The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20
The War Savings Plan.


war.
The War Savings Plan.
@. What Is the war savings plan?
A. 1t is plan by which you can
lend small savings to your govern
ment at 4 per cent interest, compound
ed quarterly.
@. How may this be done?
A. BY purchasing war savings
stamps and thrift stamps.
@. What is war savings stamp?
A. 1t is a stamp for which the gov
eminent will pay you SIS on January
/, 1928.
@. What does it cost?
A. Between SAP and $4,23 during
1915 depending upon the month in
which II Is purchased.
@. What is a thrift stamp?
A. 1t Is stamp costing rs cents,
F.. to be applied in payment for war
savings stamp. 1t does not earn in
terest The purpose of its issue is to
enable people to accumulate in small
sums the amount necessary to pay for
war savings stamp.
O. Where can / buy them?
A. At postoffices banks and au-
thorized agencies
O. Why should | buy them?
A. Every dollar loaned to the gov
eminent helps to save the lives of our
men at the front and to win the war.
War Savings Stamps and Certificates.
G. | want to begin to save on the
war savings plan. What is the first
thing to do?
A. Take $4.12 to the postofiice or a
bank or any other agent, buy a war
savings stamp and ask for war saw
ings certificate.
O. What is war savings certifi-
cate?
A. 1t is a pocket sized folder con-
tanning 20 spaces upon which to affix
war savings stamps
O. Is the war savings certificate a
government obligation?
A. 1t becomes an obligation as soon
are affixed to it,
O. Can / get war savings certifi-
cate without buying stamp? >
A. No.
q. Does the war savings certificate
cost anything?
A. No. The agent from whom you
purchase the stamps will write your
name and address on the certificate
and will furnish you an envelope in
which to keep 1t.
@. What do do after that?
A. Affix the war savings stamp on
your certificate in space No. and take
good care of 1t.
@. What do | do next?
A. You have now become war
saver. Continue to buy war savings
stamps every week or month and put
them on your certificate until you have
filed all of the 20 spaces. When this
is done you can buy another war saw
ings stamp, and you will receive free
OF cost another certificate to which
you can attach new stamps as yop@
buy them.
Q. When | have filled the 20 spaces
on my certificate what do do with it?
A. Keep the certificate until Janu-
airy /, 1928. and the government will
pay YOU 500 for it.
@. How many war savings certifi-
Gates can fill?
A. Ten, The law allows each per-
son to own $1,000 worth of war savings
certificates.
Q. What is the largest quantity
that can purchase at any one time?
A. 500 worth or 20 stamps
The Price of War Savings Stamps.
@. Does the price of a war savings
stamp always remain the same?
A. No The price for each month
appears on the face of each stamp
Never pay either more or less than the
amount shown for the month in which
$4.12 in December, 1917, and January,
1918, and increases 1 cent each month
after January, 1918, until in December,
1918, when the price is s4.23.
Q. What is the price of war saw
ings stamps for each month of 1918?
A January, SAP; February, Sab;
March. $4.14; April, $415; May, $4.16:
June, s4.1T; July, s41S; August, s4.19;
September. 1920; October, s121; No
vemher s4,22; December, $423.
Q. Why is the price higher each
month?
A. Because the stamps are earning
interest.
Thrift Stamps and Thrift Cards.
Q. II do not have enough money
saved up to buy war savings stamp
and can only save in small amounts
what should do? :.
A. Buy 25 cent thrift stamp at a
postoffice, bank or other authorized
agency and ask for a thrift card, to
which you can attach your thrift
stamp.
G. Is there any charge for thrift
card?
A. No. 1t is given to you to hold
thrift stamps and contains place for
your name and address.
@. How many thrift stamps will
this card hold?
A. Sixteen stamps, which repre- |