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 (1913)

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2096 J. A. Schuchert, Cross Examination. Q. And those comprised all the licensed exchanges with which you had been in competition? A. Well, not all of them. We met competition from Cleveland and from Pittsburgh, although those were not as strong competitors of ours. Q. Those exchanges in Cleveland and Pittsburgh handling licensed film were also acquired by the General Film Company subsequently? A. They were bought later, I believe. I cannot state that they were, but I think they were. Q. Do you have any competition in your territory today in the sale of the films of these ten licensed manufacturers? A. Yes, sir. Q. From whom do you have that competition? A. The Greater New York. Q. The Greater NewT York Film Rental Company? A. Yes, sir. Q. Is there any other company that distributes licensed film in your territory that competes with you; that is, any company besides the Greater New York Film Rental Company? A. Well, our own company, the General Film Company. We sometimes get in competition with our Albany and Wilkes-Barre branch. They sometimes give us competition by taking on a customer in the same town we do. Q. You are now referring to competition with yourself? A. With ourselves. Q. Then there is not any company, other than the Greater New York Film Rental Company, which competes with you in the distribution of licensed film? A. No, sir. Q. You testified on direct examination, page 2032: "And throughout your territory, wrould you say that the theatres supplied by the General Film Company, in point of capacity and accommodations, are any superior to those that are supplied by the independents? A. I would say they have just as good theatres as we have. I believe we have more of them, but I would say that they supply just as good theatres as we do." Then : "Mr. Grosvenor : You have more of the good theatres? The Witness: We have more of them, because we have a larger supply to handle them." Is there anything you want to add to that answer? A. No. Not that I know of. Q. Is the Warner Special Feature Company a company