Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-27
WAR SAVINGS
DRIVE MONDAY
GratiOt County Has Quota Far
Larger Than Third Liberty
Loan for Stamps.
TO CANVASS EVERY HOME
City Chairman {. r. Murphy Lining
Up Large Number of Solicitors
for this Work.

City War Savings Campaign Chair
man c. r. Murphy has appointed his
committees for a thorough solicita-
tion of the city in behalf Of the sale
of War Savings stamps and within
the next few days every home in AL
ma will be canvassed by the solicitors
and everyone given a chance TO pur-
chase War Savings stamps. The
solicitors will start Monday, July 1st.
Efforts are being made to divide
the city into a large number of dis
tricts so that none of the canvassers
will have a great amount of work to
do. This means that City Chairman
Murphy will have large force Of
sollitors at work among the various
homes in Alma to secure pledges for
the purchase of War Savings stamps
during the balance of the year.
The quota for War Savings stamps
for the city of Alma has not yet been
figured out, but it will be more than
the quota of the city for the third
Liberty loan, when Alma had a quota
of $l50,000.00. The quota for the
county is S497 200 for War Savings
stamps as agains $433,000 for the
third Liberty loan. 1t is very prob
able that when the quota of the va
rious portions of the county is de-
termined by the county committee
Alma will have a quota of about
100000.
In view of the fact that 81 900 j,
the limit on sales for War Savings
stamps for any one person, the work
of sendig Alma over the top takes
on the aspect of a mighty hard JOB.
The campaign continues clear
through the balance of the year, and
the pledges to be taken by the So
licitors allow places for the pledging
Of stamps for every month until the
first of 1919, when the government
hopes that the two billion dollars
worth of War Savings stamps will
have been subscribed
The pledge cards which the solicit
ors will carry with them give the cost
of the stamps each month during the
balance of the year, which will have
maturity value of $500. Space is
allotted for the number of stamps to
be pledged during the balance of the
year and spaces are also provided for
the various months giving the number
of stamps which are to be purchased
each month under the pledge Space
is also provided for the purchaser to
say where he will buy his stamps.
There is a quota over the entire
country of $4,000 per capita for War
Savings stamps, which means that
everyone is asked to purchase Just
as many stamps as they can afford.
The stamps draw interest at four per
cent compounded quarterly, making
fine investment, not only for the
weather. people but for the poorer
classes and children.
In case of necessity they can always
be turned into cash at the post office
without the loss of cent, and indeed
certain percentage of interest is al
lowed for the time that the stamps
are held. A War Savings stamp pur-
chased this month at SALT will return
$500 in January 1923, a return that
is a fine one on such investments,
when it is considered that it is invest
ed in the safest place to be found.
The stamps have a good advantage
over the bonds for the poorer people
in that they run for a shorter period
of years, require a smaller investment
and yet give the same interest. if held
until maturity, that the Liberty Bonds
yield
/ The stamps will be on sale at the
post Office, the banks, depot, Western
Union Telegraph offco and most Of
the stores in the city