The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23
THRIFT STAMPS
TO HELP UNCLE

Washington, Mob. 17.-Mr, Mrs. Miss,
or Master American Citizen, have you rs
cents?
II SO, Uncle Sam wants you to lend 1t
to him to help whip the Huns.
That is the meaning Of one Of the most
gigantic financial plans in the world
which will lbe launched on December 8,
and extend over a year.
The government has raised huge guam
titles of money in two Liberty loans.
which appealed to every citizen who had
$50 or $100 or more to spare
TO RAISE $4,000, 100000.
The campaign to sell war savings GER
tiflcates is designed to raise $2,OOO,OOO,-
900 from people who did not feel they
could afford IS at a time; and yet are
anxious to prove their Americanism
The method is simple; on and after
December 3, at any postoftice, bank or
trust company, and at many railroad off,
ces, stores and factories, thrift stamps
and war savings stamps will be on sale.
Here is how 1t works out: Little Mary
Jones, milliner, wants to help her gov
ernment win the war. When she draws
her weeks wages she feels she can spare
Is cents. She goes to the postoffice and
buys a thrift stamp. At the same time
they give her a thrift card, which has
spaces for 16 thrift stamps.
is STAMPS TO A GARD
She pasts her thrift stamp on the thrift
card, and writes her name and address
in ink. Then, II she loses it, the lnder
can drop it in any letter box and the
postoffice department will return 1t to
her. AS soon as fairy has bought 16 thrift
stamps, at rs cents each, her thrift card
is filled.
War savings stamps sell at different
prices During December, 1917, and jan
uary, 1918, they will sell at $4.12 each; in
February, 1918, at Sab; in March at
3414; and so on, increasing regularly one
cent each month. Now II Mary Jones
completes her thrift card in March, 1918,
she trades ii In to the government, CIV
ing with it IA cents, and then becomes the
owner of war savings stamp.
She gets with this war savings certi-
ficate, which has spaces for 20 war saw
ings stamps. If she buys just one stamp
at the end of ive year-January 1928
instead of getting back her original $414,
she gets back from Unce Sam So.
FOUR PER CENT INTEREST
In other words her money has paid her
four per cent at compound interest.
The moment Mary pastes her war saw
ings stamp on the war savings certiincate
she has something that is safe from
thieves or fire. She can take 1t to any
postoffice and have Il registered In her
name free Of charge. No one else can
then cash In on 1t, and II 1t is restroyed,
,1p0v, rrnoP ha a new one,
Each person must register his avn GER !
tificate. Married women must register in
their own names, thus not Mrs. John
Jones but Mrs. Mary Jones.
When war savings certificate is reg
istered 1t is payable only to the owner, |
and at the postofflce where 1t was regis |
tered.
II Mary Jones becomes hard UP next
year and needs money, she can surrender
her war savings certificate and get her |
money back, plus 8 per cent interest. |
However, the government hopes every |
buyer will hold the certificates until they |
mature in 1928.
The price at which war savings stamps |
were to be sold was determined for each |
month by taking the number of dollars |
and cents which at A per cent interest |
compounded quarterly. will on Jan. 1, |
1923, equal IS.
The 25-cent thrift stamps are green |
and little larger than a postage stamp.
The war savings stamps, also green, |
are about four times the size of pos
tage stamp. On each side is engraved
list of the months during which they will |
be sold, and the price during that month.
As often as Mary Jones buys war saw
ings stamp she pastes this on her war
savings certificate until she has 20. This
fills the certificate and she then starts on
another.
Purchases are limited to 500 maximum
at one time, and to $1,000 to any one per-
son. II a person bought 20 war savings
stamps next December or January he
would pay Ss2.4O and get back 500 on
Jan. 1. 1928, making $3.50 interest.