Show WHERE MATCHES ARE MADE the oldest an anil it is said the th e largest match manufactory in the world is in sweden matches latches were made there long before the old roughly trimmed splinter of wood with sulphur was discarded discard td witti the tinder boxes of which they were used in twenty five years the export trade of sweden in matches increased boxes a year some of the machines for making matches which we uve ue in these days make revolutions a minute min each and turn out about 2 matches daily rather more than five matches per head belt I 1 for the whole population are aed daily in the united states strange to aay haythe alie quality of these matches in many cases is is so PO had that abu swedish b government intends to re runic cume tile manufacture anscom and computes that tile the profits will produce a revenue of altogether there tire arc in europe about factories and they yearly produce matches valued at |