The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-12-06
STAMP CERTIFICATES
ARE NOW ON SALE

iAe%tsOA- "hoC NaAe bttillk
campaign under the leadership Of Geo
F. Rockafellow. who was recently ap-
pointed director for Fremont county.
The object of the undertaking is TO
enlist the interest OF everybody in the
war by encouraging them to loan their
savings to the government; which will
serve the purposes of helping the
army and navy In the great task be-.
fore them and in stimulating thrift
and in promoting public patriotism.
The plan as worked out by Frank
A vanderlip of New York. national
manager. and adopted thruout the
country provides for the sale in all
sections of the United States on De-
cember 3. 1917. and for twelve months
thereafter of war savings certificates.
which may be purchased during the
next two months for S4.12. These GER
ti1cates will fall due January /, 1923.
at which time they will be redeemed
by the government for $500. This
makes the interest paid the holder of
the certificate four per cent. com
pounded quarterly during the time of
the loan
At the beginning of each of the sue
ceeding months of 1918, after January
1st. starting with February 1st. the
cost OF each stamp will increase one
per cent month All war saving
stamps issued in 1918 viii mature Jan
uary l. 1923. at $500 each. The diff
terence between the purchase price
paid at any time during 1918 and FIVE
dollars represents the interest the
government will pay the holder.
The certificates can be turned back
by the purchaser at any time for the
amount Of the purchase price. plus one
cent each month for the time held. In
who cannot afford even SO much as
1--WE dollars at any one time an ar
rangement has been made whereby
thrift stamps valued at twenty-five
cents can pc purchased and held until
enough has been saved In stamps to
be converted into war certificates.
Thrift stamps draw no interest until
transferred into certificates.
The entire wealth and security OF
the United States is behind these Ger
tifiicates and they are as good as n
Liberty bond than whirh there is no
better investment in the world.
They have been issued In order to af
ford those who did not feel them
selves able to buy a Liberty bond to
invest in a security equally good. but
calling for smaller outlay of money.
The government has recently raised
huge sums of money from the sale OF
bonds. which appealed to people who
had fifty dollars or more to spare. The
campaign to sell war savings certifi
Gates is designed to raise $4,000. .ooo.
600 from people who are unable TO in
vest fifty dollars or more at any ore
time. and are anxious 10 prove their
Americanism-
Both the war savings certificates
and thrift stamps are Issued in the
form OF stickers which are attached
10 a card. given the purchased at the
time OF his investment. The twenty
fve cent thrift stamps are green and
little larger than a postage stamp.
The war savings stamps are also
green and are about four times the
size Of the ordinary postage stamp.
On each side Is engraved q list OF the
months during which they will be sold
and the price for which they will be
soiding during the month.
When war saving stamp is pur-
chased 1t Ia pasted on the war savings
card. or certificate. until twenty has
been obtained. This fills all of the card
spaces on the certificate and then an
other is started. II the investor de-
sires. Purchases are limited to one
hundred dollars maximum at one time
and to one thousand dollars to any
one person. If an investor purchased
twenty war savings stamps this month
or January would pay eighty-two dol
lars and forty cents and would get
back one hundred dollars on January
1. 1923. making seventeen dollars and
sixty cents interest.
The campaign. which will be in n
large degree educational in its method
of procedure. will continue tor one,
year. duriny which tim, i is the hope
OF the government TO sell 10000 900
certificates. Mr.. Rockafellow will en-