Arizona republican., 1917-11-26
THRIFT CAMPAIGN
 MEANS SAVING FUR
 SELF AND COUNTRY

A plan whereby the man, woman 1 or child of even the most humble of 1 circumstances can save his or her money and invest it in government l bonds has been formed by federal officials and is now being placed in operation throughout the country. The thrift" campaign, as it is called, has the double purpose of assisting the person to save money and also to give him or her an Op- porunity of investing in Liberty bonds and thus aiding his country. By this thrift" campaign plan, the man or woman who has been unable Co purchase a Liberty bond, even by the low installment pay ments provided, can buy bond by paying as little as twenty-five cents at a time.
 Under this new plan, the country is divided into six large districts, in addition to which there will be director for every state. Harry k. Tritle of Phoenix has been named by ". C. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, as director for Arizona. '
 The plan, which is to put in opera ton in a short time provides for the sale of stamps in denomination of twenty-five cents each. These stamps are to be placed in a book furnished by the government. When the book is filled with stamps it is cNchangedBle for a certificate The certificate is saleable: the stamps arc not. When a certain amount uf certificates have been secured, they then can he invested in d lib crty bond
 'Mr. McAdoos letter outlining the 'thiiG campaign" is as follows.
 Under a recent act of congress the secretary of the treasury was authorized to issue war certificates in small denominations to an az g'egate amount of two billion dollars To accomplish this purpose l have appointed war savings committee consisting of Frank Y. Vanderlip New York. chairman; Mrs. George Bass, Chicago; Frederick A. Delano. Chicago; Henry Ford, Detroit; Eugene Meyer, Jr., New York, and Charles l.. Blaine. Boston.
 Under the plan of organization. the country is to be divided into six grand districts. each division to com prise essentially two federal reserve districts. Each district is to be in charge of a federal director who will supervise from Washington the state organizations in his division. Mir. F. K. Bradley, Of California, has been appointed federal director of your district.
 Tt is also proposed to have a state director for each state in the union. l should like to appoint vou state director for Arizona While this will not necessitate your chang ing your residence, it is expected that it will take great deal of four time.
 At this critical moment in the history of our country, you will have an opportunity 10 render pa plouc service of great value. and shall greatly appreciate your rnak- lng whatever sacrifice is necessary to render assistance in this work. Hleasc telegraph reply.
 w. C. McADOO."
 The stamps are to be on sale at the postoffice, banks. railroad sta lions and at most stores and fac tories. After the sales begin. the certificates may be purchased at any time. At the average 1918 selling price such investments in certifi- cates will yield four per cent inter est compounded quarterly. The cer- tificates will be dated January ,. 1918. and will mature January 1 1923. or five years after datei The entire wealth and security of the United States is behind them.
 The tax exemption provision of these certificates. particularly from the standpoint of the purchaser of smaller amounts, makes the invest ment attractive. No person may purchase at one time more than s1OO worth or hold at one time more than Sl,OO0 worth of these certifl- cates.
 These obligations of the United states will be evidenced by stamps of two denominations war-saving stamp. costing from S412 to s4.23 according to the month in which purchased. and having a maturity value of g., and a thrift stamp cost ing 20 cents.
 During December, 1917, and Janu- ary, 1918. war-savlngs stamps will be sold for $412 each. At the be- ginning of each of the succeeding months of 1918, starting from Febru- ary 1. the cost of stamp will in crease ono cent a month All war