The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-25
FUNERALS AT COST PRICE.
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This despatch appeared IN Yesterdays Issue
., the Publishers Weekly under the heading
"BusInsss Notes:
r,r.prtsatL PA, IL reported that John Wsns
.t.r has soid his businsss 10 Nathan strsus. who
a, continue II under the nrm name OF the John
y.n.mstsr Compsny. Fsthsn strsus. according 70
An. same runner 10 also said have purchased the In
,,,,t Of Mr. cospsf II the bu,ness Of seEeL Cooper
G. OF chicago we give the report only for whsth
worth hsvins sa.n uusbIc TO verify the fact.
hdolph Grovon IL MANAGING editor OF this
oubllcstion. and said yesterday that he
s.d also heard that Mr.. Wansmaker
had purchased the Philadelphia Worm
American and was going to run It against the
Ledger as . strictly partisan paper, and tnst
Mr.. Strauss ability TO buy was limited only oy
the resources OF the Rothschilds, whose pro
tsee and agent he was supposed to De-
Mr.. strsus read the paragraph carefully
when II was shown to him oy BUN reporter
and then said shortly;
II don't know anything about 1T
1T IL not true. then"
Mo-
Gar. tb. Rothschilds employing you to
make purchases In this country
mo" said Mr.. Straus. Have ron seen
.rr IodainR houses1 Mr.. Yatman. who II
managing them for me. reports that they can
now accommodate 1000 people night and
that these cold nights they frequently have
about - many as that
You know We are now getting uD scheme
10 bury the poor at cost Mr.. Ystmen has this
matter In charge. too. He has not time enough
10 eat and sleep now. but will work him into
A ~ nofhnr Wa uill Uatt until the
weather moderates little and the lodging
houses do not take so much Of his time. and
than We will 20 for the undertakers. Those
fellows have no conscience. A poor man goes
10 them in tears for the loss OF his wife or
child and the undertaken sizes him MP. II the
mans grief 10 great he win have TO psy lsrf-
s,t gss works on he .ympstSies; :.
St sS Wall vel nice car Pu ss: y win ed. ,oa
.hs Dat Tor 500 SSS and 80 4 ss:: up The scale:
: :SS n r you NOT viii 'iSP si%
ri have made 2 study Of the undert.tips
s p mn one. enc nov 10 prove ' whse say They
Better hssrse. and everybody wears black
Properly divided. would b twenty or thirty
cents. perhaps, for the extra cost Of the hearss
Ths1 tss pS.
comm 10 nut 10. And the people who pay these
bills arc generally Door men. We have them
and say MY sister 10 dead. and i. can't AFFORD
g bury her !, dent If n soa't hS5y ;od
ssiiiIi have to pay only % per cent But 70
have engaged our. undertaken. replies tbs
man. Well. we send around and explain the
circumstances. but those undsrtakers have nc
conscience. All We can get them to throw
on the bill 10 generally $40 or so.
Tho real expense to the undertaken for q
500 funeral 10 rarely over $50 He requires
frat payment OF S35. which relmburs him
for all the outlay and gives him slight profit
He also requires that within q certain number
Of days SIS moro shall be handed over TO him
-Sl5 OF clear profit And then. when that IL
paid. he still has that poor family bound IN
debt TO MIN for $50 more. Not only do the
poor mans family suffer the afiiiction OF death
hat they pawn all their goods to bury the
dead. and then sit down in an empty house tc
think OF their misery and their debts
Now, We arc going TO make those fellows
with = pro1t u as Per cent. we would let then
accord. We must force them toit. said to MT
they want Il. We must have dne hearses and
horses. and make . display. II tnAy want thai
sort OF thing. let them have Il 1t will be con.
dustsd on business PRINCIPLES. one pricesiol
all, and that price the exact cost price. Fol
$50 or s35 We can give as good : funetal - the