9750. Did you want the goods?-Yes.
9751. Would you not have got them cheaper if you had had the cash in your hand to pay for them?-I might have got them a little cheaper.
9752. Do you think you would always be willing to sell your hosiery goods a little cheaper if you were paid in cash instead of in goods?-I don't think I would. The price is low enough, even with the goods payment.
9753. When you get the worsted given out to you, are you paid in money or in goods for knitting it?-Sometimes in money and sometimes in goods, just as I ask it.
9754. For whom do you knit in that way?-I have knitted some for Mrs. Spence. I knit fine silk for her, not Shetland worsted. I got 30s. for knitting one shawl for her, and 25s. for another; but these were very fine ones, and of large size. It took me a long time to work them. She paid me for these in cash.
9755. Did she hand you over the money, or did she send you down to the shop for it?-She gave me the money with her own hand.
9756. Did she do so in both cases?-Yes; part of it, and part I took a little goods for, just as suited myself.
9757. How much of the 30s. did she hand you over in cash?-I cannot say exactly now, because it is more than a year ago.
9758. Did she give you a half of it in cash?-More than that.
9759. How did you get the rest in goods? Did you go to the shop for them?-No. They were brought from Lerwick for me. They were women's cloth jackets.