1997. Do you know whether they prefer to sell to strangers, or to merchants in town?-Sometimes they require money, and at other times they require goods as well as money; and they would then just as well have the goods as the money. 1998. But if they want the money, can they not have it from the merchants if they ask for it?-I always got it when I asked it. For any others, I cannot say. 1999. Do you dress goods for any of the merchants?-No. 2000. Only for the knitters?-Yes. 2001. You are never employed by the merchants at all?-No. 2002. Can you tell me; why there is not a system of paying always in money for the hosiery?-Because it has not been a customary thing, and they never ask it. 2003. Would it not be just as convenient for all parties to pay in money?-I don't think it. I think we may just as well have the goods. 2004. But if you had the money, it would be better for the knitters, would it not; because they could buy what goods they wanted? They might have to hand the money back across the counter, but they would be able to make their own bargain for what they bought?-Yes; but they would get a less price for their shawls. 2005. How do you know that?-It is so stated. 2006. Who states it?-They generally say that if they get money, they will not get so much as in goods. 2007. Do you mean that the merchants say that?-Yes; when we sell shawls for money, they say they will not give so much for them in money as in goods. 2008. Who has told you that?-The merchants. 2009. Has that often been said to you?-Not often; but it has been said. 2011. Who has said it?-Mr. Sinclair: I sold shawl to him last night. 2012. And he told you last night that he would give you more in goods for it than he would give in money?-Yes, than he could give in money. 2013. What was the price of that shawl?-I got 15s. for it. 2014. Did you take that in goods?-Yes. 2015. Or in a line?-In goods. 2016. In goods that you took away at the time?-Yes. 2017. What would you have got if you had sold your shawl for money?-I cannot exactly say. He did not particularize that. 2018. You did not go into particulars, because you wanted the goods?-Yes. 2019. Do you sometimes sell goods that you get from the merchants?-No; for I always require them for myself. 2020. Is it the practice for some of the knitters to sell the goods they get?-I cannot say; I never saw it done. 2021. You never bought any goods from a knitter which she had got in that way?-No, never. 2022. You are always paid in cash for your own dressing?-Yes. 2023. Do you think the knitters generally would be content with lower prices if they got paid in cash?-I cannot speak for any one but myself. 2024. You don't know the feelings of the girls deal with you from the town?-I do not. 2025. Do you know how most of these girls are provided with their food?-I cannot say. Occasionally the girls don't require money.