The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-11
Bond SALE IS ON
Active 'EBaby Certificate" Cam
paign Begins Today.
10. Rigby, Postmaster, in
{ Charge for the State.
INVESTMENT FOR CHILDREN
kids Can Take Real Part in
S9he War Thru Purchase.
OILERS in Trenches Set Exam
ple by Putting Up Money.

Ssve are ready to show our enemy
that our soldiers are not Only ready
to sacrifice their lives. but are willing
to give their money as we'll to the
.caEse of freedom"
mis- is the attitude the men of the
American expeditionary force in
France take when they are called
upan to subscribe to a liberty loan
This quotation is taken from a letter
of Eapt 5. H. Guthrie, of the seventh
Coast Artillery regiment, now on ue-
taehed service in France. Captain
Ciffhire is the brother of H. F. Guth-
RE Of Topeka, treasurer of the NOR
ris$PIan bank He is a graduate OF
wet Point, and was sent to France at
tina head of his company when MS
reaiment went overseas with Pershlng'
"Baby Bond" on Sale.
NFar-savings certificates - baoy
ho,.ds''-can be bought at any bank
or financial institution in the city al
thM postoffice, from city or rural mall
"a TFiers. or from any of a number OF
institutions and persons. During the
roABths of December. 1917, and jan
uaas. 1918, the baby bonds can pc
ptIfchased for $4.12. After that time
ms maximum price will be reach
edrin December, 1922, when each
stafnp will sell for SAN. Baby bonds
arg non-transferrable and on the first
dar of January, 1928. the bond repre-
SETS a par value of IS, payable by
Ropernment check at any money Or
der postoffice in the United States.
For the individual investor who is
earnestly trying to lay by a nest egg
foHithe proverbiai rainy day the bao by
boud" is the safest am most profitable
Investment ever offered to the man OF
extremely limited income
Children May Help.
The thrift stamps are on sale thru
the, same agencies that handle the
yvar-savings stamps, and in addition
MAY be purchased thru the teachers
in hthe various schools. Thrift-stamps
are especially designed for the chill
drsn, as they sell for but % cents
eaSh; their purchase by children be
ing educational as it gives the child
feeling of participation in the greatest
of Hthe wars of men. This is the only
way in which child can be or direct
benefit to the war department IN car
rying on the war in a financial way.
Secretary McAdoo, in his message to
thaschildren of the United States, says,
.sIsAru saving your pennies, nickels,
dimes and quarters and buying thrl1t
stamps and then war-savings certlh-
catss you will help your country and
itsrgallant armies to win the war. 1
know you will help" Even the chill
dren are included in the old saw,
united we stand, divided we fall"
And the nation is united in this crisis
as hever before in its history.
Carriers Are Solicitors.
Rostmaster Rigby, in charge of the
distribution and sale of Baby Bonds
for the state of Kansas, says in let
ter to his carriers: Carriers are re-
dlflred by law. and are hereby directed
to Solicit the sale of these stamps, both
. ontand off their routes and shall make
every effort consistent with the prop
ertperformance of their regular duties
to. Encourage the sale of these (and
here lies the point) obligations of the
government"
The active campaign for the sale
Ola Baby Bonds opened today and
every mail carrier and financial insti-
tution in the city was on the ''qui vive"
totameet the demand.
The greatest advantage of the Baby
bond is th,~t it is in reach of the
smallest wage Garner thru the thrift
stamp feature. The thrift stamp is
iSSued in % cent denominations and is
used a great deal in the fashion of
the green trading stamps which have
passed from the annals of the city
Baby bonds are purchased via the
thEift stamp route in this way. First
you go to some local bank or to the
postoffice where you state your de-
sires and the number of thrift stamps
You want to purchase. The clerk is
spaces, each one numbered consecu-
tiVely. If you purchase, say one dol
lars worth of thrift starrSs, you get
four stamps which are pasted in the
spaces numbered 1, 2, and A. The
card then becomes your property,
bears your name. and can be cashed
by no one but yourself and only by
you over your signature.
say you buy one dollars worth of
thrift stamps each week; at the end
of every fourth week you add to the
sum represented by your thrift stamp
card a sum ranging between II cents
in January. 1918, to II cents in De-
cepsber 1922, and receive in return
onS. BABY Bond" or war savings
stamp. The Baby Bond" bears in
terest from the time it is pasted on
your Baby Bond Card until you
cash it in. The Baby Bonds reach
their highest value in January. 1923,
when they are worth SIS cash in any
money-order ~postoffice.