The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-08
State Director Fred A. How.
land Outlined Plan at a
County Conference
P. O., BANK 3TORES;
sCHoc 4 ENLISTED
Washing 5 County Urged
to Z = IS Part in the
- 1ional Drive

The Washington county campaign for
the sale of U. S. thrift stamps and war
savings stamps was given an impetus
through conference held in the How.
land hall in Barre yesterday afternoon
when the committeeman from the cities
and towns were called together by the
county chairman, Frank G. Howland of
Barre. Largely on account OF the poor
travelling conditions, not very large at
tendance was present; but there was con-
siderable enthusiasm over the campaign.
1t is expected that Washington county,
like all the other counties of the state,
will do its part toward raising the states
quota of the $2,OO0,00O,0O0 which the
government is planning to get from the
years sale of these thrift and war
stamps.
Fred A. Howland of Montpelier, the
state director of the campaign, was pres
ent and he explained in some detail the
plans adopted for the sale of the stamps
IN Vermont. Ii is expected that the sol
letting committee in the towns will can
vass every family and that the work will
be done as soon as possible, weather and
road conditions being taken into con
sideration The thrift stamps cost, as
most people know, 25 cents each: and rs
of the thrift stamps enable the holder to
secure a war savings stamp by the pay
ment of a few pennies and these war
savings stamps are to be affixed to
certificate which is issued by the gov
ernment and which, when filled out with
20 war savings stamps, becomes virtually
a government bond, baby bonds, or Junior
bonds. as they are called in some places.
But should the holder of the war savings
certificates be unable to complete the
his war savings stamps viii be
on Jan. j 1923, together with
per cent interest compounded quarterly
That is, for each four dollars and a few
,ents tthe cents depending on the month
n which the stamp is securedl lie viii
'eeelve five dollars on the redemption
late in 1923. 49,.
As State Director Rowland told those
n the conference, YOU are not asking
anybody TO sacrifice anything in this
because the purchaser will not
,nly get his own money back but he
will get an attractive interest as well.
me war savings stamps being backed bv
he resources of the United States gov.
rnment just as the government backs
he Liberty bonds. So a person may be
Irged to take to the very limit of his
bility in war savings stamps because he
Fill be sure to gain. 1t is not a gift to
he government; it is simply loan
The amount to be raised in Vermont
), roughly speaking, $50 per capita;
nd that means that great deal of per.
stent work will be necessary in every
own until the people become educated
} the attractlveness OF this investment.
9hen the people get wholly eonversant
ith the principle of the war savings
amp plan it is expected there will be
,ncerted movement to invest in these
ar savings stamps.
Another feature of the campaign which
as stressed by Director Howland is the
Selihood of the development of the hab.
5 of thrift. He said that everyone. rich
I'd poor. needs to adopt the habit of
rift; and nothing will have a greater
ndency toward this habit than the
acing of 25-cent pieces in thrift stamps
T. Rowland stated that Nermouters are
rifty and that they have the largest
+ capita deposits in the banks of any
ate in the union yet even Nermonters
e not as thrifty as they ought TO be.
neither in time of peace or in time of
,r.
The plan is to place the thrift and
.r stamps on sale in the postofiices,
nks and stores In most places the
,mps are already on sale at the post
ices and many of the banks have them
}. The merchants are to be given an
portunity TO place them ON sale. The
lools are becoming powerful agencies
selling the stamps: and in some
lools in Montpelier every pupil is an
.estor in the thrift stamps. In BaTc,
pt. White told the conference. there
, approximately 500 investors already
il is expected that the number will
materially increased. A house-to-
lse canvass is mapped out IN Montpc-
r and the lodges and clubs of that
V are being enlisted in the sale. as
c. Cotton explained. :
lorthfied was reported to be in ac-
d with the idea of helping the govern
MT in this way: and n. &. Cady repor;
that Northfeld might be expected To
ne up to the scratch IN the movement.
eral other towns were represented az
conference. and the representatives
1 home with them well defined plan
and to back II up quite
nifty of literature aud posters tu bc
rihuted through their towns.
lirector Rowland remarked that 'hc
ther conditions were 50 poor and tho
felinc SO difficult that it wss not cN-
ed that the campaign would be cot
under full swing at once in some Of
smaller places; but he urged the
mitteemen 10 20 about the canvass
Just a. soon r. the opportunity pre-
ed itself.