Telegram-herald., 1889-11-26

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tns DesB kn0su u Bostons women
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toek yOilr letter - Mrs. r O.
Wee per a successful real estate agent
of several Years experience, 4nd Be
consalJed together over F0ar Z questions.
blE Ia Our united experience we could
nud nothing Sh4beyer sabst4ntlating
the stsLemsnts yea refer 10. There are
individual women with whom u is not
desirable ~ IL business on account q
some peeullaririss. but 50 there are
such men. IL - often harder 20 deal
Slth women a. a class than With men
as class. because the latter are gen
orally better trained IA business
methods snd can con- prehond business
necessities more readily. No one real
izes this more than lawyers. and no
lawyer more than a woman lawyer.
But al business people realize / think.
that It Is mere question OF education.
and that women are rapidly gaining Ia
practical knowledge. and I have never
heard Of any individual firm which has
refused 20 do business with 8Omen a as a
class
so far IS I can learn, no woman
would ind the least difficulty in Masss-
ohusetts In negotiating a loan on her
property, which a man would not nnd
under the same circu instances and any
contract, with builders or others, can
be made In Massachusetts, by any
woman as readily and on precisely the
same terms as By any man.
'Ihaye spoken OF this matter with two
or three other lawyers and real estate
agents and brokers, al OF whom agree
entirely with the views | have set
forth.
Further. certain OF the reasons set
forth as being given by business men
are exactly contrary 20 those which
have generally heard stated by men OF
this class. The general opinion which
l have heard, and which my own ex-
perionce confirms, is that women gen
% maintain their rights by litigation
and viii EN- mbarrass those who represent
them by unwillingness 20 authorize any
resort % legal methods OF enforcing
rights and that when they do get on
the witness stand women are SO un-
mprOmisingly honest that they will
give more OF the whole truth than IS
asked for by the questions put to them,
and IL Is often troublesome for \ lawyer
20 know hOV 70 manage them on the
stand because OF their superconscienti-
BUSINESS, IL such a word be admissible.
Concerning judges and juries. l have
heard much OF their leaning towar1 the
wOman's side, whether the woman re a
party or counsel for party; but have
seen nothing of it, either in the East
or the West. Neither have / seen the
contrary, prejudice against women in
such positions. Judges and juries
whom I have seen and Def re whom
have gone as counsel have been, in my
judgment, strictly impartial.
IL the money centers of the East re-
gard security and not sex in their bust
ness dealings, how is it in other sec
tions Mr.. q. F.. Putnam, Treasurer
OF the International Loan and Trust
Company of Kansas City, says for that
vigorous community:
In reply to your inquiries will say
that have never heasi of ladies hav-
ing any difficulty whatever in negotiat-
ing mortgages on their own property,
nor have ever known of their having
any difficulty whatever in getting con
tracts on as favorable terms as men"
There are a great many unreliable
women in the world. and no doubt quite
as many and perhaps more men OF the
same character whom no mortgage OF
loan company would wish to do any
thing with But have never heard OF
any discrimination being made on &c
count of sex. The laws of our country
have been in such shape that at times il
was difficult to deter mine Just what the
rights OF a married woman were, aaC
for that reason, and for that reason
only, greater care is perhaps exercised
in making contracts with married
women than with men. provided eaci
party is equally reputable and respons
ible. | know Of no other distinction
have never discovered, in my expert
ence, that women are any more un
trustworthy or any more unreliable o.
any more anxious for litigation thar
men. In fact | think they are quite a
truthful andQuire as reliable. and little
more LlfnlU IN the matter OF IlLlEatlOI
and trouble than are the men. / should
say that according 20 ny experience
and observation all the distinction
there Is between the two is the uncer
tainty which exists in the minds Of al
good lawyers almost everywhere as Z
Just what the legal rights of a married
woman are
In the magazine article originally re
ferred 10 the question is asked. "Wh,
is not a mortgage given by single
woman as reliable as a mortgage givel
by man. assuming that the mortgag
Is on property valuable and unencum
bsred ?" The answer given By the bus
mess world seems 20 be pretty unsni
mously that Il is quite as valuable.
Is well 70 know what disadvantage
women labor under from ignorance an
lack OF experience in practical matters
bat IL is also we'll 20 know that as
class women are not boyCOtted.
ELIZA PUTNAM HEAToS.