Testimony of working women, 1914

              ¦'  -53-, Recess taken until 7:30 P.M:, at which time hearing was continued,
************************ ********iii*** STATEMENT OF MISS ANNA SALTER. (Employed at Doerflinger « a) ;
MR: REYNOLDS; Miss Sauer, how long have you been in Doerflinger's?
Ai A little over three years 1 Q.  How old were you when you entered his employ? Al I am_2S, Ql'.       Had you been in other stores of the same character? k'.  Not
any store, no sire; I was a techer before I started to clerk. Ql  In the public schools? k»  In rural schools, Qi  ?/hy did you abandon teaching to take up the store work? k'.  My
mother wanted us to be near home;  this was the only place
we could find employment in the store, Ql  Were yoxir wages leas than when you were teaching? k'.  Yes. q;.  Are they less now? k',  Yesi
QL What wages did you get when you entered? k»  16 a week'* Q,  How much now? a; I am getting j|_6 a week and commissions now. Q.  Abotit how much doss your commission average? k'.  About flO
or $11 a week? q:       In addition to the 16? a; With the f/S, Qi  So that your average total is |10 or |ll? A; Yes sir* q;  Hovt long have you been getting that average? A* Wehave been
working on commission since our new manager was there, about
two yearsi Qi  Before that it was the straight wages? k'.  Tes sirl Q,'.      From the standpoint of the clerks does that work satisfactorily?
A. Well, they do not seem to think It right to be on the com¬ mission basis, because quite often we have to help in marking
goods and doing other thingsi Q.  Those days you do not get commissions? A^ Yea air, Q.  You have to work just as hard? Ai Yea sir! Q,.  Is it an accident when you are sent over to that other work? A.
We each have our own departments and pick out our own goods* q;  How long wo-uld it take on an occasion like that? A"  That de¬ pends on how large a stock we have to buy, Cl'.      How often would you have to take a day or two that way? Al It
all depends on the manager*  Sometimes he has two or three of
us girls go out and help, whether it is in our department or
not, Qi  In the week when that occurs you would only get ,f6? A. We would
not get so much ooinnission, that is alii, Q.  You would lose whatever commission you would otherwise get those
days? A. Yes sir» Ql  How often does that occur? Ai I cannot say exactlyi Qi  How many times in the year? Ai Three or four times,, and then
we have to mark goods! We always have to help with thati Q.  Suppose that occurs four times a year;  that would cut you
out of four weeks, would it not? Ai Yes air! Q.  Then marking goods; how often would that occur? Ai Oh, we
have to mark about two or three kKïaxH times out of a week
sometimes, Q.  How much time-would that take? Ai We spend nearly all day
marking goods i Qi  Yfho  was attending to your counter? A. Nobody. When we get
through marking goods we straighten up our goods — between
times* Qi  How much time would be spent marking goods in the course of a
month'!' Ai I cannot say exactly, because we do not \^ave to
mark goods always i.. Qi  Taking the averagei Ai I do not know whether I can say or not*
I do not believe I could say exactly. Qi Would not this help you. Taking the total, what wages would you
actually receive for a couple of months back* You say when
you have a full week it amounts to |10 or |ll. How many weeks
during the month of December did you get ^10 or |ll? A. Pretty
near every week. That month we were not marking èoods. Qi  Hov; about last week? Ai We marked quite a good, deal of goods
last week. Qi  How much did yo\x get last week? Ai About fl over ray salary.