2713. Have you often been importuned by these women to pay them in money, because they could not supply themselves with the means of living unless they were paid for their work partly in cash?-No; there are many cases where cash is given.
2714. These are cases where the people were in circumstances to require it?-Yes.
2715. And I suppose you are acquainted with these cases?-Yes; I generally know the people who are actually requiring money when they ask for it.
2716. Do people often ask for money in that way?-Not often.
2717. Then there are few of them who are in circumstances to require money?-I should not say that. I think there are many of them who require money.
2718. Do you mean that many of them are in need of money payments for their knitting, in order to provide themselves with the necessaries of life?-In the town there are a good many who at particular seasons of the year have other ways of working outside as well as knitting.
2719. For these, do they get money payments?-Yes.
2720. Or they have friends with whom they live?-Yes; and in the country there are a great many who live with their parents.
2721. But there are some women who depend entirely upon their knitting for a living?-I believe there are.
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