The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-02-22
Facts About the 9-3Os.
The ADVANTAGES THEY oFFER.


as the very best and strongest investment
they can make. If it were possible to
contemplate the financial failure of the
Government, no bank would be any safer
If money is loaned On individual notes on
bold and mortgage, it will be payable IN
the same currency as the Government
pays with, and 10 better. The Govern
n,ent never has failed to meet its engage
mentS, and the national debt is first
mortgage upon the whole property OF
the country. While other stocks 'fuctu-
ate FROM ten to fifty, or even greater per
cent, Government stocks are always com.
paraiVely firm. Their value is fixed and
reliable, beyond all other securities for
while thousand speculative bubbles rise
and burst, as rule they are never below
par and are often above.
It's LIBERAL TNTEREsT.-The general
rate of interesi six per cent, payable
annually. This is seven and threeteutbs
payable semi annually. If you Tend on
mortgage, there must be searching Of
titles, lawyers, fees, stamp duties and de.
lays, and you will finally have returned
to you only the same Kind of money you
would receive from the Government, and
less Of it. If you invest in this loan you
have no trouble. Any bank or banker
viii obtain it for you without charge
To each note or bond are affixed five
coupons, or interest tickets, due at the
expirtion Of each successive half year
The holder Of a note has simply.to cut of
one Of these cou pons, present it to the
nearest hank or Government Agency, and
receive his interest; the note itself need
not be presented at all Or coupon thus
payable will everywhere be equivalent,
when due, to money. If you wish to
borrow ninety cents Gu the dollar upou
the notes, yon have the highest security
in the market to do it with If you wish
to sell, it will bring within a fraction OF
cost aud interest at any moment. 1t will
be very handy to have in the holse.
IRIS CONVERTIBLE into six per cent
gold bearing b9nd. At the expiration of
three wears holder OF the notes of the
7.30 Loan has the option Of accepting
payment in full Or of funding his notes iD
six per cent. gold interest bond the priu
cipal payable in not less than five, nor
more than twenty years from its date, as
the Government may elect. These bonds
are held at such a premium as to make
this privilege now worth two or three per
cent. per aDnum, and adds SO much
TO tie interest. Notes of the same class
issued three years ago, are now selling
at a rate that fully proves the correctness
Of this statement.
ITs EXEMPTION FROM STATE OR MU-
NICIPAL TAXATION. but aside from sll
the advantages we have enumerated
special Act Of Congre s erempts all bonds
and Treasury notes from local taration
0n the average this exemption is worth
about two per cent. per annum, according
to the rate of taxation i'm various parts OF
the country.
1T IS a NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK. u
While this loan presents great advantages
to large capitalists, il offers special induce.
ments to those who wish to make a safe
and profitable investment Of small savings.
1t is 10 every way the best savings BaDk
for every institution of this kind must
somehow invest its deposits protitably in
order to pay interest and expenses. They
will invest largely in this loan as the best
investment, But from the gross interest
which they receive, they must deduct
largely for the expenses Of the Bank -
Their usual rate ofinterest allowed TO de-
positors is 3 per cent. upon suns over
5000. The person who invests directly
with the government will receive almost
90 per cent. more. Thus the man who
deposits $1,000 10 private Savings Bank
receives S50a year interest if he depos.
its the same sum in this National Savings
Baak he receives S73. For those who
wish to fnd safe convenient, and profit
able means OF Investing the surplus earn
ing which they have reserved for their
old age or for the bened, OF their children
there IS nothing which presents so many
advantages as this National Loan.
The HIGHEST M0TIvEs.-Tha war is /
evidently drawing to close, but while i'll
lasts the Treasury must have money toI
meet its cost, and every motive that
patriotism can inspire should induce the
people to supply its wants without delay
The Government can buy cheaper for
cash in hand than on credit. Let US see
that its wants are promptly aud literally
satisfied.
The WESTERN Hoe TRADE.-The
number of hogs packed in this city, is /
estimated at 338,000, being a deficiency,
a compared with last season, of $4,000
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