THE ÆOLIAN COMPANY, _New York, May 5, 1902._ The CHICAGO MUSIC COMPANY, _Music Publishers, Chicago, Ill._ DEAR SIRS: Pursuant to the provision of the agreement granting us the exclusive right under your United States copyrights for all perforated music sheets intended for use in controlling automatic musical instruments and machines for playing musical instruments, we hereby notify you that a number of copyright owners satisfactory to us have made with us agreements similar to our agreement with you. From this date, therefore, our agreement goes into effect. Looking forward to profitable and pleasant business relations, we remain, Yours, truly, THE ÆOLIAN COMPANY, E. R. PERKINS, _General Manager_. Mr. CHANEY. I would like to have this gentleman who has just spoken to us (Mr. Low) submit a typewritten statement relating to the various sections in the bill to which he objects, and setting out his objections. The ACTING CHAIRMAN. Without objection that privilege will be accorded to him. WASHINGTON, D.C., _June, 12, 1906_. _To the Committees on Patents of the United States Senate and House of Representatives._ GENTLEMEN: I file herewith in typewriting specific suggestions for the amendment of the said bill, in pursuance of the resolution of the joint committee, passed on the 8th day of June, 1906; these remarks or this statement to follow in the record the exhibit contracts which I presented to your committees at that time. Very respectfully, H. N. LOW. SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE PENDING COPYRIGHT BILL. _To the Committees on Patents of United States Senate and House of Representatives._ GENTLEMEN: If the allegations which have been made before the committee, and not denied, and which can not be successfully denied, that there has been effected a combination in the nature of a trust to secure practically all of the commercial business of this country in the manufacture, sale, and use of mechanical records or controllers for the production of music, etc., by mechanical means are true, then a very serious situation confronts you. The agencies relied upon to make said combination of publishers and manufacturers successful are-- 1. The contracts which have heretofore been entered into in anticipation of this legislation, four of which contracts have been filed in connection with the remarks of Mr. O'Connell and of Mr. Low. 2. New legislation of the character proposed by this copyright bill and especially by paragraph (g) of section 1. In one of the contracts referred to, dated April 30, 1902, between the Chicago Music Company and the Æolian Company, it is provided--