"To the Editor of the Journal--...If the factories would pay a living wage to the women workers--believe me there would be no scarcity of help, as there are many women wanting work, but starting in at $6 a week,--and many women and girls having to pay that much for board and lodging,--what do they get out of it a week, except a lot of hard work? Let the factories raise their wages and see if they will not be overrun with help... ONE WHO KNOWS"

"Letters from The People," Ithaca Journal, June 7, 1919 5.