The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-12-12

@. What is the largest quantity that
] can purchase at any one time!
- A. 500 worth, or 20 stamps.
The Price of War-Savings Stamps
@. Does the price of a War-Savings
Stamp always remain the same?
A. No. The price for each month
appears on the face of each stamp.
Never pay either more or less than
the amount shown for the month in
which you make the purchase. The
price is $4.12 in December, 1917, and
January, 1918, and increases 1 cent
each month after January, 1918, until
in December, 1918, when the price is
$423
O. What is the price of WARSAW
ings Stamps for each month of 1918?
A. jan SAP, Feb. $4.13, March
$414. Apr. $4.15, May $4.16, June
SALT, July $4.18, Aug. $4.19, Sept.
$4.2O, Oct. $4.21, Nov. $4.22, Dec.
$4.23.|
O.. Why is the price higher each
month?
A. Because the stamps are earning
interest.
Thrift Stamps and Thrift Cards
I. @. If do not have enough money
saved up to buy War-Savings Stamp
and can only save in small amounts,
what should do?
A. Buy a 25-cent Thrift Stamp at
a postoffice bank, or other authorized
agency and ask for a, Thrift Card, to
which you can attach your Thrift
Stamp.
G. Is there any charge for Thrift
Card? }*
A. No. 1t is given you to hold
Thrift Stamps and contains a place
for your name and address.
@. How many Thrift Stamps will
this card hold?
A. Sixteen stamps, which represents
a value Of 81.
Exchanging Thrift Cards for War
Savings Stamps
@. When I have filled the Thrift
Card, what do 1 do?
A. Take it to a postoffice, bank, or
other authorized agency, surrender
the card and pay in cash the few
cents difference between the 81 worth
War Savings Stamp for the month in
WHICH lie 0ACIlduS0 Is IIlduCs
@. What do I do next?
A. You take the War-Savings Stamp
given you in exchange for your Thrift
| Gard, ask for a War-Savings Certifi-
cate, if you haven't one already, and
attach the stamp to the Certificate
| @. Should / continue to buy Thrift
| Stamps? A. i Yes.
@. Do Thrift Stamps bear interest
! A. No.
@. Then why are they issued?
A. To make it convenient for you
to save in small amounts so that you
can purchase a War-Savings STAMP
which does bear interest.
| @. May I exchange Thrift Stamps
for War-Savings Stamps at any time
A No.. only on or before December
81, 1918.
Lending Your Money to the Govern
| @. What security is behind the War
Savings Stamp?
A. The United States government
promises to pay IS for each Stamp OF
January 1, 1928. This promise /:
| backed by the faith and honor Of tht
United States and by the taxing power
of this country, which is the riches
nation in the world.
1 O., Why does the United States Dor
row this money?
A. To pay the expenses Of the war
/ Q. When I lend my money to thu
government, would it be safer to blu!
+, a government bond rather than thes
/ War Saving Stamps?.
A. When a War-Savings Stamp i
attached to a War-Savings Certificat
it becomes a government obligation
with the same security as the Libert,
bonds, now held by more than 10,
100000 Americans.
Q. Is the 4 per cent. interest, com
pounded quarterly. on War-Saving
Certificates paid in the same way o
the interest on Liberty bonds?
i A. No. The Liberty bond interes
is paid every six months, but the in
terest on the War-Savings Oertificat
} accumusltes and is paid to you in on
sum, on January 1, 1928.
l @. Why isn't the interest paid in tn
same manner on both War Saving
Certificates and Liberty bonds?
A. 1t would be very complicated an
expensive to pay interest every ST
months on IS stamps and for that rea
;son the United States government re
ltains the interest until January 1, 1872