Automatic Age

July, 1933 AUTOMATIC AGE fountains. F ifty of the 100 fountains were shipped to the Jamestown Exposition, where in four months time, the receipts to­ talled $39,000, in pennies. The public drinking cup, led to another thought which I harbored in my mind, of making an in­ dividual paper drinking cup. W ith this in mind, I associated myself with the Individ­ ual D rinking Cup Company, now known as the Dixie Cup Company, of which, the suc­ cess talks for itself. In the year of 1914, a thought came to my mind, to make ball chewing gum, coated with sugar, which could preserve the chew­ ing gum center. After this was accom­ plished, the next thought was to make a vending machine to vend ball gum. This machine is the same type of machine now being used to vend M illard’s Pepsin Peps. Going back to the ball gum industry, I will state that the selling plans of these two products, the machine and the ball gum, was to give this machine, free, to all mer­ chants buying 2000 balls of M illard’s Gold Seal Chewing Gum, for $12.50, of which the salesman collected S2.50 to guarantee the order, and which he received as his commission. The balance of $10, was paid on delivery of goods. This was such a suc­ cess, that 70,000 machines were shipped C. O. D. in two years to all parts of the coun­ try, and represented an intake of over $700,000 in two years. This being such a success brought the reconstruction of the ball gum machine and the formation of American Automatics of New York City. I wish to state that after all these years of my experience in the coin controlled in­ dustry, I believe that the legitimate and stable end of all coin controlled devices is in operating merchandising machines for a permanent and steady income. A sk s P r o t e c tio n V e n d in g fo r M a c h in e s Omaha, Nebr. District court is asked in a petition, filed June 19th by Attorney Sam Klaver, to issue an order protecting “vend­ ing machines” from confiscation by either Police Commissioner Myers or Sheriff Mc­ Donald. Klaver represents Morris Sebring who alleges his machines are not gambling devices, but sell only gum and mintes. He says police have threatened to seize them. © International Arcade Museum 29 G o o d b o d y U nd erg o es O p e r a tio n The A u t o m a t ic A ge regrets to announce that there will be no monthly column by Mr. John Goodbody in this issue owing to the fact that Mr. Goodbody is in the hospi­ tal undergoing an operation for his gall bladder. We sincerely trust that by the next issue Mr. Goodbody will be with us again. Latest reports from Rochester say that Mr. Goodbody is recovering in ship shape. N a t C o h n of P a rt O w n e r D a v a l F ir m Nat Cohn of the Modern Vending Com­ pany, direct factory representative for the Daval Mfg. Company for some time, is now part owner in that company through a recent purchase. His e x p e rie n c e s with Daval products w ere so profitable and the possibilities of the new Chicago Club House looked so good that Nat took advantage of the opportunity to Nat Cohn buy an interest in the company. “ From now on,” says Nat, “I will handle Daval products exclusively and will forget about pin games entirely. The Chicago Club House has been such a tremendous hit that I have sold 1000 machines in the last thirty days.” N at Cohn is a live wire and Daval is to be congratulated for having him as a rep­ resentative in New York. C lo s e B ra n c h O ffic e The Irving Bromberg Company, m anu­ facturers and jobbers of coin machines, have announced the discontinuance of their Brooklyn office and are now doing busines from 2508 Amsterdam Ave., New York City. http://www.arcade-museum.com/