Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1943 December - Page 11
wide, and it is not cream that rises over
night.
Moreover, national values and oppor tuni-
ties, for future generations, have been
grea tly diluted by huge immigration-much
of it of th e least desirable character. For
an improvident suffrage was slow in resist-
ing the claim of greedy .opportunists, that
any limitation on immigrant labor was
thwarting progress, by impeding the devel-
opment of the country.
Not only are we leaving skimmed and
diluted milk to future generations, but we
are saddling them with astronomical na-
tional debt. Apart {rom city, county and
sta te obligations, the national debt may
amount to 300 billions (or more) after this
Second World War-due to blind isolation-
ism for which future generations have no
responsibility.
Lest it be thought that credit is omi tted
for developments resulting in so-called per-
manent improvements, it should be noted
that the growth of population and of science
and technology (which are con tinually
changing habits of life) are tending to
make such improvements more of a liabil-
ity than an asset for future generations.
For costs of maintenance and insurance
may continue after usefulness ceases (ow-
ing to obsolescence, inadequacy and phy-
sical decay)-while interest charge on the
first cost provided by bond issues may be
never ending.
Obvious examples of obsolescence and in-
adequacy are the changes, and the conse-
quences of such changes, in methods of
transportati'on; ranging from brute power,
through steam, water and elec tri c power
to the internal combustion engine-now re:
sulting in new and vast road and air trans-
portation, further impairing th e values of
railroads and public utilities.
Moreover, the general private use of mo-
tor cars has induced a mi/1:ration to the
surrounding country, which disa trously af-
fects residential va lues in municipalities-
where mansions are being crapped, for-
merly desirable apartment houses offered
for a fraction of their bonded indebted-
ness, and owners unable to give away co-
operative apartments which recently cost
large sums. The better the residen tial prop-
erty, and the higher the corresponding
taxes, the lower the present value.
In short, the fierce upward surge of taxa-
tion (plus the servant problem) has made
it impo sible to use the accommodation
which recently housed those who paid most
of the growing municipal expenses and in-
tere t charges; so that the next generation
may be facing municipal bankruptcy. Sim-
ilar fate is, in turn, overtaking the country
properties to which those former city resi-
dents have migrated.
Above all, we were so determined to pre-
serve our unearned high scale-of-living, that
it has been chiefly responsible for the i'sola-
tionism that has caused or permitted this
Second World War; which will eventually
reduce our scale-of-living to the residue
left for spending (after taxation and other
charges) of what coming generations can
actually earn-while burdened with na-
tional debt of perhaps 300 billions.
The shallow theory that "domestic debts
do not matter" is possibly tenable in a com-
pletely communistic state--which may be
what its proponents want. But let us hope
that such condition will never prevail in
the United States of America.
Tho Oubtand-
ing Ball Gum
V~ndor -
with
·a
fuelnatlng
amu •• ment fea.
tUro. IT BATS
THEBALL
THRU THE
AIR. I Homo
Run (with 25
Lb. carton
ball
lum)
XVII
It seems crystal clear that the amazing
improvidence and i'mpotence of democratic
statecraft , and the carrying of national
"politics" hinged on isolationism into th e
conduct of world affairs, are chiefly respon-
sible for this Second World War in 21
years. Failing adequate change in the char-
acter and potency of such statecraft, each
succeedin g generation may face the fact
or the threat of similar world de truction_
This bankruptcy of democratic state-
craft has caused monstrous absurdity in the
world's status; for the only present form of
national government is one or the other of
two opposite extremes which cannot live
at peace in the same world.
Pointing the apex of th at absurdity, the
recent failures of democracy in five of the
Great Powers show that the deficiencies of
current democracy have, by reaction, crea-
ted the very dictatorship which are now
all-out to destroy the two remain in g Great
Democracies.
Obviously, the greatest and most impera-
tive need of democracy and of the world
is a kind of national government which will
generate peaceful adhere nts rath er than
deadly enemies; and the greatest contribu-
tion Ameri'c a can make to the welfare of
both herself and the world is to provide
that essential form of democratic govern-
ment_
IC we will, this vital result may be at-
tained by merely eliminating from our
own democracy its indicated ou tstandin /1:
evils; which are largely due to unrestricted
suffra ge expressed in frequency of elections,
requiring ceaseles building and rebuilding
of individual and party "political fences"-
and somewhat to the prt'sent tructure of
the Senate_
(The third, and final, installment in this
unusual and informative essay, dealing with
"Proposed Remedies" will appear in the
next issue.)
*
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MODEL V
Truly a Great Ven·
dor. Vends every·
thin9-nO additional
parts needed . Ca·
pacity 6 Ibs. bulk
merchandise -
or
1000 to 1200 balls
of 9um. Standard
Finish Model V only,
$8 . 50 Each.
R. A. PARINA & COMPANY
San Francisco 3, Calif.
FOil
DECEMIfIt
J943 •
Victor's TOPPER
Tops in Modern
Desi9n. Vends ev-
erythin9. Capacity
Sibs. bulk mdse.
ISOO to 1000 balls
of 9um.) When or-
derin9 Toppers for
ball 9um please
specify.
* *
Standard Finish
Topper only • • •
$7.95 Each . IPor-
celain Finish $1.00
additional. )
Terms: '13 Cash, balance C.O.D. lor send
full amount and save C.O.D. charges.)
Products of VICTOR VENDING CORP.
PACIFIC COAST DISTRIBUTORS
RELIABLE NUT CO.
1823 South Hope St.
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
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MACHINE
linIN
11
I Porcelain Finish
$1.00 additional!
Freshman: "Is the dance formal or can
I wear my own suit?"
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ing machine equipment. supplies and accessories. desires lines
for exclusive distribution in 11 Western States.
Set up in every way to handle trade requirements for the dura-
tion. Financially in a position to handle on extremely reliable
basis.
Interested in high grade lines only. All correspondence in strict-
est confidence. Reply to:
156 9th St.
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night.
Moreover, national values and oppor tuni-
ties, for future generations, have been
grea tly diluted by huge immigration-much
of it of th e least desirable character. For
an improvident suffrage was slow in resist-
ing the claim of greedy .opportunists, that
any limitation on immigrant labor was
thwarting progress, by impeding the devel-
opment of the country.
Not only are we leaving skimmed and
diluted milk to future generations, but we
are saddling them with astronomical na-
tional debt. Apart {rom city, county and
sta te obligations, the national debt may
amount to 300 billions (or more) after this
Second World War-due to blind isolation-
ism for which future generations have no
responsibility.
Lest it be thought that credit is omi tted
for developments resulting in so-called per-
manent improvements, it should be noted
that the growth of population and of science
and technology (which are con tinually
changing habits of life) are tending to
make such improvements more of a liabil-
ity than an asset for future generations.
For costs of maintenance and insurance
may continue after usefulness ceases (ow-
ing to obsolescence, inadequacy and phy-
sical decay)-while interest charge on the
first cost provided by bond issues may be
never ending.
Obvious examples of obsolescence and in-
adequacy are the changes, and the conse-
quences of such changes, in methods of
transportati'on; ranging from brute power,
through steam, water and elec tri c power
to the internal combustion engine-now re:
sulting in new and vast road and air trans-
portation, further impairing th e values of
railroads and public utilities.
Moreover, the general private use of mo-
tor cars has induced a mi/1:ration to the
surrounding country, which disa trously af-
fects residential va lues in municipalities-
where mansions are being crapped, for-
merly desirable apartment houses offered
for a fraction of their bonded indebted-
ness, and owners unable to give away co-
operative apartments which recently cost
large sums. The better the residen tial prop-
erty, and the higher the corresponding
taxes, the lower the present value.
In short, the fierce upward surge of taxa-
tion (plus the servant problem) has made
it impo sible to use the accommodation
which recently housed those who paid most
of the growing municipal expenses and in-
tere t charges; so that the next generation
may be facing municipal bankruptcy. Sim-
ilar fate is, in turn, overtaking the country
properties to which those former city resi-
dents have migrated.
Above all, we were so determined to pre-
serve our unearned high scale-of-living, that
it has been chiefly responsible for the i'sola-
tionism that has caused or permitted this
Second World War; which will eventually
reduce our scale-of-living to the residue
left for spending (after taxation and other
charges) of what coming generations can
actually earn-while burdened with na-
tional debt of perhaps 300 billions.
The shallow theory that "domestic debts
do not matter" is possibly tenable in a com-
pletely communistic state--which may be
what its proponents want. But let us hope
that such condition will never prevail in
the United States of America.
Tho Oubtand-
ing Ball Gum
V~ndor -
with
·a
fuelnatlng
amu •• ment fea.
tUro. IT BATS
THEBALL
THRU THE
AIR. I Homo
Run (with 25
Lb. carton
ball
lum)
XVII
It seems crystal clear that the amazing
improvidence and i'mpotence of democratic
statecraft , and the carrying of national
"politics" hinged on isolationism into th e
conduct of world affairs, are chiefly respon-
sible for this Second World War in 21
years. Failing adequate change in the char-
acter and potency of such statecraft, each
succeedin g generation may face the fact
or the threat of similar world de truction_
This bankruptcy of democratic state-
craft has caused monstrous absurdity in the
world's status; for the only present form of
national government is one or the other of
two opposite extremes which cannot live
at peace in the same world.
Pointing the apex of th at absurdity, the
recent failures of democracy in five of the
Great Powers show that the deficiencies of
current democracy have, by reaction, crea-
ted the very dictatorship which are now
all-out to destroy the two remain in g Great
Democracies.
Obviously, the greatest and most impera-
tive need of democracy and of the world
is a kind of national government which will
generate peaceful adhere nts rath er than
deadly enemies; and the greatest contribu-
tion Ameri'c a can make to the welfare of
both herself and the world is to provide
that essential form of democratic govern-
ment_
IC we will, this vital result may be at-
tained by merely eliminating from our
own democracy its indicated ou tstandin /1:
evils; which are largely due to unrestricted
suffra ge expressed in frequency of elections,
requiring ceaseles building and rebuilding
of individual and party "political fences"-
and somewhat to the prt'sent tructure of
the Senate_
(The third, and final, installment in this
unusual and informative essay, dealing with
"Proposed Remedies" will appear in the
next issue.)
*
VICTOR'S FAMOUS
MODEL V
Truly a Great Ven·
dor. Vends every·
thin9-nO additional
parts needed . Ca·
pacity 6 Ibs. bulk
merchandise -
or
1000 to 1200 balls
of 9um. Standard
Finish Model V only,
$8 . 50 Each.
R. A. PARINA & COMPANY
San Francisco 3, Calif.
FOil
DECEMIfIt
J943 •
Victor's TOPPER
Tops in Modern
Desi9n. Vends ev-
erythin9. Capacity
Sibs. bulk mdse.
ISOO to 1000 balls
of 9um.) When or-
derin9 Toppers for
ball 9um please
specify.
* *
Standard Finish
Topper only • • •
$7.95 Each . IPor-
celain Finish $1.00
additional. )
Terms: '13 Cash, balance C.O.D. lor send
full amount and save C.O.D. charges.)
Products of VICTOR VENDING CORP.
PACIFIC COAST DISTRIBUTORS
RELIABLE NUT CO.
1823 South Hope St.
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Mention of THE COIN MACHINE REVIEW is your best introduction to our advertisers
COIN
MACHINE
linIN
11
I Porcelain Finish
$1.00 additional!
Freshman: "Is the dance formal or can
I wear my own suit?"
Well known Distributor of merchandise and merchandise vend-
ing machine equipment. supplies and accessories. desires lines
for exclusive distribution in 11 Western States.
Set up in every way to handle trade requirements for the dura-
tion. Financially in a position to handle on extremely reliable
basis.
Interested in high grade lines only. All correspondence in strict-
est confidence. Reply to:
156 9th St.
BOME BON
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