Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-12-19
BABY BONDS" WILL
Be next EFFORT

Chairman To Gather
Savings.
"Baby bonds" are next! There are
many patriotic children and some
grown people who could not afford to
buy Liberty Bonds. They may still do
their bit and put their small savings
in the safest possible place by buying
war-saving stamps.
Prof. E. L. Rodegeb of Willmar has
been appointed chairman for this work
in the county and will forthwith be-
gin the work Of getting in touch with
the school children and others in the
various communities.
In Offering "War-Savings Stamps"
to the public the United States Gov
eminent has made Immediately avail.
able for every man, woman, and child
in the Country profitable. simple. and
secure investment.
WHAT THEY ARE-War-Savings
Stamps are the answer Of a great DEM
ocracy to the demand for a democratic
form Of government security. They
are little baby bonds" Like Liberty
bonds, they have behind them the en-
tire resources of the Government and
people Of the United States. They
have the additional advantage that
they steadily increase in value from
the date Of purchase until the date of
maturity, and this increase Is guaran-
teed by the Government. These stamps
are issued in two denominations, the
ascent stamp and the S. stamp.
For the convenience Of investors a
Thrift Card" is furnished to all pur-
chasers Of 25-cent stamps. This card
has spaces for 16 stamps. When all
the spaces have been filled the Thrift
Card may be exchanged for IS stamp
at post Offices, banks, or other author
lied agencies by adding IL cents in
cash prior to February 1, 1918, and 1
cent additional each month there
AFTER.
Those who prefer may buy IS
stamp outright. These will be on sale
from December 3. 1917. until January
81, 1918, for $4.12. They automatically
increase in value a cent a month every
month thereafter until January /, 1923,
when the United States will pay IS at
any post Office or at the Treasury in
Washington for each stamp affixed to
War-Savings Certificate.
When you purchase a IS stamp, you
must attach it to an engraved folder
known as a 'War-Savings Certificate"
which bears the name of the purchas-
or and can be cashed only by the per-
son whose name appears upon the Ger
tiflcate, except in case of death or dis
ability. This certificate contains 20
spaces. II these are all filed with
War-Savings Stamps between Decem-
Der 3, 1917, and January 81. 1918. the
cost to the purchaser will be $3.50,
and on January 1, 1923, the Govern
ment will pay the owner Of the certif-
icate $100-a net profit to the holder
of $3.50. This is based on an inter-
est rate of per cent compounded
quarterly from January 2, 1918. The
amount Of War-Savings Stamps sold
to any one person at any one time
shall not exceed SO" (maturity
value), and no person may hold such
stamps or War-Savings Certificates to
an aggregate amount exceeding s., 900
(maturity value).
II the holder of War-Savings Ger
tihcate finds It necessary to realize
cash on it before maturity, he may at
any time after January 2, 1918, upon
giving 10 days. written notice to any
money-order post Office, receive tor
each stamp affixed to his certificate
the amount paid therefor plus 1 cent
for each calendar month after the
month of purchase of each STAMP. A
registered certificate may be redeem
ed, however, only at the post Office
where registered.
In other words, the plan is simple,
straightforward, and certain. The
holder Of the certificates can not lose
and is certain to gain. He is buying
the safest security in the world in the
most convenient form in which the Sc.
curity Of a great Government has ever
been offered to its people.
Why You Should Buy Them.-The
main reason for the purchase of War
Savings Stamps is because your coun.
try is at war, your country needs every
penny which every man, woman, and
child can save and lend, in order to
feed, clothe, arm. and equip the sold
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