The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-27
i'iT.IiR' COFFIN FAC | DRIES |
,x Unwary Investors INTO
" n'v Of Financial Ruin.

!. limelight OF ihNes'isa..u ~
ps corporations, the ordinary
o. 'D y amazed over the disclosure ,1r,
billions are eaieIessly handled
dps n Of large institutions, sup
u H3 mo No safe and conservative.
j. revealed b. these discios-
= ~ !. '1 tha, the men connected with
!, = 's.,i,utions, have gotten beyond
u' - small capital, and deal
: D :, which rival Uncle Sam 5
4 " ~ through which, if successful
s.', vi realize large profits. ..
% y. s,d,y in comparison DO the III
Z y" :, many manufacturing en-
3 ssa r., appear, when judged from
q bpf', noint of knowing what you
/. nd nowhere is this more patent
i .t,b the investor that Is con-
, !. s',,, sinking funds In IT., the ,n many
.,ter a spasm disappear,
.sss through smut oo"n -
! ID d. loss but extend only to these
! . =, it would be but the usual re-
= ;, not docking before you leap
! !. mi what OF the creditors, and
Y \. .he amounts advanced by
s.s.I,tIess paid to stimulate the new
=, industries, and often the wages
!. to workmen.
ne prevailing opinion in the pubic
!, hat the manufacturing OF I'M
! .t,ters goods returns tremendous
IN. is no doubt stimulated by ex-
.a.ccs had with the undertaken, but
~ manufacturing of funeral sup
a, the question becomes quite a
.,,reut proposition, for supply and
.uaud. pure and simple. regulates
4. nr,ee as it does in all other bust
- with the exception that the
lands cannot be stimulated, by
sber style, product, or price, ia
r. Time" alone controls.
uare is where the over jealous cap
aIkt or community allow promoters.
mtriotism to impose upon their |
raulity in accepting statements
uNch will not bear the light OF in
,diaatln' but through ignorance Of
nMtions, subscribe and put up their
81 only to get wise after 1t is too
k
satisfies show that there are one
ndred and ninety-five casket man
hcturing and jobbing plants in the
hited States, Of which 1853 are man
Adurers Of varying capacities. while
} manufacture approximately 375.OoO
rms and caskets annually, 80 manu-
snre 100000, ia manufacture 612,.
\, Or a total Of $4,000 collins and
tets, manufactured annually in the
lifted States, all Of which must be
nsumed through the ordinary de.
md Of mortality, but what is the
nand! In the mortality abstract OF
y twelfth census, table number "a,
\ find that the total deaths from
causes in the registration area of I
\ United States was 512,669 for I
plve months, but this registration {
= was only 50 per cent Of the con {
ental territory of the United I
Ates. In part l. Of the final report |
vital statistics, page VII. the final I
npuAtion shows a death rate in
United States Of 1853 per 1000,
while this is considered excessive, 4
assuming 1t to be correct, it will
~ approximately only 1928. 900
NM per year in this country includ- ,
: nupers. T
NOV what Of the 100000 collins and P
vets produced annually in excess =
me demand which the public can
Be induced to purchase by the tt
o. any Of the ordinary mediums B
% stimulate trade as practicei CT
0aer lines Of business? Unuues- >,
loV 1t Is a case of over-suppiy. Ii
= can not be disposed Of, and ca
suplus Is more than double the 3
MY stated. for there is no pro-
y the estimate for, pauper COT a.
which are not made il the regular =
factories, whereas the number N
esaths include paupers, and thus T., 10
2" Of nine out of every ten me-, Of
pants is clearly written, even Sc
Inc stock is subscribed, to say
a'ns Of the failure Of the old |
= "
0netines happens that a new
y This kind, after hard strug-
scceeds in surviving some Of the
ones. but the same amount Of Z
ana energy invested in some
nne Of business would not run
Ueat risk of failure, while prof
.'e event OF success have prov -.