The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest / The writings of philosophers, poets, novelists, social reformers, and others who have voiced the struggle against social injustice; selected from twenty-five languages; covering a period of five thousand years

by Unknown

I heard him in his office Friday past.

“Look here,” he said, “their talk is all a bluff;

You mark my words, this thing will never last.

Let them walk out—they’ll come back quick enough.

We’ll have all hands at work—and working fast!

How do they think we’re running this—for love?”

A Living Wage

By J. Pierpont Morgan

(American banker; testimony before the United States Commission on Industrial Relations)

Question: Do you consider ten dollars a week enough for a ‘longshoreman with a family to support?