The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-12-12
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
BEHIND THRIFT STAMPS and
WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES

In offering War Savings Stamps"
to the public the United States gov
eminent has made Immediately avail
able for every man, woman and child
in the country profitable, simple,
and secure investment.
What they are-War-Savtngs
Stamps are the answer of a great
democracy to the demand for demo-
cratic form of government security.
They are little baby bonds" Like
Liberty bonds, they have behind them
the entire resources of the govern
ment and people of the United States.
They have the additional advantage
that they steadily increase in value
from the date of purchase until the
date of maturity, and this increase In
guaranteed by the government. These
stamps are issued in two denomina-
lions, the 25 cent-stamp and the SIS
stamp.
For the convenience of investors a
Thrift Card" is furnished to all pur-
chasers of 25-cent stamps. This card
has spaces for 16 stamps. When all
the spaces have been filled the Thrift
Card may be exchanged for IS
stanp at post offices, banks, or other
authorized agencies by adding IL
cents in csh prior to February /, 1918
and cent additional each month
thereafter. -.ra
Those who prefer may buy SIS
stamp outright. These will be on sale
from December 3, 1917, until Janu-
airy 81. 1918, for $4.12. They auto
matically increase in value = cent a
month every month thereafter until
January 1, 1923, when the United
States will pay IS at any postofhce
or at the Treasury in Washington for
each stamp affixed to War-Savings
Certificate. sa
When you purchase IS stamp,
you must attach It to an engraved
folder known as a 'War-Savings Ger
tificate" which bears the name of the
purchaser and can be cashed only by
the person whose name appears upon
the certificate, except in case Of death
or disability. This certificate contains
20 spaces. If these are all filled with
War-Savings Stamps between Decem-
Der 3, 1917, and January 81, 1918, the
cost to the purchaser will be $S2.40,
and on January 1. 1923, the govern
rnent Will pay the owner of the certi-
ficate $100-a net profit to the hold
err of $3.50. This is based on an in
ferest rate Of per cent. compounded
quarterly from January 2. 1918. The
amount Of War-Savings Stamps sold
to any one person at any one time
shall not exceed 500 (maturfty
value), and no person may hold such
stamps or Wsr-Savings Certificates to
an aggregate amount exceeding ST.
600 (maturity value).
If the holder Of a War-Savings Ger
tificate finds It necessary to realize
cash on vt before maturity, he may
at any time after January 2, 1918,
upon giving 10 days written notice
to any money-order post office, re-
ceive for each stamp affixed to his
certificate the amount paid therefor
plus / cent for each calendar month,
after the month of purchase of each
stamp. A registered certificate may
be- redeemed, however, only at the
postoffice where registered.
In other words, the plan is simple
Straightforward, and certain. The
holder of the certificates can not lose
the safest security in the world in the
most convenient form in which the
security Of q great government ha:
ever been offered to its people.
Why you should buy them-Th,
main reason for the purchase of War
Savings Stamps is because your coun
try is at war. Your country need
every penny which every man, wo
man, and child can save and lend, il
order to feed, clothe, arm. and equil
the soldiers and sailors of Americ.
and to win this righteous war in de
Tense Of American honor and tn
cause of democracy throughout tn
world. t
When our fathers and sons an,
brothers were called by our countr
to take up arms in her defense, yol