The Farmington times., 1919-10-10
UNCLE SAM URGES HOLDERS OF
HIS SECURITIES TO KEEP THEM

y Just now the promoter is abroad i
Z the land and he is looking for Libert,
/ Bonds, Treasury Savings Certificate
: and War Savings Stamps. 1t has bee
{ harvest time for the promoter MAJ
: who had some gaudily engraved piec
L IS Of paper to sell or trade. He pre-
: 'ers to trade--and for United State
! Government Securities.
If you will listen and believe, h,
"Il unload whole pocketful of pro
noted stock on you. He has all kinds
If it is oil stock you want, ne has it
If it is plantation stock, he will tinl
that. And if you will listen to hin
he will somehow make himself appear
to be n lover Of all men and little
= doer of good
And he will "do you--and do yor
good if you finally fall for his line
; Of talk and let go Of your U. S. Sc
curities. He will tell you that the
scheme he represents is about the
best that old earth has yet produced;
that it will return you dividends from
% per cent upward; that now is the
lime to start in and grow up with a
new crop of millionaires.
He never makes it so very clear
why it is that he is willing to let go
Of these wonderful shares of stock,
Just to get Liberty Bonds, Treasury
Savings Certificates for them. He
will call attention to the fact that
Liberty Bonds are selling below par
now and will intimate that he is do
ing you favor to take them off your
hands, and he will not say a word
about the impossibility of the Treas
ury Savings Certificate going below
par.
OF course you ought to notify the
! sheriff, or call in the policeman, or
do something rough like that, but
most of these chaps stay we'll within
the law and manage to escape the
charge of downright swindling. So
about the only safe thing to do is to
show them the door and point the way
toward the front gate and the public
highway.
And don't you think for one minute
that these suave gentry stay in the
great cities to ply their vocation. Just
a few days ago there was one of
these ilk in this city talking to men
he knew had bought Liberty Bonds
and Treasury Savings Certificates.
But the men who guide the destinies
lot our banks early learned of their
purpose, and the banker, who really
has the interest Of his clients at heart,
lost no time in dropping hints from
which all yelling had been removed,
advising the holder of U. S. Securities
to hold their investments, which are
absolutely the safest on earth.
If you fool with them they will beat
you. 1t is their business to get the
best Of the public on the Liberty Bond
game. If they are not naturally smart
enough to get away with it they are
given careful course of instruction
and then told to go out and take the !
Liberty Bonds away from the "suck-
ers" as they term the country holders
of Uncle Sans notes.
They know that there is hardly a
family that hasn't bond or bonds.
They know that Americans have been
and are patriotic and that nearly ev-
erybody owns a Liberty Bond or a
bunch of Treasury Savings Certifi-
Gates. 1t is their business to get |
them quick. They are making the
most of an occasion that may never
come again. They are overlooking no.
body where they can help it.
OF course every man has right to
do with his U. S. Securities as he
pleases. Just as he has right to do
as he pleases with his money.
But if you are wise you will not
trade your Liberty Bond or your
Treasury Savings Certificates or your
War Savings Stamps. You will hold
on to them. If you must sell why
then sell, but don't let smooth and
Suave individual come along and talk
you out of bonds that are like so
many dollars for some sort of stock
that your better judgment ought to
ell you is of doubtful value.
Consult your banker. He may be
,rusted. His success depends on his
square dealing. He knows that if the
Information he gives is not correct the
lsefulness of his bank is gone. Then
he bankers are naturally patriotic,
md have the interest of the commun-
ty at heart.
Just remember that your Uncle Sam
PAPER is the best investment that can
oe offered, that is backed up by all
he resources of the United States,
hat all the taxing power of the ma
ion is back of it and that no stock
certificate can possibly be as sound as
my security signed by Uncle Sam.
What you had better do, from
purely business standpoint, is to care
ully put every bond and certificate
'ou now have into a safe place, and
'uy more, as many more as you can.
Just now there is a splendid chance
o add to your holdings of these best
ecurities on earth. Throughout the
Eighth Federal Reserve District this
all there is a vigorous campaign on !
or the sale of these War Savings ,
nd Treasury Savings Certificates.
Quotas for the Federal Reserve Il
districts have been established by the {
'reasury Department at Washing
on. The District fixes the quotas for t
he States, and State Director Brown t
Kentucky, McVoy of Missouri, and t
Wright of Arkansas have fixed the
uotas for each county of their State. '
The bankers of this city will be t
lad to answer any inquiry about s
hese U. S. Securities, and aid their t
|ients in acouirinp them In the his