MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1963
VeirodDimg Machine Smiles Add Many Products;
By JOSEPH HUTNYAN
United Press Iniernetionel
Washington (UPU They
must have smiled in 1888
when Thomas Adams sat
down to tell about his unusu
al idea for selling an exciting
new product called Tutti
Frutii chewing gum.
Adams planned to pack the
gum in machines in elevated
railway stations in New York.
A customer would put in a
penny and out would come
one stick.
Nobody knows for sure how
the other chewing gum ty
coons reacted to this innova
tion. But Commerce depart
ment studies prove that if
there were any laughs, Ad
ams got the last one.
He gave the first important
emphasis In this country to
a new selling technique that
began with chewing gum and
a trickle of pennies. The
stream now has swelled to a
billion dollar torrent of quar
ters, dimes and half dollars
that sweeps along everything
from cigars to frozen aspara
gus. Vending Increases
Judging by the trend it is
likely that in the future just
about anything that fits into
a vending machine will be
sold by this "silent salesman."
The Commerce department,
in a history of the U. S. vend
ing machine industry, reports
that vending sales are increas
ing at twice the p i cent of
total sales, but prospects are
for continued record growth.
The department said vend
ing sales shot up about 65
per cent in six years to hit
an approximate $1 billion in
I960. The industry estimates
it now is moving along at a
$3 billion-a-year, clip.
The number of establish
ments engaged primarily in
automatic vending also is In
creasing 10 times faster than
conventional retail sales busi
nesses. Big Spurt Recent
Actually, the big spurt has
come within the past 10 years.
The silent salesman remained
pretty much in the chewing
gum and weight scale busi
ness for almost half a cen
tury. World War II change that.
Automatic vending branched
into other fields, notably soft
drinks, candy bars and cigar
ettes. The technique's full po
tential came into focus when
business saw how well it serv
ed the nation's armed serv
ices and defense plants.
After the war, the silent
salesman's efficiency got a
big lift from technological
innovations. He has been on
the move since.
40 Per Cent Use
Today, the Commerce de
partment reported that 9 out
of 10 plants in the U.S. with
250 or more employees have
vending machines. And about
40 per cent use them for
their only food service.
The present outlook is for
vending sales. to extend into
the bigger selling operations,
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MODEL INSPECTS VENDER-Model Ardie Scott inspects
the Rowe All-purpose vender, a coin operated machine
that dispenses all foods from soup to nuts. It was included
in the 1959 convention exhibit of automatic merchandising
in Chicago. Commerce department studies reveal that just
about anything that fits into a vending machine will be
sold by silent salesmen like this one. (UPI)
including food markets, de
partment stores, gasoline sta
tions and restaurants.
From the business man's
point of view, its advantage
over conventional selling is
obvious. The silent salesman
is on duty 24 hour? a day. It
make few mistakes. It doesn't
go on strike, and it never
lakes a coffee break. But
sometimes it is robbed.
Homework Needed,
Says School Head
St. Louis - ll'PD - School
principal Quincy C. Dickey
says teachers shouldn't give
homework as punishment.
"Homework," Dickey says,
"should serve two primary
functions - to develop pro
ficienccs in a particular skill,
and to allow the pupil an op
portunity to demonstrate this
skill to his parents."
"If the week ends and one
evening in the middle of the
week are left free, the pupil
has an opportunity to develop
appreciation and skill .in art
and music and to participate
more fully in the social life
of the family and the com
munity." Homework is important to
the high school student, espe
cially if he intends to go to
college, Dickey adds.
In college. Dickey said, the
student will have to spend
about 30 hours a week in
study - twice the amount of
time he'll spend in class.
"If the student isn't used to
homework, he'll be lost," he
said.
Bachelors Pay More for Foods
East Lansing, Mich. - (Wfl -Restaurant-frequenting
bach
elors beware-your food costs
are going to continue to be
well above the amount mar
ried men have to spend to eat
home-cooked meals.
This is the prediction of
Mary Zchncr, Michigan State
university agricultural econ
omist, who says average
prices of food consumed at
home is expected to change
little from last year.
Prices of food consumed
away from home, however,
probably will continue a long
term upward trend this year.
Miss Zehner said.
"Food costs on meals bought
in restaurants, cafeterias and
drive-ins reflect increased la
bor costs to a greater extent
than those of foods purchesed
for the family table," the
home economist said.
"About $1 out of every $4
spent annually for food is on
food eaten away from home,"
said Miss Zehner. And more
than half of the cost of restau
rant meals goes for the prep
aration and serving.
For the home consumer, the '.
prices of cereals, bakery prod-1
ucts, fruits and vegetables are j
expected to increase slightly j
during 1963, Miss Zehner1
noted. Dairy products and I
eggs will remain about the
same price. The average retail j
price of red meat also is ex-1
ppctcd to stick close to the
1962 level.
Some lowering of prices for
pork can be expected this j
year, but Miss Zehner said
this would be offset by higher
lamb prices and slightly high
er beef prices.
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Proofreader's Joke
Becomes the Truth
Washington - (UPD - A proof
reader on The Old Farmer's
almanac overlooked the mis
chief of a typesetter who, for
a joke, Inserted this forecast
for July, 1816; rain, snow and
hail.
But it did rain, snow and
hail in the order, says the
National Geographic Magazine.
About one fourth of the
money spent in the United
States for food, or about $18
billion a year, goes for meals
and snacks bought and eaten
away from home.
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