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Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968). rn The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.

A Living Wage

John Pierpont Morgan

J. Pierpont Morgan

(American banker; testimony before the United States Commission on Industrial Relations)

QUESTION:Do you consider ten dollars a week enough for a ’longshoreman with a family to support?

ANSWER:If that’s all he can get, and he takes it, I should say it’s enough.