Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-07-16
Have YOU GOT YOURS?
Every Person IN the Country Expect
ed to Purchase al Least $50 OF war
Savings stamps-They Pay -Four
Per Confederate Thrift.

! Per Cent-Create lhrilt.
"The poorest county after the war
will be that county which did the
least to raise its quota Of War Saw
mos Stamps" declared c X. Daven-
mort. executive secretary Of the Ma
tional War Savings Committee of Vir-
einia, in discussing the failure OF
many sections of the state to respond
literally to the investment of their
savings or a portion CT their earn
ings in Uncle Sans "baby bonds
'Tt makes little difference to what
county this unenviable distinstion will
60" Mr.. Davenport continued, "but it
is as plain as A B c, that all persons
must prepare themselves for the pc
riod of readjustment which will follow
the close of the hostilities now rag
ing on the European battlefie!ds. For
this reason the government issued
War Savings Stamps, not only to help
| finance the war, but to help people,
the masses, prepare themselves to
meet the reaction which is sure to
come.
"There are two features Of War
Savings Stamps which provide par
ticularly for the re-adjustment period.
One is the investing Of all surplus
which can possibly be saved in gov
eminent securities. This insures the
return of the principal plGs interest
at the rate of 4 per cent, compounded
quarterly. In the recond place will
follow the virtue of thrift. which IS
certain to follow once the art Of saw
ing is really learned
"The government expects every IN
dividual in the country. which means
men, women and children. be they
white or black, to invest not less than
$40 apiece in War Savings Stamps.
However, it is possible under the plan
conceived for the public veal for in
dividuals to invest up to and nclua-
ing $1,000 in War Savings Stamps.
Thus it will be seen that tidy sums
may be laid aside in War Savings
Stamps for purposes Of emergency.
and in the counties where this spirit
of thrift has been absent the read
justn1ent period is going to cause
hardship and perhaps suffering.
"The current issue Of War Savings
Stamps does not mature in value un-
til January /, 1923, but should the
necessity arise the holder of War Saw
ings Certificates may have them re-
deemed at any poStoffice for the
amount invested with interest at the
rate of cent per month for each War
Savings Stamps during the period held
by the owner. However, it is not the
wish that investors redeem their hold
ings in War Savings Stamps except
in cases of urgent need. Consequent
ly those people who will have moth
ing in the way OF return loans COM
ing from the government after the
war and those who have had this
chance to save ard help the govern
ment while helping themselves vii!
be the poorest of the poor people after
the war. All, in this period of high
wages for labor, can save neat sums
merely through the practice of self
denial which means that nOn-essen-
tials and luxuries MIST he laid aside
for the duration of the war
"Thosc people who could have put
their earnings into War Savings
Stamps and who have not will not
only feel the pinch of after-war con-
ditions, bat will realize IN no mmis-
taxable fashion that they lacked patri-
otic service. They will be made to feel
ashamed when they face the men who
come back from the fighting front
| the men who were glad TO offer their
| lives for patriotic service lhese men
did not stop to question the wisdom Of
acts of the administration when dang
er threatened not only this country
but the world. but cheerfully went
forth. The least any one who Is not
in uniform can do in this critical per-
iod in the country's history is invest
a part of his income in government
securities.
"The war will end. and then it will
be that the returned heroes will take
time to look about to see who were
the people at home who gave up their
luxuries while they faced death and
hardship OF help make the world safe
! FOR Democracy