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AID TO OPERATORS PREPARE CASE
AGAINST DISCRIMINATORY TAX
“Lecal operators have em­
ployed an attorney to brief a pos­
sible case against this city to
prevent local license taxation as
outlined in proposed ordinance.
This license tax has been in ef­
fect for several years in this
city, and the long suffering oper­
ators have organized to fight if
there is a chance to nullify it.
The enclosed ordinance is an in­
crease over the old ordinance.
“Since there has been no liti­
gation in our state in the past
against this method of taxation,
our attorney would be glad if we
could furnish him with some
cases from other states. Several
times in the past, you have men­
tioned successful fights against
local taxation.
“I am wondering if you have
at hand any information that
would aid us in fighting this or­
dinance and if so if you would
supply that information immed­
iately in the return air mail
stamped envelope. We must get
our case filed by the 28th if pos­
sible, and your immediate atten­
tion will be appreciated. I have
long been a subscriber of Auto­
matic Age and will personally
appreciate this service.”
Pertinent decisions of local
courts were furnished this sub­
scriber. Such decisions are few
because usually, cases fighting
city ordinances taxing vending
machines never get to a court.
When sufficient evidence is sub­
mitted to the city council, they
usually come down to earth and
either drop the tax ordinance or
set a tax of a reasonable fee. For
example, in one large city recent­
ly, operators got the city ordi­
nance changed to 50c tax per
vending machine per year— in­
stead of the $5 and $1 tax which
the council had written into the
ordinance— after operators pre­
sented tangible evidence that the
high fees were confiscatory.
RON ROOD R O CK -O LA
FLORIDA DISTRIBUTOR
Announcement has come from
Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corp.,
Chicago, that Southern Music
Co. of Orlando, Florida, has
been appointed exclusive factory
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second class matter August 10, 1926, at the Post Office at Chicago, 111.,
The aid given to operators by
Automatic Age in many local
contests against the imposition
of discriminatory license or tax
ordinances on vending machines
is significantly indicated in the
following letter received from
Oklahoma:
h n c r
distributor for the State of
Florida.
Southern Music is headed by
“ Ron Ro o d” , well known
throughout the State of Florida
in the music operating business,
and active in Association work.
I. F. Webb, Rock-Ola vice pres­
ident, in speaking of the appoint­
ment stated, “We are proud to
have a man of Ron Rood’s repu­
tation and standing associated
closely with us as Factory Dis­
tributor.”
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TIN C A N S FOR
KEEPING SALTED NUTS
The use of clean tin cans has
been reported to be a very practi­
cal container for keeping salted
nuts fresh. It also makes servic­
ing easier. The 15 or 20 pound
coffee tin can is a good type.
There are many other types of
tin cans with lids which can also
be used for this purpose.
It is advisable to punch a few
holes in the lid of the tin can.
Using tins, salted nuts will be
much fresher looking when they
are placed in the machines. It is
inadvisable to keep salted nuts
in bags or cartons. When nuts
remain in cartons, much of the
valuable oil escapes, as the paper
carton absorbs the moisture or
oil. Leaving nuts around in car­
tons, not only makes the nuts
look stale, but it actually hastens
the on-setting of rancidity.
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