Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-09-23
woMEN AS oLeRks.
rhclr Remarkable Fitnes, FOR Places Of
Responsibility AM Trust.

rhcir Remarkable Fitness FOR Places or
Responsibility an I Trust
IL Is not impossible that when wom-
en- have had moro expctieHco In public
life they win be as liable as men to
err, but there Is d fcmarkabe concur
renee of testimony at present to the
remarkable fitness for places Of trust
which women so far have displayed.
Tho Buffalo Erprcs3 has beon invest-
eating the matter and speaks All cn-
phatically good word in favor Of lady
cashiers. | can not find case in
which one OF them has even been
Justly accused Of pmbezzlemeBt. One
retailer said that the cashiers wero IN
vatiablv honest, but occasionally ie-
male clerk had been detected In pil-
fcring small articles collars, handkor-
chiM and the like-but the cases are
rare. A leading dry-goods dealer
said; 81 never knew woman who
handled other peoples money TO steal
one cent | have employed women rs
cashiers for years They are quicker
at making change than men; they
will detect counterfeit money
quicker; they keep their cash accounts
clearer, and they don't want to run
the whole store, as men do" In the
same line a Chicago journal says;
"Although hundreds of women hold
positions Of financial trust in Chicago
and elsewhere In the country, we have
yet to hear of one Of them being guilty
of embezzlcmont or dcfalcation. ="
General Spinner. who first introduced
ladies into the United States treasury
as clerks and accountants, left ON re-
cord striking testimony of the eilici-
cncy and integrity of the sex; and no
one ever Rad better opportunity to
study the question than he who ut one
time had one thousand women under
his direction engaged chiefly in hand
ling money. He testlies that they
count more accurately and rapidly
than men, that their ability to detect
counterfeits proved to be superior in
almost every test, that they were with
out an exception honest, and were in
variably more careful aud painstaking
| i'm theirwork. Complaints ofinaccurucy
and carelcsness on the part of men were
made frequently during General Spin
ner' $ administration ofthe United States
treasury. but such complaints against
lady clerks were few. The shrewdcst
and quickest detectors of counterfeit
currency were women, and in cases of
dispute as to the genuincness Of money
General Spinner invariably took the
| Judgment of u Miss Grandin, who was
for long time employed in his bureau.
In speaking of her ability in this par
ticular one day. General Spinner said:
"If were a believer in clairvoyance /
would say that she possed that power,
but as | am not ! call it instinct y
There was rule in the department
compelling lady clerks who married Ia
resign their positions, and when this
| lady married the venerable treasurer
asked that the rule be suspended, be-
cause the Government could not well
dispense with her services. Although
there are several thousand women en-
| ploycd by the Government rs clerks,
accountants, postmistrcsses and in
other capacities, not one has ever
proved unfaithful to her trust. Many
have been discharged for incapacity
aud for other reasons; never one fol-
dishoncsty.-M q. HcdyUne.