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Show THE FIRST. INTEREST INSTALLMENT. On December 15 the first intallment of Interest on the two billion dollars of the first issue of Liberty loan bonds became due. The amount approximated approxi-mated $35,000,00. being $1.75 interest on every one hundred dollars of bonds. Holders of coupon bonds obtain their interest money from any bank or postoffice in the country by simply presenting their coupons. Holders of registered bonds are sent checks for their Interest by the treasury. Hereafter every six months ten to fifteen million American citizen.?are to receive interest money on their Liberty loan bonds from the United States government. This is going to create a closer and more direction association as-sociation of these citizens with their government, and the effect of this association as-sociation Is going to be of great value to these citizens and of great value to the nation in making them more personally per-sonally interested in their government govern-ment and more active and alert in the exercise of their duties and rights as citizens. Every Liberty bond holder is going to be an active champion of wise and economic legislation and administration. ad-ministration. The Liberty loan is not only a great financial transaction; it is a great national na-tional force, a great national band between be-tween the bondholders and their country, coun-try, a great influence for better government gov-ernment and better citizenship. oo- |