The Taney County republican., 1918-10-10
BUSINESS AGyMEH
PROMPTS HOLDING
To LIBERTY BONDS
VALUE AS COLLATERAL is
GREATER THAN AMY KNOWN
TO FINANCE.
WATCH cur Fer SHaRPERS
B,ware Of Men VIA Offer "Some-
thing Btscr' IN Exchange,
Fina"cier Advises.


The va'1o as co'latoral cf United
States Liberty Bonds recording TO
the pr''I 'nt cf on of TIE largoa, 3,
l.oUia n't'Ea' bans, Is -r ate. thal
any lE'dc"ce Of wealth Known to Il
8aH2o.
Mex, to go'l coin ard specie thoy
represent 'hc NOS, i0blo m"d.u0 ui
oN''a1.c within the power Of our soy
crniarnt TO issue, AMI there IS n1th'0s
o. which banks ,ho word over woula
rather lend money
Ihis IL pa',t d uu. as one Of The
numerous material reasons for hold
iNS uhht to the bonds when once the!
are purchased Til, patriotic ard sen
llmen;al reasons for not di.pJa!ng oi
them are quite as strong, but the
arguments IN that field are less con
crete ard more difficult to present IN
language than those dealing with the
investment,
Never Good Reason to Sell,
There is never good reason TO.
selling ones Liberty Bonds. The main
cause for doing SO in 9S per cent OF
cases is TO get money 1t is easily
possible to get the money and still
retain title TO your bonds, as any
bank in your city viii lend you Close
TO their market value, and for a long
period OF time at inside interest rates
Iheh You are silll drawing your bond
interest, so that If you pay the bauL
per cent your net rate is only ia
per cent with "A per cent bond as
collateral.
Since the first Liberty Bonds
roa'hed the hands of the public they
nave been the obIectives Of an cadles
class OF sharpers and unscrupulous
business men who have s2hemed IN
tlrihsly 10 get the holdings Of their
less keen neighbors. These gentlemen
come with propositions lust as safc
and yielding far greater returns -
Against such proposals all holders OF
uh''Cd safes ponds large and small
are cou9iy warned,
IhcTe Is nothing nearly as safe and
!lciuIhg petIor returns which anyone
"ouiu want 10 dispose or Russell
sage than whom no financier has
ever mad better understanding Of
investments, once remarked that
there was no such thing as safe
per cent investment Ho died leaving
d marketable estate OF upward of
|'5'oOOOOO, SO that his opinion is
worm considering.
Inc I per cent or "A per cent re.
turn from your Liberty Bonds will
continue 10 come to you as regularly
as the succession OF dawn and dark
ness through your life and the dura
uoh OF the Dond' and TO your descend
ANTS altcr you. And Just as sure as
lhe United states government en-.
oures you VIII receive the principal In
luIl at the expiration OF the loan pc
~ NN"'NA'' w.
'hSry'ore, OF a more entirely safe and
comfortable investment to hold al
ways thah Liberty Bonds.
a permanent investment.
Inus lar no one has been able to
come forward with logical argument
against Liberty Bonds as permanent
investment Ih9 only circumstance
presenting me semOlance Of sound
ness Is that or the persons who point
OUT 'he small interest return, In view
oi income on other investments Of
STANDARD variety Changing condi-
uohs' however rapidly demolish and
upset STANDARDS and with return to
normal umes and plentiful money the
"a per cent rate VIII be considered
large
II taxes no effort OF memory to re-