had no radio. He had troubles with his eyes, so he read no newspapers. But he sold good stone. He
put up signs on the highway telling “How good THE STONE was.” He stood by the side of the
road and cried: “Buy stone.” And people bought! He increased his stone orders. He bought more
equipment to take care of this trade.
He finally got his son home from college to help him out. But then something happened. His son
said, “Father, haven’t you been listening to the radio? Haven’t you been reading the newspapers?
There’s a big depression. The European situation is terrible. The domestic situation is worse.”
Whereupon the father thought, “Well, my son has been to college, he reads the papers and listens
to the radio, and he ought to know.” So the father cut down on his stone orders, took down his
advertising signs, and no longer bothered to stand on the highway to sell his stone. And his stone
sales fell almost overnight.
“You’re right, son,” the father said, “We certainly are in the middle of a great depression.”
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