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Harry N. Marvin, Direct Examination. 63
and licensed exhibitors, but we wish to assure you that there has not been the slightest intention to disregard correspondence. However, in a few days, the Exchange correspondence and within a week the exhibitors correspondence, will be covered, after which time we will have a sufficient organization to promptly reply to all correspondence.
MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY.
By Mr. Grosvenor:
Q. Exhibit No. 15, being dated February 26, contains the following: "The Patents Company today notified the following Exchanges that on and after March 15, 1909, the license agreement they had entered into with this company would be terminated,'' with the following names : "Philadelphia Film Exchange ; Wm. H. Swanson & Co. of Chicago; Wm. H. Swanson & Co., of Omaha; Wm. H. Swanson & Co. of St. Louis." This Exhibit was a circular or bulletin which was sent out to all the rental exchanges. Is not that correct? A. I believe it was, yes.
Q. When the Patents Company cancelled the license of an Exchange, it was customary for it to send a notice to all the other Exchanges of the cancellation of the Exchange? A. Yes.
Q. And it was also customary, was it not, for the Patents Company to send a notice to all of the customers of the Exchange whose license was cancelled, that the license of that Exchange had been cancelled? A. It was customary to notify the customers of the Exchange wrhen the license of the Exchange was cancelled, so that the customer could be advised and look to a proper source to obtain licensed film.
Q. So that in this case, you not only sent all the rental Exchanges notice of Swanson & Company's license having been cancelled, but you also sent Swanson & Company's customers notice of that fact? A. I cannot say definitely as to that case, because that was not always done, but it was frequently done.