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Show PATRIOTISM AND WISE FINANCE FltANK A. MUNSEY, In tho New York Sun. An investment in United States Government 3 acr cent Llborty Loan Is both patriotic and wise. I know of no stocks or bonds in tho present situation, plunging deep into war as wo are, that purely in an investment in-vestment sense, aro so attractive at these 3 per cent non-taxable United Unit-ed Statos Government bonds bonds that aro convertible Into higher Interest In-terest bearing lssuo3 If they are put out by tho government. They are the most attractive be-causo be-causo they furnish tho soundest and safest Investment In all tho world, and at this Juncturo safety counts. Freo from taxation their Interest yield will measure up well with the net yield of other sound securities , aftor deducing all taxea. Moreover, lf tho war continues for two or three more years the government govern-ment will bo compelled to put out other issues, with always, mounting rato of Interest, and these 3,S per cent bonds aro convertible into tho Issues bearing the highest Interest yield. And, too, at the end of tho war, bo it near nt hand or far away, tho United States government war bonds then obtaining, either those of the present 3 per cent Issue or the issues of later date, bearing higher rates of interest, will undoubtedly undoubt-edly go to a premium to a very handsomo premium, I should nay. Ordinarily ono takes great chances In otrevgly urging the general public to Invest In any particular stock or band, but this Is one f tho times when ono can justify himself in so urging, as he takes no chance at all. It Is both the patriotic thing to do and the smart thing to do to invest liberally according to one's means in this Liberty Loan government issue. I am saying this over my own signature sig-nature to give It whatever additional weight a personally signed argument may have over the Impersonal "we" of editorial form. I cannot Indorse this Investment too strongly. |