Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-20
Will Watch Daily Returns.

N Callahan. director OF. war savings
in the District of Columbia. who is
nersonaIly cooperating with Postmas-
ter Chance and The Star in the conduc'
of ,fi.. selling race" will watch the
daily returns with much interest he
anticipates a substantial boost 10 the
total sales of Washington as result
of the contest.
In speaking of the patriotic EFFORTS OF
Washington's postunen--and this IN
nave so-cailed rutx.i routes. but who
are attached to the local post cEice-
Director Callahan declared that these
stamps are proving rea. charactsE
builders among the Children. ana even
in the case of many of the grown-cps.
You will find the saving, o. srSSe III
tie stamps" Mr.. Callahan SAG. "a a..
Turing as the penny bank you i-.:c@ ii:t
on the manteipiece. The caiiG start
with it's first twenty flys-cent' thrift
stamp, and the desire from then on Is
to keep on collecting and saving them.
Then comes the realization that, the COL
lection means money; 1t may be tnen
that the first real sense of thrift enters
the mind Of that child. / am positive
that these savings and thrift stamps
will be the means of making many LIE
time savers among our coming genera
ton.
L3afetS Will EXEldlu.
MI Callahan said he believes almost
every one in the District of Columbia
has a fair idea of what the war saw
ings stamps mean. but that at the
same time there are many who are not
as familiar with them as they should
be, and with the latter in view he is
supplying Postmaster Chance with a
At
ton by the letter carriers as they make
the rounds of the homes throughout
the city.
IF any one will spend three minutes
reading this little leafet," said Mr..
Callahan. he or she will know all there
is to know about the stamps"
This leaaet was prepared by Secre-
tary Of the Treasury McAdoo. 1t fol-
lows:
WHAT THEY ARE
War savings stamps are the answer
of d. great democracy to, the demand
| for democratic form of government
| security They are little baby bonds
| Like liberty bonds they have behind
| them the entire resourcea of the gov
eminent and people OF the United
States They have the additional ad-
| vantage that they steadily increase in
| value from the date of purchase until
the date of maturity, and this increase
| is guaranteed by the government.
| These stamps are issued in two de-
nominations the 25-cent stamp and the
| IS stamp.
! For the convenienes OF investors a
thrift card" is furnished to all pur-
etassers of .5-csnt stamps. This card
| has spaces for sixteen stamps. When
all the spaces have been filed the
| thrift card may be exchanged for a
IS stamp at post ofioes banks or other
authorized agencies by adding IL cents
in cash prior to February 1. 1918, and
| cent additional each month there
after.
Those who prefer may buy IS stamp
December 3. 1917, until January 81,
1918. for s412 They automatically in
| crease in value a cent a month every
month thereafter until January 1. 1928,
when the United States will pay IS at
any post office or at the Treasury in
Washington for each stamp affixed to
a war savings certificate.
When you purchase IS stamp you
must attach IL to an engraved folder
known as a war savings certificate -
i which bears the name of the purchaser
and can be cashed only by the person
whose name appears upon the certid-
ability This certificate contains
twenty spaces. If these are All oiled
with war savings stamps between De-
cember 3. 1917. and January 81. 1918
and January 1. 1923. the government
will pay the owner Of the certtficats
S10o-a net profit to the holder OF
$3.50. This is based on an interes,
rate of per cent compounded quar-.
teriy from January .. 1918. The amount
of war savings stamps sold to any one
person at any one time shall not ex.
coed 800 maturity valued and nc
person may hold such stamps or wal
savings certificates to an aggregate
amount exceeding $1,000 (maturit,
value).
II the holder Of war savings GER
tihcate finds 1t necessary to realize
cash on it before maturity he may al
any time after January 2, 1918, upor
giving ten days written notice to any
money order post office. receive fol-
amount paid therefor. plus cent FOL
each calendar month after the mont
Of purchase OF each stamp. reg.
Uttered certificate may be redeemed
howevsF. only At the post once whert
Iregistered
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