Let us go one step further. At a recent banquet in Portland, Oreg., of the "Ad. Men's Association," by arrangement with the telephone company, over the seat of every person who participated in that banquet there was a little horn attached to the telephone, and there was a Columbia graphophone at the central office. But if this bill becomes a law the telephone company would not dare do that. They would not dare give the people in the country the privilege of an evening's entertainment, where they can not get to the big cities, without first arranging with Mr. Herbert. Mr. Herbert would say: "No; you can not do this. I want a hundred dollars' profit before you do that." After you have done it, everybody who pays a toll of 5 cents for an evening's entertainment to the telephone company pays its tribute to Mr. Herbert. I do not believe that that is the intention of you gentlemen. I regret that I am so much limited as to time, and I hope to appear before you during the summer session, as I believe that I can throw some new light on the situation. Mr. CURRIER. You gentlemen speak of the committee holding sessions during the summer season. The House has no such authority. The members of the House are likely to have a very busy season, and it will be impossible to get the House committee here during the summer. But the House committee will be here on the first Monday in December, ready to hear you gentlemen. Mr. CROMELIN. I thank you very much for your attention. Mr. CHANEY. In the statement that you submit I would like to have you make it specific as to which sections you object to, and make your argument apply to those sections. Mr. CROMELIN. I shall be glad to do that. Senator SMOOT. And let it follow your remarks in the record? Mr. CROMELIN. Yes, sir. STATEMENT OF ALBERT H. WALKER, ESQ., OF NEW YORK. Mr. WALKER. Gentlemen of the committee, I sincerely thank you for the compliment implied in giving me an hour in which to express my views upon this bill. The allowance is liberal, and it will not be extended except at the request of the committee. My hour will be an hour of sixty minutes, and my remarks will end at twenty minutes before 12, if they end in the middle of a sentence. I do not appear in behalf of any particular interest, although I have one client which is interested in one section of the bill. I do not propose, however, to address myself particularly to the interests of that client. I do propose to address myself to the bill as a whole. I think that the gentlemen who prepared this bill are to be thanked by the committee, and by the people of the United States, and by everybody else, for the large amount of labor which they have devoted to the preparation of that proposition for legislation. I particularly desire to express my personal appreciation of the labors of Mr. Putnam--his entirely disinterested and very skillful labors in the preparation of the bill.