out in a long
line of opinions by the Court of
Appeals of this State.
“For these reasons the court
holds the ordinance in question
is void and unenforceable by
reason of the fact that it is con­
fiscatory and will suppress a
legitimate business.
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“The defendant is a merchant
selling candies, cigarettes, nuts,
etc., and the ordinance in ques­
tion IS AN ATTEMPT ON
THE PART OF THE CITY TO
LEVY A LICENSE TAX ON
HIS METHOD OF SELLING
MERCHANDISE, AS DISTIN­
G U I S H E D FRO M OTH ER
METHODS.
“This court holds this ordi­
nance is an attempt to classify
by reason of the method of do­
HERE’S TO THE WURLITZER VICTORY MODEL 950
The staff of the Guarantee Distributing Co., Indianapolis, drank a toast to the new Victory
Model 950. National Wurlitzer Days broke all attendance records in Indianapolis and as Paul
Jock, president (at the right), stated, "If you could have totaled all the fine things said about
the Victory Model 950, I'm sure they would have surpassed any year in the past, too. Our cus­
tomers certainly went for the Victory Model 950 and the three new Wurlitzer Speakers, too.
We're counting on an outstanding year within the limitations that National Defense imposes on
our industry."
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ing business and for that reason
the ordinance is void and unen­
forceable.”
SERVICE
When business is booming and
everything is rosy, there is a
tendency for salespeople to neg­
lect the little services and at­
tentions concerning the use of
their product. I expect a sales­
man to act as a tracer and ex­
pediter of our orders to his com­
pany. These services often mean
much in their effect on the usu­
ally thin profit margin in our
business. You may be sure that
the salesman who gives us the
best attention, even when he
cannot sell us a bill of goods
when we want it, is the fellow
who gets our first consideration
when the buyers’ market re­
turns.—Philip H. Powers, vice­
president of the West Penn
Power Company, in Sales Log.
REPUTATION
The man who builds and the
man who buys are both bene­
ficiaries of a good reputation.
To the one it is a continuous
spur and an incentive — to the
other the strongest of all guar­
antees that what he buys is
worthy.
We sometimes speak of win­
ning reputation as though that
were the final goal. The truth is
contrary to this. Reputation is
a reward, to be sure, but it is
really the beginning, not the
end of endeavor. It should not
be the signal for a let-down, but
rather, a reminder that the
standards which won recogni­
tion can never again be lowered.
From him who gives much—
much is forever expected.
Reputation is never complete­
ly earned — it is always being
earned. It is a reward—but in
a much more profound sense it
is a continuing responsibility.—
Alvan Macauley, chairman of
the Packard Motor Car Com­
pany.
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February, 1942
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