The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-10-06

quested to publish the above rules for +
the information Of those interested, in
order to facilitate the labors Of the !
Commissioner of Exchange.
Are The Germans Wrong In Wanting
oar Bondss
Not n bit of it! No shrewder,.
thriftier people, in matters Of money,
exist on earth, Our Jersey people
and New England people are frugal,
industrious people, but they can save
money like the Germans, All Germa-
ny is a great savings bank 1t is true
that their working mon are not so rich,
on an average, as our working men,
because they don't get moro than one
quarter of the wages Of our men But
| german can save money, and he
knows when it is safe. Now these
shrewd, thrifty Germans want our
bonds. They want them by millions,
They turn aside from the great beg
gars Of the world IN Europe, and come
to us Republicans. They treat the
notes Of Napoleon and Joseph and
! MuXiniIian with Indifference, but want
TO discount all the AmericannOtes they
can get. The L0adOn Iimrs says this
is all wrong-that the Republicans in
America are all bankrupt, and the Ger
mans must be crazy to slight British
and French beggars, and 60 begging,
themselves. to America. Arc they
crazy? We asked Poor Rictdrd what
he thought about it. Why said he,
how can they be crazy, when they
arc doing just what | did little
= more than a year ago, when | put my
little savings into Government six per
D cents? Now Rec what | got by it;
! Just count up. havercceived six per
cent. in gold, which averaged 100 per
cent. III currency, making Il per cent
= income. Now, to-day, my bond is sal
able in the New York market at lC
= per cent. prcmium Put these togoth
. er, aud to-day have % per cent. fol
" ono years use OF my money What
" do you thinl; Of ,hat2 You know, as
!; well as | do, that thero are thousands
. of people who did this, and to-day they
have % per cent, on their invest
T. mcnts Why, saw Miss Jones, ou1
" snho0l-maln. ro to the bank and buy I
~ 5000 bond How she got the money
:, don't know, but these Yankee school
- mattresses are frstrate hands at takin!
:; care Of Themselves. Well, now, coun
y up. If Miss Jones sells her bonds to
=, day she gets her $500 back safe, anC
= , she gets Sll0 clear gain. Can yo
i" sharp fellows down there in William
street do any 55tter? You know
told Mr. Smith, tho banker, my lHeu
!, ? about that, and he bought $4,000 81
per cent bonds, and you see he &c
=? 81 100 for years use of his money
I met him She other day, and he sai'
r. Poor Richard, yon are right begl
to think, the Government can TAX
c. care Of itself, and MS too. For M
part. mean to buy some of the 7.3O'
TO Tho ratio of interest is high enough
l.. and in three years they will turn inf
six per cent. bonds again Yes, NJ
III Smi b, it is right, on the money sict
h. bat, il is right on the coua'ry's side tot
Help your country, or it cant hcI
he you, Nov, | say the Germans ar
not only right, but they would
at right if they got half that interest
50. They cannot makca quarter OF 1t
home So thought Poor Richar
m and so think we.
When we think Of the German opil
ion Of our situation and tnanci
ch strength, we must remember that thC
are lar better judges Of our conditiC
Ic. than wo are, or our enemies are. The
arc lockers on, at great distance,
IS They have none OF our enmlties orpr
judices. They can examine tho fac
six disintcrcstcdly They do; and the r
p sult is verdict that the American G
vernmcnt is stablc--iiS ability and !
les, te5jW in meetiHg lis financial eagdJ
Ic meniS mqueStiOndbie This verdict, to
is founded on series Of facts viii,
are unimpeachablc, and well know
to every intelligent American Ia
ate two or three of the most important:
The United States doubles its popnI
re. ton each twcnty.fvoyc years. The pc
uIation Of the country, which in Is
in was twenty.thrce mRlionS will in Is
bO foHy.Sir millions, But the rcbcIliC
yet. saws ono. ilow much has the reb
lion diminished the strength Of
United Statcs2 Take this astoni'
ges ing fact, that il all tho Rebel sta
had been sunk in the Pacific ocean,
of United States would in 1875 have pc
usl ulation cqul, to that ofMGNrh0le in Is
on In other words, GResa gears will 81
- pig the total loss oftho eleven prigiI
md Rebel StltGs What can impede
md progress of such II country? 9. I
ten wealth Of the country increased
ust per cont. in ten years Now let it
lmc crease but so from 1860 to 1870, Nnc
in viii amount to ten times all tho lo'
var, of tho Government. The Germ
ck- knows what ho is about, ue will
to- the largest income from the loans
md the world, on tho safest security.
ont such opportunity has occurred bct
arc for the Investment of money, and in
od. probability will never occur again,
lii. tho American does not know and I;