The Press., 1893-08-10

'sSroMp 1r.o--W When Robert Toombs returned to Washington City from his somewhat prolonged but self-imposed ex- ile, he found himself one afternoon saun- tering by the White House and concluded to leave his card on the president. Gen. eral Grant was then at the head of affairs, and promptly sent fof the famous fire- eater to come up. Their interview was exceedingly friendly, Toombs, warmed by his cordial reception, prefacing it by the iocular remark that he made it Q rule in travelling through a foreign country first Ito pay his respects to the commandent.
 Among other things that passed was some reference to the prevailing financial troubles Git was about the time of the panic of '73), when Toombs told Grant a story, which the general afterwards re- lated. During the hard times which succeeded the collapse of the old bank of the United States" quoth Toombs, ia typical Georgia farmer came into my office one morning, and says he: Robert, the folks down our way want more money, and they've got to have it. And says I: How in the - are they going to get 1t? We'll says he, stomp it!' 'Well,' says I, suppose we do stomp it how are we going to redeem it t?' That's just what was coming to, Robert says he. You see the boys down our way air agin re- demption.'" ..... Y. -... The story was apropos and amused the president. It Is not without a certain rel evancy now, because the greater number of those who are clamoring for cheap money and plenty of it, care very little how it is to be reached, or redeemed, so that it be issued by the government. Their idea is to have Uncle Sam stomp it, leaving the consequences to take care of themselves.-Lossis0ille Courier er-Jossrmal.
 The English farmer is beginning to re- gard as serious evil the intermediary or middleman between producer and con- sumer. By the term middleman is not meant the dealer who buys the farmers produce to sell again, and who is neces- sary adjunct of the farming business, but the speculative dealer, or the man who buys to sell again and sells to buy again. never accepting or delivering, and never intending to, the article in which he deals. This kind of middleman is the counter part of our speculative dealer in the fu- lures of food products at our various ex- | ol, hoe ,rko lad terially in England, where it is claimed Ethat the result of these speculative sales "tends to the lowering of the market price," and also tends "to establish an artificial price which has nothing what ever to do with the laws of supply and de- mand." The price that the farmer is to receive depends entirely upon the mood of the speculator and not upon the actual conditions and necessities of trade. The evil '1has got to be serious matter'' in England, and it is hoped, on the behalf of farmers, that the new commission, ap- pointed to investigate the present state ot agriculture throughout the United King dom, will give the subject consideration.
 Executive Manager Vaill, writing from Chicago, tells the following singular story l A woman of Fl called at the Connecti cut state building recently and said she was born in Oswego county, N. Y., but that she had registered in the Rhode Is land building in honor of her mother. who was native of that state, and inasmucf as her father was born in Connecticut 4she- asked the privilege of registering there ''in his honor." She was, of course @ permitted to do SO, and as she was in ciined to be communicative, this story was gathered from her. She has been ' widow for thirty years, supporting hersel
 by laundry work, or, to quote her owr words, "by taking in washing" She wal in good health and wished very much te see the worlds fair. Having no money with which to pay her passage, she bol
 rowed enough to meet her needs in this respect. Upon her arrival here she en gagged to do homework in 8 family abou
 three miles from the exposition grounds at $3 per week, with the privilege of wis