Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-02-14
Facts About the 7-30s-The Advantages
they offer,

credits are 0w based on Government securities,
and blrka hold them as the very best and strong
est Investment they can make If it were posi-
Die to contemplate the financial failure OF the
Government, 10 bank would be any safer. II
money is loaned on individual notes or bond and
mortgage, it will be payable in the same cur
teney as the Government pays with, and no bet
ter The Government never has failed to meet
I ls engagements, and the national debt Is frat
mortgage upon the whole property Of the coun-
+ Try. While other stocks luctuate from ten to
/ ilty Or even greater per cent, Government
stocks arc always comparatively firm. Their
( yalo. is fixed and reliable, beyond all other Sc
curtios for while a thousand speculative bub-
biee gls1 and burst, as q rule they are never be-
/ low par, aod are often above.
lrs LIBERAL INTEREST. The general rate of
n.eros is SIX per cent, payable annually. This
Is Sven and tAtee.tenths, payable semi-dnnnaity.
r you lend % mortgage, there must be search
ing Jl Tides i4wyero' ices, stamp duties and
delays and you will finally have returned to you
only the same Kind OF money you would receive
irom thu Government, anl l:ss Of it. 1t you
invest ia tbs loan. you have no trouble. Amy
bank or banker will obtain it for you without
charge. 10 each note or bond are affixed " cou.
pons or interest tickets, due ut the expiration
Of each successive hal-year The holder Of d
note has simply to cut of one of these coupons,
,ras.,f "a D., ~ ra,rast hank or ,varntnant
Agency, ana receive his interest the note itself
need not be presented at all. Of coupon thus
payable will everywhere be equivalent, when
dua, 70 money. II you wish to borrow ninety
ceu,s on the dollar upon the notes, you have
the highes. security in the market to do 1t with.
Ill,o4 w..h % s.il, 1t will bring within irac-
ton Of cost AMI Interest at any moment. IL
will be very handy to have il tn hous1.
If IS coNyeRrBlE into six per cont, gold
bearing bind At the expiration Of three years
4 holder oil tho NOES Of the $50 Loan has the
opajn Of accepting payment in foil or Of fund
~ his NOES in Fix per cent, god-interest
0jui, tine prncp pie payable in not lees than i've
nor moro tlAl twenty years from lts date as the
Government may elect These bonds are held
.. such ptenium as u make this privilege
alw WORTH two or three per cent per annum,
lsI all, % miel 70 the interest. Notes Of the
same class, isusj three years ago, are now sell
lug .. "a rate that fully proves the correctness
Of th.- statement.
lrs EXawrloS FROM STATS on MUNICIPAL TAX
uIoS.-Blt aside from all tae advantages We
have enumerated, SPECIAL Act Of Congress
eumpis ali 5onds and Treasury notes from local
iar4t,on. Ga tie average this exemption is
worth about two per cent, per aanun, according
TO the rate Of taxation ia various parts Of the
country.
IrsA NATIONAL SAylNCs BANk.-While thi,
loan presents great advantages to large capital
ists, 10 offers special inducements to those who
wish to make safe and profitable investment Of
small savings. It's every way the beet Saw
mZ. Bank for every institution OF this kind
must somehow invest its deposits prohtably in
order to pay interest and expenses They wi J.,
invest largely in this loan, as the best invest
ment But from the gross interest which they
receive they must deduc; largely for the eIpen-
zee Of the Bank. Their usual rate Of interest
allowed to dopositors is per cent, upon sums
ayl. 5000 The person who invests directly
with Government VIII receive almost so per cent
more Thus the man who deposits $1,000 in a
private SAVING Back receives 50 dollars year
u.o7gs., IL he deposits the same sum in this
National Savings bank he receives 10 dollars.
For those who wish 10 find sale, convenient,
and profitable means Of investing the surplus
earnings which they have reserved for their old
age or TOR the beneG, Of their children, there IS
nothing which presents 50 many advantages as
this National Loan.
TaB HIGuEsr Morlvk The war is evidently
drawing to close but while it lasts the Treas
nry must have money TO meet its cost, and
, every motive that patriotism can inspire should
nduc, the people 70 supply lts wants without
leiay. The Government can buy cheaper for
cash IN hand than on credit Let US see tina.
its wants are promptly AMI literally satisfied.