Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

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PACIFIC COIN MACHINE REVIEW
June, 1934
lers ~ive Serio~s C~n~iderationl~~~~~~~~~~
To Licensing Coin -Machines
If You ave a dea
By
o. D. Jennings, President
o. D. Jennings
I wIsh t o r epeat what was stated.
in the fil"st bulletin of the "Book
of Facts About Licensing Coin
Machines" as to the licensing of
certain types of coin controlled
111achincs- that our interests in
this question are mutual, because
were closing their doors or slash-
it 1s our mutual aim to do every-
thing possible to improve .condi-
ing their budgets, O. D. Jennings
tions In the entire industry. If
& Co., too, felt the pinch of the
this were not the case we would
depression. Yet throughout that
not have gone to all the consider-
time we continued to employ hun-
able expem:e involved, to compile
dreds of men and women, con tin-
and set forth these facts for your
study and consideration.
ued to operate on schedules as
Formulating our opinion from
full as possible, continued to pay
the facts brought to light in our
fair wages.
intensive five-year investigation
100% \\lith tile President
of t~e true , facts about licensing duty and responsibility as citizens
When President R oosevelt i5-
and Its resu.ts, we have swung our of the United States. We wish and
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sup')ort
in favor of a license fee are Wlllmg
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t 0 d 0 every th" mg m sued hIS NRA code, we were
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for amusement machines whose our power to assist in this coun- among the first companies in Chi-
income is s,:ch that the operator try's return to prosperity. And we , cago to sign it, and have since ~at
can well aflord too pay .a reaso~- are willing to assume a hea\:ier'j' dat~, nearly t~o years ago, strlct:
able tax and sbll reahze suffl- load
that the load of someone ly adhered to its principles and
cient profits.
I else 'may be lightened.
regulations. Surely no govern-
I have no desire to antagonize
The Example of PrOhibition
ment can ask more of its indus-
()r cross swords with anyone who l Our position is in some respects tries!
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does not see. this matter as I do: I but slightly different from _the
Will You H~lp'l' ,
I freely admlt that ~ou or anyone liquor question prior to the repeal
In the matter of licensing we
else has . a~ much nght ~o a pe~- of the Eighteenth Amendment. are again trying to take the lead
sonal. oplDIOn, whether It be 10 . Liquor was sold over a period of in a crus~~ing pr~ject , for. ,tl~e
conflIct or agreement, as I have several years and the government betterment of American busmess
to mine.
did not realize any revenue from generally, of the coin machine
I am as anxious to see this mat- its sale. In my opinion ~any good business specifically. Alone, we
ter in its true light- uncolored by citizens both men and women, cannot complete the job. We can
any prejudice, personal point of voted f~r the repeal of the Eight-I only present you the facts of the
view, or "interests"-as you are. eenth Amendment not in order to case, and express our opinion as
Only by so doing can we ever hope get a drink themselves but in 01'- derived from them. The rest is
to get at the root of the problem. der to supply the government with up to you-operators, jobbers,
It is therefore essential, I feel, additional revenue and place the manufacturers- to everyone in-
that our survey be continued at industry under police control and terested in the coin machine busi-
this time with an open mind. That drive the vicious "bootlegger" and ness.
the further findings of our investi- racketeer into oblivion.
With your support it is possible
~ation b~ presented to you from
Since Repeal what has happen- to make the operation of coin ma-
time to bme, the facts as revealed ed? Instead of bootlegging, smug- chines a
legitimate respected
to us be placed in the 'h~nds of ~ll gling,
expensive
"raids" that business. Without your s upport,
those who have money mvested lD drained our country's financial re- a certain undesir a ble elerpent will
this industry.
sources rather than contributed to be permltted to remain, and the
OPJWsed to Taxi'n.g Small Income them, prolonged co_urt trials, in- .government will be deprived of
Ma.chlnes
creased prison e:li..-penses for con- thousands of dollars of revenue
I want it emphatically under- vic ted
malefactors-millions of which otherwise might have been
stood that I am opposed to taxing dolLars monthly are flowing into obtained .
.any type of coin controlled ma- the treasury, to be disbursed to an
chines whose net profits, because excellent advantage in other ave-
of their small-coin playing fee or nues where it is most needed.
because of vending and service Furthermore, the liquor industry
Small Girl, (seeing a piper for
features, would be cut to a mini- as a whole has supplied additional
mum. Ope:r ators of such ma- employment and brought comfort the first titne): "Daddie, can't
you stop that man, he's squeezing
chines cannot afford to pay a tax, and happiness to many homes.
something under his arm and he's
There are many vending, service
A
similar result ' would be
' hurting it terribly:"-Fishing Ga-
and amusement machines that, I achieved in the licensing of coin zette.
am aware, should not be taxed.
machines. The notorious "hi-
Goyernment Needs Ext.ra Revenue jacker" would be permanently
"Where's the cashier?"
Today more than ever before ousted. Racketeers, unscrupulous
"Gone to the races."
this country has a crying need for operators, would be forced out of
"Gone to the races in business
every penny it can collect from business. Only honest, fair-deal- hours?"
every possible source to meet the ing citizens would be recognized
"Yes, sir, it's his last chance
mounting cos t of government and allowed to carryon _ opera- of making the _books balance." _
overhead and unemp16yIJi.ent relief tions, by payment to the govern-
measures. This is a crisis in the ment of a license fee as in any
Doctor: "You must avoid all
history of our nation, one to ,~hich other legalized trade.
forms -of excitement."
every civic-minded citizen, busi-
The coin machine industry is as
Male Patient: "B u t, doctor,
ness house and industry, must re- honest and high-principaled as can't I even look at them on the
spond, or all reconstruction efforts any other industry in existence. street ?"
will prove futile.
Like every other industry, too~ it
Homes and farms (land and per- has its bLa.ck sheep, which through - ;'1 hear tha~ Binks got his wife
sonal property) cannot bear addi- its own eitorts it is trying to p~r­ out of a department store."
tional tax. Already, during too manently eliminate from the busi.
"Is that so? She looks as if he
many lean years, they have been ness. A slow process, pernaps, but had grabbe<:! her off the remnant
taxed to the very limit, are still a sure one. And licensing will be counter."
Btruggling under a yoke that the a potent factor in speeding up the
"What iIJ your age, mada.m?"
Farm Credit Bureau at Washing- process of clearing the coin ma-
asked the clerk at the polls.
ton is trying to lighten and save chine field of its maligners.
''rve seen thirty summers."
thousands of homesteads. Obvl-
Taxes Are N~
"And how long ha.ve you been
ously this class of taxpayers-the
If it were possible for this gov-
class ' upon whom literally our ernment to be operated tax-free, blind?"
bread and butter depends-cannot ' without the necessity of levying on
assume a further burden of taxa- any person, on any business or any
tion.
industry, fees to support the main-
Yet the budget must be bal- tenance of what we choose to call
anced if a solvent government is a free democracy, I would utterly
to be maintained. Lawmakers oppose taxing anybody or any-
FOR ANNOUNCE-
must create additional taxes from thing. I would say: Let the coin
MENT OF NEW 4-
some new channel, and if the facts machine industry and all indus-
FOOT GAME WITH
are not placed before them, it may tries function without paying any
1 - INCH MARBLES
be that somewhere an unjust tax form of license to the national
BY
will be levied on one who cannot government.
()r should not afford to pay it.
I ' know whaLit means to pay
To avoid any possible misunder- ta.."tes. In taking credit for taxes
standing in regard to our own in- paid by O. D.' .Jennings & Co.,
dustry, to picture the coinma- which company I own, my tax re-
chine industry in its true light as ceipts will show that I have paid
FIRST SHOWING
a legitimate business operated on more taxes than any other indi-
the highest plinciples ()f business vidual in the coin-controlled ma-
ethics, let us be prepared to sup- chine industry.
1 do not begrudge what I have
ply government authorities the ac-
tual facts, concealing nothing. We paid in ta.-"t:es. On the contrary, I
offer to shoulder an increased am proud and glad to have been
taxation becaus~ we feel it our able to lend this financial support
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for straig'ht nickel play at no
extra charge.
Pennies will
faU thr-ough coin chute with-
out operating mechanism.
VF.}NDEU 1.8 equl))ped
with a device which prevents
"~1"
" ' hy {'21 N rENDER
may be operatetl'ill niost
cl osed territories.
th e insertion of coins Whe!l
gum magazine is empty. ThiS
feature has helped many op-
erators in olJtaining favorable
decisions and li('enses, classi-
fying the "21" V~NDJoJR ~s a
plain merc handhnng machme.
Playing the "21" VENDER Is so fascinating because only 2
cards show when reels stop. Imagine the surprise! What
will the next card be? Just like sitting in an actual Black
.Jack game.
WARNING: BEWARE OF IMITATIONS
The great llOllularity of the "21" VENDF?R has induced some
unscrupulous m·anufactur~rR to ('opy thiS machine. All: the
novel features of the "21" VENDER-especially the shutters
-are fully protected hy patents pending and by the NRA
anti-piracy clause. All jobbers and operators are warnl'd
against selling or operating imitations of the "21" VENpEU.
Offenders will be liable to suit for damage s and WIll be
prose c uted to th e full e st extent of the law.
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