Mr. Choate. "What is your business?"

Mr. Sage. "My business is banker and broker."

Mr. Choate. "Why do you call yourself a banker?"

Mr. Sage. "Because I buy stock and discount paper and make loans."

Mr. Choate. "You are a money lender, are you not?"

Mr. Sage. "Sometimes I have money to loan."

Mr. Choate. "At various rates of interest?"

Mr. Sage. "Sometimes."

Mr. Choate. "Varying from six to sixty per cent?"

Mr. Sage. "Oh, no."