The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-05-04
SOMETHING A
WOMAN CAN'T DO
In the Position OF "Credit Man"
She Has Proved a
Failure.
HEART 6ETRAYs HER
She Can't Withstand the Hard Luck
Stories Of Unworthy Customers,
No Matter How Hard She
Tries 10 Do So.

Chicago Tribune: There's one walk ",
business life where woman has made
nat. miserable. unmistakablc failure"
said a business man who employs a large
number OF young women In his store and
office. mo woman. "a far AZ can md
out. has ever been A successful credit
man.
II don't say this as any rcproach
against the sex" he went on. because
have q great respect for the American
business woman. BuI just for my own
satisfaction I must say that I'm glad TO
know one place ut least where man stands
no show OF being showed aside TO make room
for his energetic sister. A true woman
may rightly be proud or being a poor
credit man. however. because II merely
shows that she has TOO much faith N
mankind. and csn't proven; herself from
being affected by n good hard luck story.
She doesn't have TO believe II 20 be car
ried away by Il, for her heart gets the
better OF her head In spite OF herself. The
result IL that she extends n long line OF
credit 10 customers that aren't n safe risk
anu the house suffers for q.
Beyond wou,an's Power.
II was reminded OF This noted point c.
weakness la the feminine business equip
mcnt By seeing that the Federal bank.
which has just failed Ia New York. had n
woman To pass upon It's credits and dis
counts for the last four years. I don't
wonder thar there was a smashup. From
my experience and observation I have
found this job II beyond the natural pow
crs OF a woman just as much AZ freight
handling and other work requiring a
mans physique. VI docsn matter what
kind OF a woman she IN either. les just
the same whether she has been tested BY
years OF experience In confidential COM
mercial affairs or whether she has been
merely = cog In the bookkeeping machin-
cry OF the firm. Many mer have stsnog-
raphers who have been with them for so
ionE that almost all the inner secrets %
the house are necessarily known to them.
And think the fact that this knowl"dReis
sacrediy guarded should do a great deal To
XIII the OLD superstition about a woman's
inability To- Keep a secret. 1t " women
who mount guard Ia the outer ofnccB or
John u. Rockefeller and ~. ~ Rogers and
decide what IL important enough 20 go
into the inner sanctum. Just think OF tho
responsibility OF n position l.k" that and
OF the fortunes tina, could be made by he
traylng some OF the knowledge that &C.
companies IL.
Betrayed by Her Heart.
when a man finds woman "mployr
that he can trust TO the sam. degree as
Mr., Rockefeller trusts his private sccre-
cary, he h naturally inclined TO think that
she can MI any confidential position In
the house. Hut In s9 cases out og a
thousand he Il wrong N he puts her any
where where ne heart In liable 20 be In
fuential Ia directing her course. For bus
Iness u business. as you may have heard.
and the heart has little place In g. A
credit man need not be- harsh and cruel.
In fact he should not he 80. and he should
a. all times be ready to help a worthy
customer along with easy terms and kind
treatment hut u takes Judgment TO tell
what n worthy customer IL. and TO keep
an unworthy and dishonest one from i'm
posing upon the frm by his ingenious and
pitifui tales OF woe. l know a woman who
caused her house dead loss OF several
thousand dollars simply because a man
who was deliberately d.frauding the firm
used To bring his little girl down with
him when he came 10 see her about get
ting an extension OF his credit The child
was a nice Hide g'rl with plenty OF gol-
den curls. and she innoccntly succeeded
In making tn. wholesale house carry her
fathers business for three years until
inevitable and disastrous bankruptcy end
I'd the game.
Must Realize Her Limitations.
There are few branches OF business In
which Il can bc said that women have
been failures" concluded the speaker.
because they are not apt to venture forth
Independently upon untricd fields. Unless
they are pretty sure that they can sue
cecd they won't start In, II they take up
a new line OF work Il Is usually their en-
ployer who inspires the step and furnishes
tho necessary courage for It's accomplish
ment. No one doubts that woman has
permanently won her place In the bust
ness world. and that her field OF action In
steadily increasing IN width But I am
afraid that her heart will limit her aciivi-
ties In certain directions, Just az her ply
steal weakness and her lack OF Initiative
Toes IN others"