The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-12-20

price is $412 in December, 1917, and
January, 1918, and increases | cent
each month after January, 1918, un-
til in December, 1918, when the price
is S4.23.
@. What is the price of War
Savings Stamps for each month of
1918?
A. Jan. $4.12; Feb. Sab; Mar.
$4.14; Apr. $4.15; May $4.16; June
SALT; July $4.18; Aug. $4.19; Sept.
$4.20; Oct. $4.2l; Nov. $4.22; Dec.
| $4.23.
@. Why is the price higher each
, month?
A. Because the stamps are earn
ing interest
Thrift Stamps and Thrift Cards
Q. If do not have enough money
saved up to buy War-Savings Stamp
and can only save in small amounts,
what should | do?
+ A. Buy a 25-cent Thrift Stamp at
post office, bank, or other au hor-
lied agency, and ask for a Thrift
Card, to which you can attach your
III ~ Obailps
Q. Is there any charge for a
Thrift Card?
A. No. 1t is given you to hold
Thrift Stamps and contains a place
for your name and address.
@. How many Thrift Stamps will
| this card hold?
A. Sixteen stamps, which repre-
sents a value of $4.
Exchanging Thrift Cards for War
Savings Stamps
@. When l have filled the Thrift
Card, what do / do?
A. Take it to a post office, bank,
or other authorized agency, surren-
der the card and pay in cash the few
cents difference between the 50 worth
of Thrift Stamps and the price of a
War-Savings Stamp for the month in
(which the exchange is made.
@. What do do next?
A. You take the War-Savings
Stamp given you in exchange for
your Thrift Card, ask for War-Sav-
ings Certificate, if you haven't one al
ready, and attach the stamp to the
certificate.
@. Should I continue to buy
Thrift Stamps?
A. Yes. Ask for a new Thrift
Gard and begin again.
@. Do Thrift Stamps bear inter-
est?
A, No.
@. Then why are they issued?
A. To make it convenient for you
to save in small amounts so that you
can purchase a War-Savings Stamp
which does bear interest.
@. May | exchange Thrift Stamps
for War-Savings Stamps at any time?
A. No; only on or before Decem-
ber 81, 1918.
Lending Your Money to the Govern
ment
@. What security is behind the
War-Savings Stamp?
A. The United States government
promises to pay SIS for each Stamp on
January |, 1928 This promise is
backed by the faith and honor of the
United States and by the taxing pow
er of this country, which is the richest
nation in the world.
@. Why does the United States
borrow this money?
A. To pay the expenses of the
war.
@. When I lend my money to the
government, would it be safer to buy
a government bond rather than these
War-Savings Stamps?
A. When a War-Savings Stamp is
attached to a War-Savings Certificate
it becomes a government obligation
with the same security as the Liberty
bonds, now held by more than lO,-
100000 Americans.
@. Is the a per cent interest, COM
pounded quarterly, on War-Savings
Certificates paid in the same way as
the interest on Liberty bonds?
A. No. The Liberty bond inter-
est is paid every six months, but the
interest on the War-Savings Certifi-
cate accumulates and is paid to you
in one sum on January /, 1928.
@. Why isn't the interest paid in
the same manner on both Warsaw
ings Certificates and Liberty bonds?
A. 1t would be very complicated
and expensive to pay interest every
six months on $5 stamps and for that
reason the United States government
retains the interest until January l..
1923, at which time it pays you the
compound interest and the principal,
amounting to SIS, the face value of
the War-Savings Stamp.
@. Shall ] sell Liberty bonds to
buy War-Savings Stamps?
A. No. The security behind Lib