Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1918 — Beware Of Slickers McAdoo Warns Bond Buyers [ARTICLE]

Beware Of Slickers McAdoo Warns Bond Buyers

Liberty bond investors have been warned by Secretary McAdoo to beware of irresponsible persons offering other securities in exchange. In a statement appealing to feond holders to “hold fast to the best investment in the world,” Mr. McAdoo said: It has been brought to my attention that a large number of patriotic citizens who subscribed to Liberty bond loans of both the first afid second issue are being approached from time to time by agents who have with too frequent success, induced them to sell their Liberty loan bonds and take in exchange securities which in a number of cases have been of very questionable value.' “Through the intensive training work carried on during the two Liberty loan campaigns, a patroitic army of over 19,000,000 bond buyers in this country has been created. It is of the utmost importance that the investments of the army of patriots should be safeguarded in every possible way, and that the action in lending tjieir money to their government should not be taken advantage Of by irresponsible people seeking solely a profit for themselves. “I, therefore warn investors of Liberty bonds against exchange of these evidences of their patriotism for any securities or so-called securities.”