St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-15
QUAKER BLUFF CALLED
A ST. PAUL NAN BRINGS A PH.LA3Ei-
PHiA BANK TO TIME.
$. h. FOOT PROVES A sTAYER.

An incident of;he Monetary Strin-
gency That Has Travelled West
"A Frigid Cashier Gets Taste
OF Western Mettie-The Shoe
Manufactures Comes Out Win
ner.
mo one on earth can bluff that old
man." said Hon. p. IL. Kelly yesterday,
as he finished recounting a good story
to group of friends. The story is told
OF .. b. Foot the shoe manufacturer.
AS written up by the ST. Paul Trade
journal it happened this way:
Mr.. Foot, while in Boston, had Bos-
ton uaIik check, drawn OH the Bank of
North America. of Philadelphia. 1t was
lur 5000. and wien he offered it al the
BtstOn bank where the house of Foot,
Scnuiz 81 Co. does business ne was told
it would cost $45 to collect it. He wrote
10 friendly firm in Philadelphia, and
1t answered to send it on and it would
collect it. But before Mr.. Foot could
mail it the Quaker City firm telegraphed
that it would cost $50 to collect the So, 600.
Thoroughly diSgusted. Mr.. Foote went
to Philadelphia himself. Securing
Identification, he went to the Bank OF
North America and presented the check
for $1,000.
What do you want for it?' asked the
teller lii cold storage way.
New York or Boston exchange at
par, or, if that is not convenient, bills Of
large denomination" was the st. Paul
mans reply.
We cannot do it. We have no money
in Boston or New York. and cannot pay
Out the currency"
isn't the check good?'
Yes. The drawer has balance of
that amount here. We will give you
certificate for it,
But clearing house certificate will
do NE no good. | want 10 use the
money in Boston. do you mean to Say
that you refuse to pay the check?'
I'VE will pay it only in clearing house
certificates" replied the paying teller.
growing more and more Icy as the con-
We rSatlon proceeded.
Foot's Ire Aroused.
us that the way you do business
here"' asked Mr.. Foot. I'VE do not do
it that way out West. But If you do not
l.
fiild out what | can do about It,"
MIR. Foot hunted up notary in the
person of James ID. Wincheli. young
and rising attorney. The day was hot,
despite the frigidity of the paving teller,
when Mr.. Foot appeared again with his
check. accompanied by the notary. He
presented the check for payment and
was refused as before. The st. Paul
man gave the teller to understand that
he had brought with him notary and
that he proposed TO protest the check
unless it was paid. The teller didn't
believe the young man who accom-
panied MIR. Foot was a notary, but Mr..
Ninchell satisfied the teller Oh that
point,
The st. Paul jObber said some things
that possibly should not be reproduced
In print, and the teller sufficiently melt
Ell 10 calculate few hot words himself.
But Mir. Foot and Mr.. Wlnchell were
not on hand to be bluffed. The point
was reached when the formal demand
was to be made for payment. At this
point the teller recoDsidered. He left
his post and consulted with a gray
haired official, supposedly the president
or the bank. When he returned he re-
marked: IF you will wait few min
uieS we will pay the money"
In few moments some of the bank
employees came in Juggling bags contain
ing the whole amount
In Silver Dollars.
II assume" said Mr.. Foot, THAT this
has been received from the Sub-treas-
ury. lam willing to take the sub-treas-
nry count, and therefore will not
trouble you to count it,
20 NO, we will count it" was the re-
ply, and the silver was dumped from
the different sacks on table and paid
over the counter by as slow a process as
possible.
Tin sorry" said Mr.. Foot. when he
and Attorney Winchell had counted
enough to fill one sack. 'but should
like to borrow your sacks"
We do not furnish Sacks was the
chilly reply.
Thereupon the attorney was dis
patched tor sufficient supply of sacks,
and the counting and sacking of the
money went on. In the meantime il
had got around among the brokers that
| the long-legged man from the wild and
wooily West had demanded payment on
check and Was getting it ali in big
cartwheel silver dollars. They dropped
in to see the fun. Foot and Winchell
counted, perSpired, and sacked up the
white metal. The iay was hot, but
they stuck to their task.
After it was well nigh completed. Mr..
Foot yentur5d to remark: II do not
know as | ought to ask it. put | should
like some string to tie up these bags"
The accommodating paying teller
consented 10 furnish the string. but
drew the line evidently at that point.
Then the lawyer was sent for cab, and
five minutes LATER the 3l5 pounds OF sill
yer Was safely deposited in bank a
few blocks removed, and Mr.. Foot had
New York draft in his pocket for
$4,000, warmer but happier mau than
when he arrived in Philadelphia. Next
morning Mr.. Foot was in Boston with
his draft on New York for 5000, which
| at current rates was worth SD premium.