Show 4 I Losing Money I I D DECEMBER 15 1922 the government L- L called in for payment all Victory nates issued during the loan drives Interest on that date stopped absolutely for those bonds Th The notice was gi given en wide circulation far enough ahead of time for holders to be beable beable able to hunt through their safety deposit boxes and vaults to get these n notes tes ready for con con- version Now three months later Secretary of the Treasury Mellon reports that of f these notes still are outstanding and holders of Df them have lost that amount of f interest or at a rate of 4 per cent If yo you own any Victory notes notes- at all look over the serial numbers careful carefully and if any of the letters A B C D E br or F is prefixed to the serial number it should be cashed immediate immediate- ly Take it to your banker or to the po postmaster postmaster post post- t- t master and get the money The treasury department also complains that holders of the various Liberty issues are negligent about clipping the coupons on the interest dates Some wait several weeks others several months and some some dont don't even clip the coupons That means a a tremendous loss in interest or interest on the interest due dueon dueon dueon on the bonds for the Ithe millions of investors who loaned money money to the government during the war When holders of bf the Liberty issues are not pr prompt in clipping coupons coupons and securing their interest or negligent about presenting th these se bonds for payment when called it not only greatly greally inconveniences the treasury department department department depart depart- ment but indicates a decided lack of thrift on the part of the American people I |