The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-12-18

" W nat uOeS II COST
A. Between SAP and $423 during
1918, depending upon the month in
which purchased.
Q. What is a Thrift Stamp
A. 1t is a stamp costing 25 cents,
to be applied in payment for a War
Savings Stamp 1t does not earn in
terest. The purpose of its issue is to
enable people to accumulate in small
sums the amount necessary to pay
for War Savings Stamp.
Q. Where can 1 buy them?
A. At post offices, banks, and au-
thorized agencies.
O. Why should 1 buy them?
A. Every dollar loaned to the gov
eminent helps to save the lives of
our men at the front and to win the
war
War Savings Stamps and Certificafes
Q. l want to begin to save on the
War Savings Plan. What is the first
thing to do?
A. Take SAP to the post office or
bank or any other agent. buy War
Savings Stamps, and ask for a War
Savings Certificate.
O. What is a War Savings Certifi-
cate?
A It is a pocket sized folder CON
tanning 20 spaces upon which to affix
War Savings Stamps.
@. Is the War Savings Certificate
Government obligation?
A. 1t becomes an obligation as soon
as one or more War Savings Stamps
are affixed to it.
O. Can 1 get a War Savings Ger
tificate without buying a Stamp?
A. No.
O. Does the War Savings Certifi-
cate cost anything?
A. No The agent from whom you
purchase the stamps will write your
name and address on the certificate
and Will furnish you an envelope in
which to keep it.
Q. What do 1 do after that?
A. AffiX the War Savings Stamp
on your certificate in space No. and
take good care of it.
Q. What do I do next?
A. You have now become a war
saver. Continue to buy War Savings
Stamps every week or month and put
them your certificate until you
have filled all of the 20 spaces. When
this is done you can buy another War
Savings Stamp, and you will receive
free of cost another certificate to
which you can attach new stamps as
you buy them.
Q. When 1 have filled the 20 spaces
on my certificate what do I do with
it?
A. Keep the certificate until Jan
uary 1, 1928, and the government will
pay you 500 for it.
Q. How many War Savings Certifi-
Gates can I fill2
a
son to own $1,000 worth of War Saw
ings Certificates.
Q. What is the largest quantity
that 1 can purchase at any one time
a. 500 worth. or 20 stamps
O. Does the price of War Savings
Stamps always remain the same2
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
/ ~I.r Il, IL
price is $412 in December, 1917, and
January, 1918, and increases l cent
each month after January, 1918, until
December. 1913, when the price is
1923.
Q. What is the price of War Saw
ings Stamps for each month of 1918
A. Jan. $4.12: Feb. Sab: March
S4.14 April Sab; May S4.16; June
SALT; July $4-1S; August $4.19; Sep
TENDER S42O: October $421; Novem-
Der $4.22; December $423.
O. Why is the price higher each
month?
A. Because the stamps are earning
| interest.
Thrift Stamps and Thrift Cards
O. If l do not have enough money
saved ND to buy a War Savings Stamp
and can only save in small amounts,
what should I do?
A Buy a % cent Thrift Stamp at
a post office, bank, or other author
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to which you can attach your Thrift
| Stamp.
Q. Is there any charge for Thrift
Card?
A. No. 1t is given to you to hold
/ Thrift Stamps and contains a place
1 for your name and address
Q. How many thrift Stamps will
this card hold2
A. Sixteen stamps. which repre-
sents a value of 81.
Exchanging Thrift Cards for War
Savings Stamps
Q. When I have filled the Thrift
! Card, what do 1 do2
A Take it to a post office, bank
or other authorized agency, surrender
the card and pay in cash the few
cents difference between the 81 worth
| of Thrift Stamps and the price of q
| War Savings Stamp for the month in
| which the exchange is made.
Q. What do 1 do next2
A. You take the War Savings
Stamps given you in exchange fol
your Thrift Card, ask for War Saw
ings Certificate, if you haven't one al
ready and attach the stamp. to the
| certificate
Q. Should I continue to buy Thrift
Stamps2
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