Smith Corona made guns, a manufacturing company which made mail boxes made guns, sewing machine makers made guns or gun parts. And we just think about government contracts for guns used by the US but you had multiple foreign governments buying guns. Guns designs which our military passed on became sellers to overseas countries desperate to arm themselves. It must have been a great time to ge a manufacturing concern. Contracts with good profits, demand and cash to he made. Who needs to be making two bucks on a Sterlingworth when you could get a contract to make thousands of a item with a bigger profit.
