Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-31
7AR|FT STAMPS TO
SHOW PATRIOTISM
PURCHASE OF SMALL SECURITIES
SURE SIGN OF BUYERS
AMERIcANisM.
BEAR 4 PER CENT INTEREST
Official Intention 10 to Have These
Evidences Of Loyalty Scattered
Widely Among People
R~edeemable In Gold.
BY FEsTus J. WADE,

BY FEsTus J. WADE.
Director for. MissouI. War Savings
Committee.
Explanatory statement relative : tc
War Savings Thrift Stamp and Wal
Savings Certificates:
A campaign for the sale Of $4,000.
100000 Of War Savings Stamps and
War Savings Certificates was inaugu
rated in the early part Of December.
The primary purpose Of this new Is
u of government securities is to ere
ate thrift among the people of the ma
ton and place within the a OF
every man, woman and child Of the
country an opportunity to buy a gov
eminent security in units as low as 25
cents. Therefore, arrangements are
rapidly being made to place on sale at
all postoffices, all banks and trust
companies. all railroad offices and all
business houses, wholesale and retail,
two kinds of securities:
(a) The Thrift Clamps are sold for
25 cents each, and when the purchaser
has accumulated 16 Of these stamps
he may 60 to his bank or trust CON.
pany. or to a postoffice, and by paying
~ cents and turning in 81 in stamps
he can secure a S. Cove rnment War
Savings Certificate Stamp, due five
years after Jan. 1, 1918. The differ.
ence between the purchase price of
the Certificate Stamp. l.. e., $4.12, and
S., the face OF the Certificate Stamp.
is interest at the rate Of 4 per cent per
annum compounded quarterly.
(b) Those who wish to purchase the
Certificate Stamps p to $1,000 may
purchase same by paying $4.12 for
each Of the Certificate Stamps pur-
chased. The difference between the
purchase price, $4.12. and IS, the face
value Of the Certificate Stamps. repre-
sents interest at the rate Of 4 per
cent per n for a period Of five
years and compounded quarterly.
The purchase price of Thrift Stamps
remains the same at all-times. namely
rs cents. The purchase price Of War
Savings Certificate Stamps, being $4.12
in the months of December, 1917, and
January, 1918. increases at the rate of
! cent per month thereafter.
In order to absolutely secure the
widest distribution of these Certifi-
cate Stamps, 1t is against the law for
any one person to own than
$1,000 Of them.
In order to avoid initiation in the
currency Of the country, these stamps
are made non.negotiable. payable to
the purchaser and not to the bearer,
and. therefore, are not transferable.
Should a purchaser wish to cash them
in before they mature, they will be
redeemed at any postoffice. and inter-
est will he returned at the rate of ap
proximately 8 per cent. per annum,
but they cannot be sold from hand to
hand.
1t is the hope and expectation of the
government that these notes will be
distributed among at least Is, 0 900
inhabitants of the United States Of
America.
The underlying principle behind this
whole issue is that 2 1000, 900, O0C of
the war loan will he held by at least
q 5000, 900 people of, the nation who
have really saved that amount within
the war period, as it Is distinctly a
thrift and saving issue and is known
as the Thrift Stamps and War Saw.
ings Certificate Stamps. It has for Its
additional object the inducement Of
those who carry pennies, nickels,
dimes. quarters and dollars in cup
boards, safe deposit boxes or other
places to turn in the ready currency
or coin to the government In order
that it might be circulated throughout
the nation and thus strengthen to that
extent the. financial power Of the ma.
tion.
1t will be seen. therefore, that, aside
from the raising of a war fund, each
rs cents or $4.12 contributed to this
distinctly Thrift war saving plan will
leave with the people Of the nation
these stamps. which will be redeemed
at the end Of five years, thus avoiding
to that extent any initiation and al.o
putting the people Of the nation, IRE
spective Of their station in life, in a
position of owning $4,000. Oo0. 1000 Of the
war loan.
A better security was never issued,
nor can be issued. It Is the mortgage
of all the United States and its DOS
sessions. It is guaranteed by the 10y
atty, fealty and confidence Of 10O, 900.
900 people Of the nation, and, there
fore, it is expected that 1t will receive
the unanimous endorsement of the
men, women and children. Of the ma
ton.
These War Savings Certificate
Stamps are better than gold, silver or
paper money, for the simple reason
that s4.12 in gold. silver or paper at
the end Of five yeart Is worth only
$4.12. whegeas II you invest each $4.12
you own in these War Savings Certifi.
cate Stamps they will be worth IS in
gold at the end Of tiv" years
If you would outshine your neigh
bors acquire a good reputation and
then keep 1t polished.
You may have noticed that the
friends who are willing to lend you
money are those. who have no money
to lend.
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