Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-08-29
MIRACLE WHEAT"
FAkIRS No MORE
GULL FARMERS
RuRALieTs MUST De SHOWN AND
ARE PUTTING SAVINGS INTO
WAR sAviNos CERTIFICATES
UNCLE SANS o R GOOD
The New Treasury Savings Certificates
In 500 and $1,000 DsnomInatiooa.
Are Most Appealing.

The farmers are q great deal more
prosperous than they were a few yearS
back, And nobody knows this any
better than that suave and oily geatis-
man, the ''bunco man."
The farmers prosperity has made
him q shining mark for these gentry.
The fake security man, the stock COM
pany promoter and the willy sharper
Is q mighty busy person just now and
. great many Of them are working
the country" and working Il hard.
Do you recall the miracle wheat"
proposition OF a few years back? May
be not by that name. for II had u good
many names. One Of It's aliases was
Jerusalem wheat" Another was
Egyptian wheat" However, the namo
doesn't matter much for II was all the
same thing. Most farmers will recall
II. anyway.
There were a lot OF wild tales told
about II. II was represented rs q very
old strain of wheat that has been
brought back from the Holy Land by
an Irish Pilgrim. Or It had been taken
~ mummy VI III ILbyphioA AsL8
that had been dug up under one Of tho
Pyramids. Anyway, it was a mighty
miraculous yielder and everybody
ought to have some of It. II seems
that there was no better wheat In tho
world and that every farmer ought to
have enough to SOW The trouble Was
that there wasn't enough to 20 AROUND.
When the farmers would not fall for
the story any other way they were told
that IL they would give $40 or maybe
$50 a bushel for the seed they could sell
the whole harvest back In the fall for
the same price per bushel that they
paid -or the seed,
or course. some people bought and
| and paid for the seed. And they won't
ahead and sowed 1t and waited q year
full of trustfulness and the sharper
who was to take the crop or their
hands failed to show up. They found
that they had a very poor grade Of
wheat, anyway. and 1t dawned upon
them that they had been stung and
stung hard and deep.
Right now a good many farmers are
being offered all sorts Of investments.
oil stocks and plantation stocks and
a whole lot Of other stocks. And most
of these are offered In exchange for
War Savings Stamps and Liberty
Bonds. Many of them, too, are just
about on a par with the miracle
wheat" that came from Egypt or Pal
estine. II will pay about such divi-
dends. 1t is likely not to pay q cent
ono way or another. In a few years,
1t will be valuable only as waste paper.
The same United States government.
that more than a year ago promised
the American farmer 1928 for his
wheat. and is making good every day,
y now offering to the farmer an I'M
vsstment that Is Just az safe as the
wheat he grew on his farm this year
after it is stored In the granary.
Here are the new Treasury Savings
| Certificates. simply a development II
the familiar War Savings Stamps.
These certificates are offered in de-
nominations of 500 and 1900 on the
| Identical terms of the War Savings
Stamps.
E%ighty.thrce dollars and eighty
cent invested in August In a $500
Certificate will grown into a 800 blu
by January l. 1924. Multiply these
figures by ten and the words will apply.
to a $1,000 Certificate. Or the younG1
stsrs, or the person with limited
means to invest, hay pay $4.19 for =
War Savings Stamp and on January
1, 1924, It will be a IS bill. These Sc
curities draw four per cent interest.
compounded quarterly.
There will be no passing Of divi-
dends, not a stock assessment, not "
chance Of any default In payments.
The interest will be there waiting Tor
you twice a year. There will be no
worrying over crooked management or
being forced out of the company In .
| reorganization. The United States at
America does not do business In that
way.
There is no risk and no gamble.
Just a straight-Out business PROPOSE
ton to every man who invests in these
government securities. The company
behind it Is yourself and over 100000
900 other Americans who believe in
keeping their word.
The earning power is e%minently fair
and reasonable when you consider the
solidity and safety of the investment.
II Is a far better investment than tho
Jerusalem wheat" and other crops"
that are being brought to your notice
by the busy little stock salesman
whose office Is his hat and whom yoa
know nothing whatever about.