The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-03
TWO BIT PIECES
TO help Win WAR
war savings. Stamps Will BE Worth
a Lot to Uncle Sam
in Licking the
Kaiser.
COST is ONLY MODERATE
Won Can be "BIoated B%ondholder"
With Quarters and Dimes and
NickIes Under This
Plan.

Uncle sam last month began one
of the most unusual tasks he mas
aver undertaken-to teach the people
- the United States what a quarter
e. worth; that, properly invested, 1t
would help to win n war against
Germany.
between now and December l,
1919. the government expect 70
raise exactly $4,000, 100000 (approxl.
mately $48, 0 $1,000 of it In Iowa. ana
in this campaign the quarter VIII
play the most important a ~ mas
aver played in the history OF the
United States.
Jowa soon will be in the midst of
the national war savings campaign.
Inst now there is doubt in he minds
of MANY about what a war savings
certificate may be, but before the
campaign of education is ended, II
Is safe to predict that no locality IN
anv state will be ignorant OF the
merit of this newest opportunity
offered the people to share in an IN
vestment backed by the government
Of the United States.
Briefly outlined, there are three
methods of obtaining a war savings
certificate:
Purchase outright twenty sou
stamps which complete at once a wal
savings certificate, at a postofnce.
bank or other authorized agency.
Purchase n or more at a time
OF $500 war savings stamps, tWentS
Of which complete a war savings
certificate.
3-Purchase of United States thrift
stamps at 25 cents each, sixteen OF
which, with the payment of a few
cents, may be exchanged for a $500
war savings stamp.
The plan was devised by a COM
mittee appointed by and acting
under United States treasury, to pro-
vide a way for children, and those
who were perhaps unable to purchase
Liberty bonds to do their share to-
ward financing the war. 1t is the
small wage earners' and growing
young Americans opportunity to do.
his bit towards financing and help
ing Uncle Sam to win the a
Instills Spirit of Thrift.
More than providing the govern
ment with additional funds, it instills
into the minds OF American children
the need for thrift, the a~dvisability
vi SdSluSS anu ID DOuHn W ioot "biue,
in the past, has been the average
Americans contempt for "a few
cents"
To make it easy for all, arrange
ments have been made for the sale of
thrift stamps and certificates in post
Offices, banks, trust companies. rail
road and express companies, depart
ment and other retail stores and au-
thorized agents of labor, fraternal and
other associations.
BY the payment of twenty-five cents
to any one of these agents, the pur-
chaser is given one thrift stamp and
a thrift card. There are spaces on
this card, which wehne filled with an
additional few cents may be exchanged
for a war savings $500 stamp.
When the war savings stamp is ac-
CURED, the holder is given another
card with PAGES for twenty such SIS
stamps. When the folder card is
filed with twenty SIS stamps, the
owner has a fully paid up war savings
certificate.
Following are a few important de.
tails of the plan:
/. The 25 cent thrift stamps do
not bear interest.
Z. 5000 war savings stamps, IL
purchased in December this year. or
January, 1918, will cost you $4.12
cash. Five years later, however, on
January /, 1923, the government will
pay you SIS cash for it. The So cents
represents interest compounded at
TOUR per cent which the government
pays you for the use of your money.
8. If you do not buy your war saw
ings stamp until February. it will
cost you Sab; in March s4.f4, and
SO on. a cent added for each month
you wait during the year 1918.
=. The owner of a war savings GER
uncate may have his certificates reg
istered without cost at his postoffice
If he wishes.
o. One may cash his wal savings
certificate whether it bears one OF
more savings stamps, at his postofice
AT IN time, the only condition re-
CURED by the government being that
uie person give ten days notice to
the postofhce Of his desire to cash it.
o. IL one loses either his thrift
card or his war savings certificate
caro-, the finder may drop 1t in a mail
pox without affixing any postage,
ana the postman, who has already
neen instructed from Washington, will
return 1t to the owner whose name
appears upon it.
n above are but a few of the
salient features of this great plan to
enable people further to aid the gov
ernment. You are not asked to take
your savings from the bank to invest
~ war savings stamps. The plan was
ueVlsed SO as to enable those who
aIe saving now. to save more. and to
p,oVlde an easy way for all those
VINO are not 10 saving to aid their
sosernment, their army and navy, and
lh the end, themselves.