Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-29
SAVE AND HELP THE GOVERN
MENT

From the Sd to the 10th of Febru-
ary drive will be on throughout the
state for the sale of the Thrift Savings
stamp and will be known as "War
Savings Week. The Pilot has pub
lished many columns concerning the
Thrift stamps, and War Savings
stamps, but the following is the whole
story in a nutshell. Cut it out for
future reference:
You purchase a thrift stamp for
twenty-five cents, and paste it on a
thrift card Such thrift card is fur
nished you when you buy your first
thrift stamp 1t has spaces for six
teen stamps.
AS soon as your thrift card is filled
you can acquire war savings stamp.
Then your money begins to earn in
terest at the rate of per cent. quar-
terly. You can also obtain war saw
ing stamps by outright purchase for
cash. The price of the war stamps
varies, depending on the time when
you acquire them. During this month
it is $412, after January the price in
creases one cent each month during
the year 1918.
The difference between your thrift
card which represents $4.00 when all
spaces are filled, and the price of a
war savings stamp you buy in cash.
That means if you acquire card saw
ings stamp this month you hand over
your thrift card and pay twelve cents
additional. In February you will have
to pay thirteen cents additional, and
so on an increase of one cent a month.
This difference and increase repre-
sents the interest earned and is paid
back at maturity. The stamps ma
ture January 1, 1923, when the gov
ernment will pay $500 for each of the
war savings stamps owned by you
With the purchase of the first war
savings stamp you are furnished free
a war saving certificate. This certifi-
cate has spaces for twenty war saw
ings stamps. You paste the stamps on
the certificate which, when filed rep
resents $100 cash value on January l.,
1923.
If the twenty spaces on war saw
ings certificate are filed this month,
the cost to the purchaser will be $412
for each stamp, or twenty times $4.12,
that is, $82.40, for the full certificate.
On the first day of January, 1923, the
government will redeem the certifi-
Gates for 500 in gold. This means
that the holder gets a net profit of
$3.50 for the use of his money.
Should you Unexpectedly need cash
money, you can get it at any time by
surrendering your war savings GER
tificates, either filled or partly filed
The government will pay back to you
what you paid for it plus the inter
est increase of one cent each month
for each war savings stamp on the GER
tifcate. A table of the cash surrender
value is printed on the back of the
war savings certificate. 1t is hoped,
however, that this privilege will be
exercised only in cases of necessity.
The stamps and certificates can be
obtained from any post office or mail,
carrier, from banks or trust COM
panies and from duly authorized
stores and other places of business.
Having the entire wealth of the Unit
ed States behind them, depreciation in
value is out of the question.
H G. Berger, county chairman, has
appointed the following committees
for the sale of the stamps:
Post office Department.. H. Ryan.
City Schools-S. B. Tobey.
County Schools. e. Giessel.
Women's Department-Mrs. G. H.
Ingraham.
Manufacturers Department = w.
E. Curtis and E. A. Gooding.
Merchants Department-Orin Lille
qvist and E. A. Hochtritt.
Secretary and Publicity Director
d. A. Christensen.
Churches and Sunday Schools -
Rev. George. G. Schroedel.
County Council of Defense-Judge
A H. Reid.
Banking Departmental. G.. Krue-
ger.
Catholic Churches, Schools and So
cieties-Rev. Father ]. B. Hauck.
Boys epartment-Forrest B. Shar-
key.
Chamber of Commerce = w. R.
Chellis.
Labor Societies-Fred Lillicrap and
Frank Liljeqvist.
Fraternal Organizations J. P.
Duskey.
County Board-Frank Chesak.