Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-11
REAL ESTATE BUSINESS
ONE Of THE EARLIEST
Sales of Property in Biblical Days
Are Cited as
Proof.

matter of fact it is one of the earliest
Of which there is reliable record. prob
ably antedating all other professions and
businesses. according to n. T. Macmillan,
who recently addressed the Winnipeg
Real Estate Exchange on the subject.
Back in the early days, when this
world was a one-man institution, We
find authority for this statement he
said. 1.-The first event after the creation
was a real estate transaction, in which
fine tract of real estate The Garden
of Eden was given to Adam and Eve
without even the customary one-dollar
consideration. At this time, you will
note. even the ancient and honorable
dry goods business had not yet made its
appearance. as is plainly indicated by
the necessity for ig-leaf raiment
There was. 1t is true a condition con-
nected with the Garden Of Eden contract,
the breaking OF which caused mans I'M
doing, and the same principle seems to
hold good today whenever possessions
are gained too easily.
Love for Land.
The brief possession of their landed
estate created In Adam and Eve a great
love for the land and for the freedom
and independence which 1t alone can in
sure. This tendency has been passed on
from generation to geeration, SO that it
has been and still is the desire of most
men TO possess portion of Mother Earth
which they can proudly term. INV land
ana my lot. This tendency is, of course
natural. as man is by-product of the
SOLVE are supposed to be made of dust
which is dirt; some having more Of the
Ingredient in their makeup than have
others.
Following this soil tendency through
tne ages. We see the gradual building up
OF the real estate profession itself To
others than members of our order who
are not familiar with their Bible history,
| would cite the thirty second cha pier of
Jeremiah, to show that in those days
lana was, bought and sold and also town
lots, and that the same tendency pre-
relatives up with real estate. HanameeI,
Jeremiahs first cousin, came to him
and said, Buy my field. buy it for thy
self He. you see. believed 1t was a
sure money-maker and he did not want
Jeremiah to let any one else in on it
| the stock argument of the aggressive
| real estate salesman.
Paid Seventeen Sheckels.
jeremiah says And 1 bought the field
| OF Hanameel. my uncies son, and
weighed him the money. even II sheckIes
OF silver. and | subscribed the evidence
and took witnesses In our terms paid
his money and got his transfer There
was none of the 'think-it-over' strain IN
Jeremiah's makeup. He was quick
trader. which usually means a shrewd
one Then we are told he took the
agreement and put it in an earthern
! vesse1-that seemed to constitute their
land titles safety deposit vault, but it
was still savoring of real estate, as 1t
was an eartnen vessel.
| This all transpired at the time the
children of Israel were being brought
| into their promised land and the
| phophet further in the chapter states
| that God would bring blessing on their
heads and that fields shall be bought
| In this land whereof We say it Is DESC
late without man beast tThe same
prophecy is being fulfilled today in our
| great northwest) He further states
that men shall buy fields for money and
subscribe evidence and seal them and
| take witnesses in the land of BENJAMIN,
and in the cities of Judah, and in the
cities Of the mountain. and in the cities
of the valley and in the cities of the
| SOUTH
Early Transaction Cited.
| THUS We find active demand in
those days as today for city property,
| although the prices per front foot are
not a matter of record. In more mod
ern times. but still centuries ago. we
read in the New Testament about the
man who made a supper and how one man
endeavored to be excused because he had
bought piece of land and had to go
ana see it-he should have seen it be-
fore he bought it.
me history of the evolution of the
real estate profession continues from
that Tune to the present, and always
is shown conciusively that land is
the basis of wealth, 1t is absolutely es-
sehtiai TO maintain life. We are de-
pendent on the old earth for our daily
bread What would be the value of our
railroads and great arteries of COM
merce were it not for the earth and
what IT produces? Imagine if you can
what place this world would be were
II not for real estate. Your bank stocks
ana bonds would not be worth the paper
they are written on. That justif1es the
| termlng Of land estates real estate
| for it is the only real possession in the
true sense of the word. For that reason
its ownership will always be the cherish
ed hope of all true men,
| Real estate is the only security that
cannot dissolve and get away from you,
and the real estate profession, which
| caters to mans desire for land possess
| sion. is thus not only the most veneer
| able. but the most honorable of all pro-
fessions and ia established, as ] have