Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-10-22
VOLUME %.
Are the Germans Wrong in
Wanting our Bonds p


earth. Our Jersey people aud New Eng
land people are a frugal, Industrious peo-
pie, but they can't save money like tho
Germans. All Germany is great sav-
ings bank. |. is true that their working
men are not so rich, on an averegc, as
our working men, because they don't get
more than one quarter Of the wages Of our
mon. But German can save money,
and lie knows when it is safe. Now
these sbrcwd, thrifty Germans want our
bonds. They want them by millions
| They turn aside from the great te2gars Of
The world in Europe, and come TO us Re
publicans, They treat the notes of Ma
poleon aud Joseph and Maximilan with
Indifference, but want to discount all tho
American notes they can get. The Lon.
don Times. says this is all wroug--that
the Republicans in America are all bank.
rupt, aud the Germans must be crazy to
slight British and French beggnrs, and
| 60 begging themselves, to America. Are
they croayi We ask Poor Richard what
be thought about it, "Why," said he,
Chow can they be crazy, when they arc
doing just what did little more than u
year ago, when | put my little savings in
to Government six per cents Now see
what l got By it; just count up. have
received siz per cent in g1ld, which av-
eragcd 100 per cent. in currency, making
II per cent. income. Now, to-day, my
bond is salabIe in New York market at
10 per cent. premium. Pat these togeth-
er, aud oday have % per cent. for one
years use OF my money What do you
think of that You know, as well as
do, that there are thousands of people
who did this, and to-day they have % per
cent on their Investments. Why, saw
f Miss Jones, our school marin, 20 10 the
, bank and buy $500 bond. How she got
the money don't know, but these Yam
keo schoolmstresscs are frstrase hands
at taking care Of themselves. Well,
, now, count up. II Miss Jones sells her
! bonds to-day, she gets her $500 back safe,
aud sic gets $ll0 clear gain. Can you
sharp fellows down there in William
street do any better You know l told
Mr., Smith, the banker, my ideas about
that, and he bought S5, coo six per cent
bonds, and You see he got 81 100 for
cars use of his money. I met him the
, other day, and he said, Poor Richard, you
are right; begin to think, the Govern
ment can take care Of itself, and US too.
For my part, mean to tuy some Of The
= 1905. The rate ofin'erest is high eno'g,
aud in three years they will turn toto six
g rer cent, bonds again 'Yes Mr.. Smith,
it is right, on the money side but, 't is
right on the country's side too Help
your country, or it can help you. Now,
: | say the G rmans are not only right, but
! they would be right if they got half that
interest. They cannot make quarter Of
it at home. So thought Poor Richard,
e and so think we. When We think of she
t financial strength, we must remember that
) they are far better judges of our condition
{ than we, or our enemies are They are
i lockers on, at a great distance They
d have none of our cnmitics or prejudccs,-
h They can examine the facts dlsinterested-
c ly, They do; and the resnlt is verdict
;, that the American Government is stable
=. its ability and integrity in meeting its f.
G hanotal engagements fashionable. -
= This verdict, toe, is fJuadcd on series
s of fects which are un.mpeackable and we'll
C known to every intelligent American.--
- Take two or three Of the most important /;
n |. The United States doubles its popula--
l. ton each twenty-five years. The popula-
&c ton OF the country, which in 1850 was
It t,2sAty three mHlon8, will in 1915 be
: fyY Sjr mHj0,s But the rebellion /
Is says some one. How much has the re-
- bsllion diminished the strength orthe Uni
q tod States Take this astonishing fact,
/ that if the Rebel States had been sunk in
: the PacGc Ocean the United States would
e in 1875 have population e2l'al to that Of
/, tie ~4olc in 1860. In other words, ,faecn
d gears will supply the total loss of the elev-
y en- original Rebel States What can i'm
: pedo the progress of such country 2.
Il The wealth Of the country increased 1877
J. per cent. in ten years Now let it in
!, crease but so from 1860 to 1870, and i.
will amount 60 ten times all the loans OF
tho government. The German knows
lo what he is about He viii get the largest
9t Income Prom lcGns in the world, on the
=, sqtest security. No such opportunity has
- occurred before for the Investment Of mon