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Show INTEREST RATE FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION. Whether short-term 'bonds might- be sold at the Interest rate of -Hi per cent .'set for the past two Liberty loans or might be increased remains for future determination. Uxtsting war obligations mature as follows: fol-lows: First Liberty loan, ?2, 000, 000, 000, redeemable re-deemable at the option of the ' treasury -a Tier 1332, and payable not later than Ifl !7 ; second Liberty loan, ?3.0u(J,n00,00Q, redee triable after 1927, pavable in 1042; third Liberty loan, ?4, 176, 000,000, redeemable redeem-able and payable without option in H2S; fourth Liberty loan, estimated at $ti,DNj,-.017.000, $ti,DNj,-.017.000, redeemable after 1H33, payable in 19?.k: war savings. JS79.330.000, up to the present, payable in 121!. With this program of maturity, the treasury, hy exercising its option, can rail in the nation's war debt for redemption redemp-tion in instalments every five years until |