When they lu turn wished to buy of the
I'pham company the price list shows ths
Increased price they had to pay if they
tendered scrip
As to whether the men were forced K
take the scrip and coupon K*ok* their own
testimony is sufficient-
Andrew Olson says. "I have lived in
Marshfield six years. On my arrival here
1 began working for the I'pham company
In the lumber yard at ft -.’ft a day. One*
every week or two I was asked by th
timekeeper how much of the money I had
earned I wanted to draw out 1 never In
a stmgle instance received the whole
amount (or which 1 had asked in cash
Usually about one fifth of the amount
would be in cash and the remainder tn
scrip This scrip was payable in good* at
the I'pham store 1 was practically com
jH’llcd to trade there, as many of the storei
would not take the scrip The prices at
the I'pham store we tv, on many articles
of common use, higher than in othei
stores, I worked eleven hours a day (ot
between two and three years, when 1 do
elded to quit l.ast winter RSUH-iMi 1 agalr
worked nearly all winter for the Uphant
company, chopping cord wood at T 6 cent*
a cord I earned #IBO. of which 1 was able
to get (7 in cash and the remainder in
coupon Itooks Just In-fore Christ mas 1
tried to get some cash for my work, but
succeeded only tn getting #1 Later on,
when 1 had #2B due me. 1 tried hard to get
as much its #o in cash so 1 could pay my
taxes, hut I could not manage to get mors
than #8
Tllmau HclUckson, another Norwegian
resident of Marshfield, who worked foi
the I’pham company off and on, said. "I
have always had trouble in getting my
i,ay, usually 1 could get nothing but
coupons. 