Show Tire The natch Trade j The oldest and it is said the i larg-j larg rg- rg est match manufactory in the world is in Sweden Matches were made there long before the tho old roughly trimmed splinter of wood tipped with sulphur was discarded with the tinder tinderboxes tinderboxes boxes for which they thoy were used In En twenty five years the tho export trade of Sweden in modern matches increased 1 boxes a year Some of the machines for making the tho matches which wo we use In those these days make revolutions a minute each and turn turnout turnout out about 2 of matches daily or annually Rather moro more than five matches per head for the whole population are used daily in the United States In France of matches are used daily Strange to say the quality in many cases is so i bal bad that the state intends to resume the manufacture and computes that the profits will produce a revenue of Altogether there arc aro in Europe about factories and they yearly produce matches valued at Chambors Chambor's Chambers Chamber's Journal |