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To: Joseph G. who wrote (32082)9/2/1998 11:25:00 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 132070
 
Quaker Oats did extremely well during the depression. I read the biography of one of the Quaker Oats heiresses, and she barely mentions the depression- her stock kept splitting, she mentioned that, and I think they increased the dividend a couple of times. People couldn't afford meat so they ate oats. Of course she wasn't eating oats...