6658. She has a ledger account of her own in your books?-Yes.
6659. Or a pass-book?-Yes; many of them have pass-books.
6660. When a young woman begins to knit in that way, and to deal with you, does her account generally run on for a succession of years?-Yes, very often.
6661. Is it in what you call the women's book that these accounts are entered?-Yes.
6662. The goods supplied to them, I presume, are mostly soft goods?-Yes; soft goods and groceries.
6663. Do you give the same value in groceries hosiery as in soft goods?-No; not the same value.
6664. Is it part of the bargain at the beginning, whether the payment is to be taken in groceries or in soft goods?-There is no agreement of that sort.
6665. If a woman asks for groceries, what do you do?-We just give them to her.
6666. But you say you don't give the same value in groceries as in soft goods?-Not exactly the same value.
6667. Do you mean that when she gets groceries, you give them to her at a higher price?-Yes.