Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-11-07
HOLD YOUR BONDS
If YOU WOULD Be
TRULY PATRIOTIC
cLlNGiNa TO LIBERTY LOAN Sc.
cURiTIES COMES NEXT IN IN.
PoRTANCE TO BUYING.
IT'S GOOD BUSINESS, TOO
Possession Of These United States
Bonds After the War VIII
BE Source OF Pride.

st. Louis bankers and members Of
the Liberty Loan Organization are en-
phasizing in the present drive the
value OF Liberty Bonds "a n perina.
nent investment. Second only In i'm.
portance to purchasing bonds is hold.
ing on to them. To buy bonds with
the view Of simply fulfilling a patri.
otto obligation, then selling them. is
poor patriotism and defeats the prin.
cipal economic benefit which 4 ma
tional loan Us supposed 10 effect.
1t al be readily seen by wen an
amateur in finance that buying Lib
erty Bonds and shortl! aiterward sell.
ing them Is not helping Tie govern.
ment much. The person who buys
your bond secondhand would probably
have purchased one direct, SO that
when you dispose Of = bond you elimi-
nate a possible subscriber to a new
Issue.
The United States government wants
your money for at east the duration
CT the war. and until the last of its
public loans has been made for win.
ming complete and final victory. When
the war is over 1t matters less what
disposition holders make of their Sc
curities. The government then will
not be a borrower in the present sense
and It's bonds will enter the general
classification of investments.
A Subject for Boosting.
The great mass of intelligent citi-
zens seem well to understand and ap-
preciate this feature OF the loans. No
doubt OF this IS left by the relatively
few transfers of Liberty Bonds in the
open market when the vast size of the
issues is considered. An enormous ma
jority OF holders are clinging TO their
bonds, and doubtless will continue to
do so indefinitely.
1t will be a matter OF great pride and
something to properly boast Of In
years to come for individuals and fami-
lies to own the original Liberty Bonds
which they acquired during the initial
sales of the several issues. Next to
evidence OF honors won in the field.
there can be no better badge of true
patriotism and Americanism than
proof Of helping the nation financially
to win the war
And in addition to the patriotic fes-
ture the material side is to be consid.
cred. No parent can bequeath a more
substantial, and surer Inheritance to
children than wealth In government
bonds and nc corporation could posi-.
bly, have its surplus in an investment
one-half as good. The temptation may
arise to sell your bonds, but the part
Of sound financial policy and patriot.
ism Is to hold them always.
Insurance Companies Buy.
An excellent idea Of the value OF
Liberty Loan Bonds as an Investment
lossal purchases OF the first issues by
insurance companies and the volume
Of applications already made for the
Fourth Loan. The big old-line COM
panies figure heavily as buyers, and
life companies throughout the country
have acquired massive holdings.
No class of corporations is more eau
tiOus in the matter OF Investments
than life insurance companies. In re.
cent years they have been hedged In
by rigid laws covering the variety Of
securities into which reserve funds
may be placed. The companies have
in their employ the most expert and
sagacious bond men to be had. and the
safety OF policy holders depends large
ly on these buyers.
In ordinary times bond houses with
an issue Of miscellaneous bonds to
sell, whether municipal or corporation,
can get no better endorsement than
that they may be purchased by insur.
ance companies. 1t constitutes Il sort
OF hall mark OF value and ls based
upon the ell-known caution Of the
life companies In securing investments
for their funds.
The tanner in which life companies
the country over have taken Liberty
Loan Bonds demonstrates what the
best-trained body of security buyers
thinks Of them as investments. Incl
dentally, no better advertisement
could be written for a life insurance
company than one telling policy-hold.
ers that the funds securing their insur-
.nno .ra onchnrat Ia I therty pnnda