The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-11-14
WOMEN IN BUSINESS

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hundred fifty million dollars to his
wife, in a will Of ninety.two words
ten words Of the will being used to
express his confidence, esteem and
love-he did an unprecedented thing.
Three years have passed, and the
wisdom of Hartman has been cor
roborated. The property is now full
| ly worth third more than it was
when Mrs. Hartman came into pos
| session Of 1t.
We have been told that the New
World was discovered in fourteen
hundred ninety-two, man was locat
| ed in Seventeen hundred seventy
six, and woman was sighted in eight
cen hundred seventy-six, the place
where woman was discovered being
the Centennial Exposition, Philadel-
phia, and the man who made the
great discovery one Remington, in
ventor of the typewriter, and Incl
dentally, of the typewritist.
Woman in the business world is
an innovation. In eighteen hundred
seventytsix, women were first bd
ing employed as sales clerks in dry
goods stores. Up to this time a wo-
man behind the counter was regard
ed as a curiosity. Before this, sales
menship had been a masculine mon
opoly. the place having been set
by A. T. Stewart, who stood all
day long at the front of his store,
greeting every customer with a
smile and a hand grasp and speed
ing the parting guest in the same
way.
A. T. Stewart was the worlds
greatest merchant in his day and
the only women in his Palace of
Business were scrub women. A. II.
Stewart was a great man but he
never had the imagination to guess
that some day woman would own
and manage bigger and finer store
than his.
Women and Truth
The advent of women in the world
of trade did not, however, come all
at once. We were gradually led up
to it by the New England school
mann, who had taken the place OF
the Irish schoolmaster, and greatly
to our surprise had done the work
quite as we'll or little better.
Woman, as a school teacher came
into view during the Civil War,
when men were at premium But
the general employment Of women
In stores and Offices did not come
until the acceptance of the typewrit-
ers as one of the necessities of bust
ness.
Women and truth in the world
OF trade came in together. Both
have benefited, uplifted, refined the
entire business fabric. A. T. Stew
art had a varying scale OF prices,
and his statesmen were paid premi-
ums or extra commissions when they
made a sale of silk above certain
price per yard. Finesse, diplomacy,
barter, haggle, all played their parts.
Truth in trade has been tried and
tested, and is here to stay. Nova
days we trade faster, thanks to the
one price system. Untruth is sand
in the bearings.
When We make sale we make
friend, and IL the customer Is ever
surprised it is on the side Of getting
more for his money than he expect
| ed, rather than less. There Is no
advertisement equal to that OF
we'll pleased customer.
Woman's Administrative Ability
| Besides acting as sales clerks,
stenographers and cashiers We occa-
sionally find a woman who possesses
! genuine administrative abilities.
Ella Flagg Young, superintendent
of public schools in Chicago comes
easily to mind. This woman has
gravitated straight, by the law Of
natural selection to where she be-
longs. Entering the public school
system of Cook County, Illinois thir-
ty years ago as grade teacher, she
has worked her way up until she
is universally regarded as the one
person who is best fitted to act as
head of the public school depart
ment of the second largest city in
America. Mrs. Young's salary is
ten thousand dollars a year. She
gets it; also she earns it and more
School teachers are, as a class,
poorly peid, There are women buy
ers in various department stores,
east and west, who receive salaries
as large as that paid to Mrs. Young
and larger. Mrs. Young had the fe-
Lefty to be born in Erie County,