The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1918-02-08
YW.S.S.
W,Rskynso3 STAMPS
ISSUED N THn
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
The REASON FOR THE
WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN


This war Is real. Our participation
In it IL real, Our obligation to put
into Il our entire strenslh-moral'
physical and ilnanclal--ls a real and
pressing obligation There Is no
dodglng his obligation or shifting It
10 another person, FOR the other fol-
low will bo busy over time perform
Ing his own duty, The onyl way any
American citizen can avoid dong
hls best-hls strenuous, persistent,
unremltllng best--ls to show the
yellow, and lay down on his duty
The one hundred million American
citizens cannot all be soldiers but
every one Of them can be an import
ant part Of q great reserve force
furnishing our soldiers and the
French and English soldiers with
food and clo'h MS and blankets, and
guns and ammunition, and encour-
aeomont and spiritual support. Ey-
cry man who prefers to live under
FREQ government that he helps to
run. rather than to live IN Turkey or
Germany under a government fash
.oned and perpetuated by and for an
autocratic war lord, should get much
In earnest in his efforts to save his
government in this NE and death
struggle.
Our boys who go into the front
line In France. will be heartened be-
yond measure Il they know that all
the folks at home are backing them
up IN the fight. The great leaders
whom we have selected to direct our
National affairs. want to know that
tho entire people are loyal and pa
trlotlc.
A plan has been devised Whereby
all the people can co-oper1e at
least to an extent sufficient to show
which side OF this fight they are on
Great sums OF money are needed to
finance the war. The money must be
raised by taxation and by loans.
limited States government bonds are
l,ho safest securities In the world, but
because they have usually been sold
in large denominations, they have
been beyond the reach Of the large
number Of the people Now, however
In order to give all the people the
privilege Of helping to win the war,
and 10 order to furnish a safe In.
yes,ment for small savings, the gov
crnment has put bonds on sale In de-
nominations within the reach Of the
poor hs well rs the rich.
Thrift stamps and war savings
stamps are miniature government
bonds secured by all the resources
of the United States as fully as the
liberty loan bonds. Thrift stamps
cost twenty-five cents each The war
saving stamps have a face value Of
$500 each. and are discounted TO
nay the purchaser 4 per cent per
annum interest, compounded each
ninety days. The post Offices and
banks have these securities for sale
on behalf OF the government.
II you think you are too poor to
buy these stamps, Just consider how
much II will profit you to save the
money you are now wasting. and
invest It in government securities.
Poor people. as well as the rich
waste money. What about money
you spend for tobacco, and numerous
other things that do you no good
You can put at least a part Of that
money each month into stamps and
AZ the end Of the year have a sub
stantlnl saving. Even II II means
accidental for the moment to make
this investment, a red hlooded Amer
lean cannot complain at self-denlal'
when millions Of men have left 'ev-
erything to fight for our liberty and
thoussndr Of our boys must needs
die to win this war for our benefit
The boys and girls can now get into
the game. by loanng thc'r nickeis
and dimes to the government.
All tho people, rich and poor
should own some amount Of these
stamps. Let us make the number
Of owners as large as possible. II
would give the Kaiser nervous pros
tration to learn that fifty million
Americans were patriotic enough TOT
loan their money to the United
states Government and our boys in
the trenches will fight with an In
vIncible spirit, II they know that
|hfly million Of the folks At home are
interested enough to furnish thel