The Detroit times., 1917-11-19
Uncle Sam Provides a
Way For You To Show
Your Patriotism For 25c!
DO YOU own a Liberty bond?

not have that much money ana sa" no
immediate prospect Of having that much
money.
Wen, Uncle Sam understands your
case.
He knows there isn't a bit Of doubt
about your patriotism, which he doesn't
measure with a yard stick that registers
dollars
He knows that If you had been in the
place Of any of the rich men who have
given huge sums 10 the government in
the shape Of loans. you would have
come TO the front as readily, with the
same cheerfulness and with the same de
gree of patriotism that actuated the
giver
It is the spirit that Uncle Sam looks
at. and he knows that you who remain
at home. saved from spending the cold
months that are coming in the trenches,
want to do SOMETHING to prove that
your hearts and your sympathies are IN
the right place.
You didn't have 500 or $50, and just
now you may not have $50 or SO or
even 81, BUT HAVE YOU TWENTY
FIVE CENTS?
If so. your chance has come to do your
share Just as the big contributor toward
whipping the Kaiser has done his share
Uncle Sam is about to launch one Of
the biggest financial plans the world ever
saw. The campaign will begin on De-
cember 3 and extend over year. he
is going to raise 100000, 900 from peo-
pie in the United States who, like your
self. did not feel they could afford $50 at
a time, and yet are anxious to prove their
Americanism.
The method is simple; on and after De
cember 3, at any postoffice, bank or trust
company. and at many railroad Offices,
stores and factories, THRIFT STAMPS
and WAR SAVINGS STAMPS will be on
sale.
Here is how it works out: Little Mary
Jones, milliner, wants to help her govern
ment win the war. When she draws her
weeks wages she feels she can spare p
cents. She goes to the postoffice and buys
a thrift stamp. AT the same time they
give her a thrift card, which has spaces
for 16 thrift stamps.
She pastes her thrift stamp on the
thrift card, and writes her name and ad-
dress in ink. Then, if she loses it, the
finder can drop it in any letter box and
the postoffice department will return it
to her. AS soon as Mary has bought 10
thrift stamps. at % cents each, her thrift
card is filed
War savings stamps sell at different
prices. During December, 1917, and Jan
uary, 1918, they will sell at S412 each;
in February, 1918, at Sab; In March
at $4.14; and so on, increasing regularly
one cent each month. Now if Mary Jones
completes her thrift card in March, 1918,
she trades it in to the government. Civ
ing with it IA cents, and then becomes
the owner of a war savings stamp. She
gets with this a war savings certificate,
which has spaces for 20 war savings
stamps. If she buys just one stamp, at
the end of five years-January, 1923-in-
stead Of getting back her original $4.14,
she gets back from Uncle Sam So.
In other words, her money has paid
her four per cent at compound interest.
The moment Mary pastes her war saw
ings stamp on the war savings
certificate, she has something that
is safe from thieves or fire. She can take
it to any postofiice and have il registered
in her name free of charge. No one else
can then cash it, and if it is destroyed,
upon proof, she gets a new one.
Each person must register his own GER
tiicate. Married women must register
in their own names-not Mrs. John
Jones, but Mrs Mary Jones.
When war savings certificate is reg
istered it is payable only 20 the owner.
and at the postoliice where it was regis
tered
II Mary Jones becomes hard up next
year and needs the money, she can sur
render her war savings certificate and get
her money back. plus per cent interest
However, the government hopes every
buyer viii hold the certificates until they