Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1946 February - Page 71
[IGARETTE
VENDING
Cig Vendor Arrives
LOS ANGELES-Coinmatic Distributors
have announced the initial showings of the
ne,,: U-Need-A Monarch cigarette vendor,
designed by Norman Bel Geddes. First
samples were expressed from the East on
the 19th and were due to be on display
when this issue of THE REVIEW reaches
subscribers. The Monarch will be available
in 6, 8 and 10 column models and accord·
ing to Preston Jarrell, t'It's the most beau·
tiful thing you ever saw. Words JUSi don't
describe it. You've got to come in and see
it."
Cut Permit Red Tape
PHILADELPHIA-The deputy secretary
of revenue for the State, W. H. Beachy,
has announced a simplified procedure for
renewing cigarette dealers' permits in 1946.
Renewals will be handled through the
State Capitol. Dealers will receive renewal
cards which are to be returned to the de-
partment with the $1 fee. It will not be
necessary to fill out long application forms.
Tobacco Taxes Reaching
Dangerous Proportions
Rowe in TIME
NEW YORK-In an effort to apparently
acquaint those interested with the true
facts and possibilities in operating cigar-
ette and candy vendors, a full page ad
appeared in a recent issue of TIME where-
in the Rowe Manufacturing Co. offered
to send their booklet describing the busi-
ness to interested parties.
New Cig Package
NEW YORK-A cigarette package has
been invented that becomes smaller as the
contents are used and prevents damage to
the remaining cigarettes.
NEW YORK-A report of the Federal
Government that in the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1945, taxes to the tune of around
$900,000,000 were collected on tobacco
products, principally cigarettes, and ex-
clusive of overseas shipments, raises the
question: Just how much tax should one
industry be called upon to pay?
In addition to this staggering tax is
added the $150,000,000 a year collected
by thirty-one states of the union which
now derive taxes from this source.
The ·total revenue of $1,050,000,000 is a
lot more than the farmers, leaf men manu-
facturers, jobbers and retailers 'all to-
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MACHINE
REVIEW
71
FOR
FEBRUARY
19'"
VENDING
Cig Vendor Arrives
LOS ANGELES-Coinmatic Distributors
have announced the initial showings of the
ne,,: U-Need-A Monarch cigarette vendor,
designed by Norman Bel Geddes. First
samples were expressed from the East on
the 19th and were due to be on display
when this issue of THE REVIEW reaches
subscribers. The Monarch will be available
in 6, 8 and 10 column models and accord·
ing to Preston Jarrell, t'It's the most beau·
tiful thing you ever saw. Words JUSi don't
describe it. You've got to come in and see
it."
Cut Permit Red Tape
PHILADELPHIA-The deputy secretary
of revenue for the State, W. H. Beachy,
has announced a simplified procedure for
renewing cigarette dealers' permits in 1946.
Renewals will be handled through the
State Capitol. Dealers will receive renewal
cards which are to be returned to the de-
partment with the $1 fee. It will not be
necessary to fill out long application forms.
Tobacco Taxes Reaching
Dangerous Proportions
Rowe in TIME
NEW YORK-In an effort to apparently
acquaint those interested with the true
facts and possibilities in operating cigar-
ette and candy vendors, a full page ad
appeared in a recent issue of TIME where-
in the Rowe Manufacturing Co. offered
to send their booklet describing the busi-
ness to interested parties.
New Cig Package
NEW YORK-A cigarette package has
been invented that becomes smaller as the
contents are used and prevents damage to
the remaining cigarettes.
NEW YORK-A report of the Federal
Government that in the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1945, taxes to the tune of around
$900,000,000 were collected on tobacco
products, principally cigarettes, and ex-
clusive of overseas shipments, raises the
question: Just how much tax should one
industry be called upon to pay?
In addition to this staggering tax is
added the $150,000,000 a year collected
by thirty-one states of the union which
now derive taxes from this source.
The ·total revenue of $1,050,000,000 is a
lot more than the farmers, leaf men manu-
facturers, jobbers and retailers 'all to-
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COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
71
FOR
FEBRUARY
19'"
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