Show free striking matches preferred by americans americana salem ore one of the most I 1 striking industries in the united states is the match industry more I 1 than matches were manufactured in 1935 it if these were distributed to every man woman and child in the country each would receive 2900 twenty tour four companies represented the united states match indusi industry i in 1935 which according to the department of commerce was valued at the industry furnished employment employs ent to persons with wages slightly more than approximately 68 per cent of the matches produced in this country are the strike anywhere kind strike on the box matches account for 10 per cent and matches in the book constitute the rest 4 |