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Show THE TEN-DOLLAS BONDS The ten-dollar government bonds, or certificates of deposit now being issued will prove most beneficial to the working people, who will thus havti an opportunity to invest their emt 11 savings with a Bense of absolute aeci rity a chance that has never bef re been presented to them. Dis-hoo Dis-hoo sty and bad management have bhal en the faith of the people in aaviogs banks, which are quite generally gener-ally looked upon as institutions for che .ting the masses. The numerous failures of Ibcaa banks during the pas' two or three years have caused a $ wd many poor people who are ahe .J of the world a few dollars to put neir money into bureau drawers rati -r than trust it to the custody of the divings concerns. A vast sum of i ouey is thus laid away in lots ol $10 -1 $100. This can now be profitably profit-ably employed by the owners without the risk of loss. Four per cent. Beema a email rate of inter tat, but with certainty it is a good deal larger than 6 pr cent, and uncertainty; and the people will not be b!ow to discover tbi? fact. They will readily and naturally turn to these Bmall bonds, and having obtained one or two of thera wid strive to get more. ThuB economy and frugality will be stimu lated among the very classes most in necj of laem. There has always been a desire among the working people to lay up "something for a rainy day." This laudable object a few year3 ago became a Bort of mania with them, until -the almost universal corruption, incompetency and dishonesty among the savings bank officials shattered the confidence or the poor depositors and partially wrecked their ambition to save. The 4 per cent, certificates will come in good time when business is reviving and labor becoming more plentiful, so that the industrious workingman, and the poor widow who can earn whilo in health a trill more than enough for btr expenses, can put aside a few dollars a month where it can be found when wanted, and where it will be etjailily at work. No financial act of the government for many yeurs p-ist, promises more fceueral gcod among the niassea than the issuance of thee small denomi nation bonds. The filed cannot be otherwise than yood, morally, financially finan-cially and politically. |