In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants (1914)

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Isaac II. Ruben, Redirect Examination. 2715 Q. Where was it that you had this trouble with the Van Duzee Exchange? A. In St. Paul. Q. And when was it? A. When I first went in business. About three years and a half or four years ago. Q. And when you heard that Van Duzee owned this other theatre, did you change the source of supply, and get the licensed films from some other place? A. Shortly after that, it was absorbed by the General Film Company. Q. I say, when you heard that Mr. Van Duzee was interested in this theatre, did you change? A. No, sir; we could not, for the reason that the other houses were taking what few independent pictures that there were, that is, the first-run stuff was all absorbed by my competitors taking them, in fact, I was compelled to take whatever this fellow wanted to give me. Whatever the exchange wanted to give me. Q. Couldn't you get pictures, licensed pictures, from Minneapolis? A. No, sir. Q. Or Chicago? A. No, sir. Q. Why not? A. I could get them at any exorbitant prices, yes, sir. In fact, I came up here, and seen Mr. — the Kleine people, and the releases I wanted — understand, I wanted to make arrangements in fact that I could get them the same day, and the price was so big that I could not very well handle them. In fact, the first runs were being taken care of here in Chicago. It would have to be a day or two after. I can recall that. Then I would be at just as great a disadvantage as I was. Q. Well, you did not change your exchange then, in any event? A. Beg your pardon? Q. You did not change it? A. Yes, sir; I made the attempt. I went out and put in other service. Q. You did not put in other service? A. I did put in other service, but finally went back, with promises and counter promises. Redirect examination by Mr. Kingsley : Q. Did you find that the promises were kept? A. No. Never was kept.