The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-04

mon th. starting at $4.12 for Janu-
airy and ending at S4.23 in pecem-
ber. Now when the purchaser buys
his first stamp, he will be given one
of ,nese certificates The purchasers S
name will be inscribed on the cer-
tificate, with his full street address,
and the stamp will be attached in
the first space. The purchasers posi-
tior then is the same as it will be a.
any time should he further I'LL up
the card. There is the pull to put
twenty stamps on the card, to fill it
up: but whether there is one or are
twenty, or any number between, the
rights of the holder are the same.
Now, these are his rights: If he
will hold this to maturity, he can get
at any money order post Office in the
United States, five dollars for each
stamp that is attached. That ia
''equol to four per cent compound in
.terest, compound quarterly. The hold
er may well say, that is good. but
wat If 4 should have to have my
money before? intend to loan Il,
to the government for this period,
but the exigencies OF life may make
lit necessary for me to cash it in be
fore" That is very good. We offer
him that opportunity. He may go to
any postoffice. He must give ten
days notice, so that the postoffica
may be sure to be in funds, and he
may than redeem it, have it re-
dst med, at it's cost price plus one
cent a month for each stamp. On
the back of the certificates is printed
a table showing the redemption
irrice each month. So if he redeems
fefCre maturity he gets little less
tran three per cent. If he reCeems
at maturity he gets four per cent
compound interest. But he has got a
security that cannot go down-it is
going to advance. Every month the
government itself marks up the price
of that security
Now. suppose he loses this. If I,
falls into the hands of an honest per-
son, the envelope contains the state
men: that the finder should drop it
in the nearest postoffice box, with
out further address or postage. The
postcffice department will return il
to the owner. If it falls into the
hands of a dishonest man and that
man goes to the postoffice and sue
cessfully forges the name of the own
Ier, and certifies that he is the idef
tical person whose name appears on
the certificate, and gets the money,
the holder will be out. The govern
ment will not take that risk. Now.
the holder may say. THAT won't do.
i want something safer than that =
All right, we will offer something
safer than that. He may take this
certifidate with one or more stamps
upon it to any money order postoffic,
and have 1t registered. When It is
registered, the stamps that are on n
are Cancelled. When he adds anv
more he must take those and have
them cancelled, too. Now; 80 far
as his Investment is represented nv
Cancelled stamps on registered Ger.
tincate, the United States stands
ready, to pay him whether he loses
mis- certificate, whether 1t Is de.
stroyed. burned up, or no matter ,n
" hose hands it may happen to fall
tie has got a perfect registered Sc.
cnrity. IN that rase, he aan dea,
with only one office. Until regis
tered, he can deal with every Of
fice
Now, for the man who wants +,
ao 'umuiate-for the cabinet off,cer
and newspaper man who wants m
A. cumulate-this investment by do
srees, We have this small stamD
alled Thrift Stamp, the size of an
'.cinary postal stamp. 1t costs 25
cents, and the government furnishes
o whoever buys Thrift Stamp this
ihrift Card. That has spaces for 1s i
stamps. The l6 stamps will cost the
purchaser 81, ad he may then. bv
ne purchase of 12 cents in January
II 70 cents in February, or whatever
Inference is in each month. exchange
us card of is Thrift Stamps and the
mali cash payment for a War Saw.
ngs Stamp
Vow, that is the story. of tho 50.
'ur;ty. believe it offers the hes.
aring scheme ever presented TO
'eople-absolute security, an oppor
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