The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-07
UNITED STATES
WAR-SAVINGS
CERTIFICATES

The Secretary of the Treasury Of
fers for sale to the people of the
United States an issue of United
States War Savings Certificates, Sc
ries of 1918, authorized by act Of
Congress, approved September "a,
1917. Payments for or on account
of such War-Savings Certificates
must be evidenced by United States
War-Savings Certificate Stamps, Sc
ries of 1918, which are to be affixed
thereto. The sum of such War
Savings Certificates outstanding
shall not at any one time exceed
in the aggregate 100000 Una
turity value). The amount of War
Savings Certificates sold to any one
person at any one time shall not
exceed 500 maturity value), and
it shall not be lawful for any one
person at any one time to hold War
Savings Certificates to an aggregate
amount exceeding $1,000 (maturity
value).
War-Savings Certificates, War
Savings Certificate Stamps, and
United States Thrift Stamps (de-
scribed below may be purchased, at
the prices hereinafter mentioned, at
post offices, and at numerous banks
and other agencies to be appointed
by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Advance sales began December 3,
1917. All sales of War-Savings
Certificates and War-Savings Ger
tificate Stamps made in December,
1917, will be at the January, 1918,
price, and the date of issue of all
certificates so sold will be deemed
January 2, 1918.
Description of War-Savings
Certificates
A United States War-Saving Ger
tificate, Series of 1918, will be an
obligation of the United States
when, and only when, one or more
United States War-Saving Certifi-
cate Stamps, Series of 1918, shall be
affixed thereto. Each of such War
Savings Certificates will have spaces
for 20 War-Savings Certificate
Stamps, Series of 1918, and each of
such stamps thereto affixed will
have a maturity value of IS on Jan
uary /, 1923, which will accordingly
give each such certificate, when bear
ing its full complement of such
stamps, a maturity value of 500 on
said date. No War-Savings Certi-
ficate will be issued unless at the
same time one or more War-Savings
Certificate Stamps shall be purchas-
ed and affixed thereto, but no ad-
ditional charge will be made for the
War-Savings Certificate itself. The
name Of the owner of each War
Savings Certificate must be written
upon such certificate at the time of
the issue thereof.
War-Savings Certificate Stamps,
Series of 1918, will be issued in
1918 at the following prices:
January, SAP; February, Sab;
March, $4.14; April, $415; May,
$4;16; June, SALT; July, $4.18; Au-
gust, $4.19; September, $4.2O; Oc-
tober, $4.21; November, 1922; De-
cember, $4.23.
The average issue price above
fixed for the year 1918 with interest
at 4 per cent per annum compound
ed quarterly for the average period
to maturity will amount to SIS on
January /, 1923.
Representative of the Information
al Labor Press Association, in con-
vention at Buffalo, by a unanimous
vote have voluntarily pledged it's
support to the War Savings cam
paign, which opens December 8, and
instructed members to give it the
widest possible publicity.
| President Matthew Vol notified
Secretary McAdoo of the action and
the Secretary telegraphed him as
+ follows:
Telegram received, Deeply APP
preciate the patriotic position taken
by the International Labor Press
Association in pledging its support
to the campaign for the sale of
War Savings Certificates and United
States Thrift Stamps. This move
ment is Of the utmost Importance
for it will not only provide money
to help carry this righteous war for
democracy but it will instil habits
of thrift and economy in the Amer
lean people"
Thrift Cards and Thrift Stamps
Payments on account of WARSAW
ings Certificates may also be evil
denced by United States Thrift
Stamps, having face value of %
cents each but bearing no interest.