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Floyd Bkowx, Direct Examination.
Q. What was the situation at that time? A. At that time we could not book anything farther than one day at a time, in other words, we could not give a man a week's booking in advance, owing to the fact that his competitor would obtain the same films from the exchange with which he done business before we could make shipment of his goods.
Q. Was this condition caused by the inability of the exchange to arrange a fixed definite program and deliver it, or was it caused by the fact that if a definite fixed program were arranged, a competitor would secure that program from some other exchange, and thereby cut your customer's business? A. It was due to the fact that his competitor, when he learned what program was to be shipped into the house, he would obtain the films from the exchange witli which he was doing business ahead of our customers.
Q. After the General Film Company began business in Indianapolis, did any change occur in respect to furnishing fixed definite programs to the customers? A. Yes, sir.
Q. What were the conditions then? A. We began booking our customers a week in advance.
Q. How soon did you do this after the General Film Company began to operate in the Indianapolis field? A. Very soon after.
Q. Were you able to provide customers with fixed definite programs in advance and to deliver them on time, in accordance with the agreement after that? A. Yes, sir; unless a train was late carrying films from the customer using them the day before.
Q. Were you able to keep your customers clear from competitors? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Even when they were in the same neighborhood or operating side by side? A. Yes, sir.
Q. And did you do so? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Have you continued to do that since? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Are you doing so at the present time? A. Yes, sir.
Q. In selecting motion pictures for the use of your customers, are you under any compulsion by the home office? A. No, sir.
Q. Do you select the pictures yourself, or are the pictures selected for you by the home office? A. We select our films ourselves.
Q. In selecting pictures for your customers, do you en