Brief for the United States (1914)

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I'AIM I\. ISI I .•mi rnniiinu' this ('(Hiccni here now, I am the general ma iia^ci" of llic (iciicral I^'ilm Co., and w hen we meet in (m )m| x't it i( »n or in some othci* way, we arc a threat, hi.LC, uii^iintic wheel, and you are a little sj)liTiter. I'lveiy time we meet yon, we have <^()t to i iin o\'er you and crush you, and ^'ct you out of the way, because you are a stuuihliui^ block. AVe liear about this every day of our life here. A custouier walks iuto our office aud complains wo are chargin^^ too much money for the service we are giving him. We say, ^ That is the best we can do.' Now, the next morning, wt find out he is a customer of yours. If he was not a customei' of yours, f he would not be a customer of anyone else, we can charge him as we like, and do as we like. Xow, you understand, we must get you out of the way. You are the last one. We must have thought a lot of you to leave you the last fellow. Now, be sane." He said, ^^Eighty-nine or ninety thousand dollars; I think I can fix it for you and get you a hundred.'' I said, Waters, I don't think you are going to do anything for me. You are probably going to let me run along, and if you are, I am satisfied. Just see that they do not cancel my license and job me, if you are my friend, and ever}i:hing will be all right.'*' With that I left, sir.^ The foregoing interviews occurred the latter part of September, 1911. Subsequently Fox received a notice of cancellation from the Motion Picture Patents Co., dated