The Portland daily press., 1869-11-24
MISCELLANEOUS. :
MISCELLANEOUS.
HARVEY FISK. A.s.EAzon
Office Of FISK 4 HATCH,
BANKERS and Dealers IN
Government Securities.
No. Nassau Street, New York,
~ November s, 1869.

To our Customers and Correspondents:
The surprising development OF our national re-
sources and the rapidity with which the Govern
mentis now enabled to reduce the national debt,
by weekly purchases, render it apparent that the
time is approaching when the Five-Twenty bonds
may be funded at not over four or four and hall
| per cent. interest.
Meanwhile their high price. as compared with
other classes of securities paying equal rate of
interest," is leading to general inquiry for prof
safely invested.
During the war the necessities and pelil of The
| government, and the consequent cheapness of its
securities, rendered them so attractive that, from
this cause, combined with the patriotic faith of the
people in their safety, they absorbed almost the
en'ire noaiing capital Of the country, and diverted
attention from other classes Of securities which had
before been deemed sufficiently conservative and
sound to meet the wants of the most cautious in.
vestors.
The government is no longer a borrower 1t no
longer needs the country's capital, but desires
gratefully and honorably to repay it.
The rapid accumulation of capital for investment,
and the reduction OF the national debt and improve
ment OF the national credit-rendering it certain
that hereafter but comparatively low rate OF in
terest can be derived from investment in govern
ment bonds-is compelling the search for Other safe
and well guarded channels into which capital not
employed in business may wisely fow
The enterorises Of Peace, no less needul in their
time and place, for the common welfare, than were
the waste and cost of War. now call TOR the capital
which the government no longer needs, and offer
for its use remuneration which the government
need no longer pay. and In some cases, security
as stable and enduring as the fatlr of the nation
itself.
The desire to capitalize the premium which may
now ba realized from Five-Twenty bonds, and
which material decline in Gold toward par. and
the ability of the Government to fund them at
lower rate OF interest, may at any time extinguis,
felt by many holders who desire some satisfactory
assurance as to which of the many Iower-priced
safety to justly an exchange.
The applications for information and advice
which addressed to us daily, show how univer-
sal is the desire for this assurance, as to what
forms OF investment more profitable than Govern
ment securities at present market rates, are enti-
| tied to the confidence OF investors.
The pressure Of this want has led us to feel the
importance Of directing our own attention as bank
ers, our large experience, and our facilities for
obtaining reliable information-to the work OF
supplying it in some measure, and 10 offer the re-
suits OF inquiries 10 those who may be disposed
| to confide in our good faith aad Judgment
We are unwilling to offer to our friends and the
public anything VIII ch according to our best judg-
ment is not secure as the national obligations
themselves with which have hitherto principally
| identified ourselves.
Since closing the GREAT CENTRAL PACIFIC
RAILROAD LOAN, which meets all these re-
quiremeuts, we have carefully examined many
Others, but have found no other which would fully
do so, until the following placed in hands;