Q. Are you examined at any time and in any way by the Government?
A. No. The control of the Government is limited to the supervision for taxes, to which every company is subject.
Q. Your relations with the Bank of France are very intimate and cordial, are they not?
A. Yes.
Q. Is that true with all the banks in France?
A. The Bank of France is quite impartial; it gives no preference to any one; there is no favoritism.
Q. I understand none of the farmers or peasants will use cheques.
A. The use is extremely rare.
Q. How about your tradesmen all through the small towns, and the doctor and lawyer and professional man; would they draw the money out and pay their bills in cash?
A. Certainly; most of them.