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332 William Pelzer, Direct Examination.
Q. Then to that figure, $1,118,226.42, there should be added, in order to arrive at the true net profits, the amounts expended in the year 1911 by the General Film Company in making these different payments? A. Well —
Q. Now, I asked you, Mr. Pelzer, to produce a statement of the net profits of the General Film Company and this paper which I hold purports to be that statement — do you think that a statement of net profits of a company is fairly made when that statement omits sums paid out from earnings for properties acquired? A. I do not get what you are driving at, Mr. Grosvenor.
Q. You have stated this figure $1,118,226.00 is a statement which does not include payments of cash made by the General Film Company in the year 1911, on deferred payments. A. Yes, I believe that is so; I can't be positive. I don't look after that particular part of the business, but I believe it does not.
Q. Were these deferred payments paid from, or paid out of the net profits for the year 1911? A. They were paid out of the earnings.
Q. Well, should not a statement of net profits for that year, in order to be accurate and properly made, should it not include what you have paid out of earnings in order to acquire other properties?
Mr. Caldwell: Objected to as calling for the opinion of the witness.
A. I think that is largely a question of bookkeeping and the question of the sort of a statement you want; if you want that figure I can furnish it.
Q. How much was paid out of the earnings of the General Film Company in the year 1911, on these deferred payments? A. I could not say offhand, but I could get the information.
Q. It amounts to several hundreds of thousands of dollars? A. I would not undertake to say; it might be more, and it might not be that much.
Q. Mr. Felzer, I will ask you to supplement that statement, the statement which purports to be a statement of net profits, and bring in a statement showing the net profits accumulated by adding to it what you have paid out of