The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-12-09


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PROFITABLE INVESTMENTS.
The Philadelphia North american
gives some excellent advice to those who
wish to invest money. 1t is well for all
who are in funds to heed the counsel -
Though money has been temporarily
scarce, capital continues abundant; and
the recent tumble in the stock market
has brought capitalists to a realizing
sense of the unreliable character of many
of the securities dealt in 1t is greatly
to the credit of the Government that i;s
loans, of ali the securities daily dealt in
on the market, have maintained their in
tegrity of prcie better than almost any
thing else It's Five Twenty year six per
cent loan, the interest on which is
promptly paid in god, has been sub
scribcd TO, all through the pressure in
the money market, at an average of more
than two millions per dag And what is
not the least gratifying fac, in Connection
with the daily large subscriptions TO this
popular loan, scarcely any of it is returned
to the market for sale 1t is taken for
investment. and is held with unfaltering
confidence in its reliability. And why
should it not be? 1t is seen that the
Government now. after two years OF the
most gigantic war that the world has
ever known, experiences no difficulty III
commanding the necessary means to pros
ecutc it. or in paying regularly the inter
est in gold as it falls due. If this can be
done while the war is being waced, who
can anticipate any difficulty in readily
accompl hing il when the war shall be
ended? What better investment then,
for capital than the Five Twenty" Gov
ernment loan? Blu, if any doubt. let
him refer to the statistics furnished by
the census tables Of the various nations
Of the world. The facts which they
present will prove the most satisfactory
mode of dispellmg the uumberlcss gloomy
apprehensons which are being coniinu-
ally conjured up by those who are dis
posed to cxaggerate the extent "f the ca
lamity occasioned by ouT rebellion. a
reference to the state Of most of the pros
porous nations Of the old world clearly
disproves such position, and shows that
the highest conditions of national advanc-
ment have not been materially affected by
the extended wars in which those nations
have been immemorially engaged, and
that heavy national Jude btedness has
not proved an unmirigated evil.
"For instance. Great Britain, FraLce
and the Netherlands will undoubtedly be
conceded to represent the highest pros.
pcrily thrt has been attained by anv of
the European nations. And yet no ma
tons have been called upon to endure
fiercer or more prolonged wars. domestic
and foreign. than they. The effect bas
been, unquestionably, to incur an enor-
nous national Indebtedness but neither
their wars nor their indebtedness have
had the effect to destroy their elasticity,
nor to check the progress ofthsir general
prosperity. The result would have been
different, probably, if these nations had
been falling into decay. instead of being.
as they really were, in state Of develop
ment and in this respect their case re-
sembles our own. with enormous advan.
tages IN our favor. These nations. while
under going the trials Of war, were op-
pressed by the evils of an immense exc
dus Of their population, the inposslbility
to provide occupation for them, the low
price of labor, and The scarcity of terri,
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