Though lightning is supposed never to strike twice in the same place, and might be supposed by now to have struck each & every place in the U. S., the U. S. lightning rod industry continues. According to Department of Commerce figures issued last week, lightning rod business was $923,000 in 1928, $1,232,000 in 1929. Sales at present are running slightly ahead of normal. Thus the lightning rod industry must be added to those very select trades which are depression proof.
Not always has the industry enjoyed stability. When Benjamin Franklin advocated lightning rods...
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