The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-24

as follows:
savings stamp and ask for war saw
ings certificate.
z. What is a war savings certificate?
A. 1t is a pocketsized folder contain
ing twenty spaces upon which TO afhx
war savings stamps.
O. Is the war savings certificate a
government obligation?
a. 1t becomes an obligation as soon
as one or more war savings stamps are
affixed TO it,
@. Can l get a war savings certiti-
cate without buying stamp?
a. No.
Q. Does the war savings certificate
cost anything?
A. No. The agent from whom you
purchase the stamps will write your
name and address on the certificate, and
will furnish you an envelope in which
to keep it,
Q. What do l do after that?
A, AftiX the war savings stamp on
| your certificate in space No. l, and take
| good care of it.
Q. What do l do neXt?'
| A. You have now become a war saver
| Continue to buy war savings stamps
every week or month, and put them
on your certificate until you have filled
all of the twenty spaces When this
is done you can buy another war saw.
ings stamp, and you will receive free of
cost another certificate, to which you
can attach new stamps as you buy
them.
Q. When I have filled the twenty
spaces on my certificate what do l do
with it?
a. Keep the certificate until Jan. l,
1928, and the government will pay you
| 500 for it.
Q. How many war savings certificates
can I fiji?
a, Ten. The law allows each person
to own $1,000 worth Of war savings
certificates.
Q. What is the largest quantity
can purchase at any one time?
A. $1,000 face value.
The Price of War Savings Stamps.
Q. Does the price of a war savings
stamp always remain the same?
A. No. The price for each month ap-
|
| pay either more or less than the amount
shown for the month in which you make
the purchase. The price is S412 in De
cember, 1917, and January, 1918, and in
creases cent each month after Janu.
ary, 1918, until in December, 1918, when
the price is $423.
Q. What is the price OF war savings
stamps for each month of 1918?
A. Jan. S412; Feb. Alb; March Ala;
April AIS; May 416; June All; July
AIS; Aug. 419; Sept, 4.2O; oct. 421;
Nov. 4.22; Dec. 4.23.
@. Why is the price higher each
month?
a. Because the stamps are earning
interest.
Thrift Stamps and Thrift Cards.
Q. If | DO not have enough money
saved up to buy a war savings stamp
and can only save in small amounts
what should do?
A. Buy a 25.cent thrift stamp at a
postoffice, bank, or other authorized
agency and ask for a thrift card, to
which you can attach your thrift
stamp
@. Is there any charge for thrift
card?
a, No. 1t is given you to hold thrift
stamps and contain a place for your
name and address
Q. How many thrift stamps will this
card hold?
A, Sixteen stamps, which represents
a value Of 81.
EXCHANGING TI,rirt C,rJs 70, XXou
Savings Stamps.
@ When I have filled the thrift card
what do I do?
A. Take it to a postoffice, bank, or
other authorized agency surrender the
card and pay in cash the few cents
difference between the 81 worth Of thrift
stamps and the price of a war savings
stamp for the month in which the ex
change is made
Q. What do 1 do next?
a. You take the war savings STAMP
given you in exchange for your thrift
card, ask for a war savings certificate
if you haven't one already, and attach
the stamp to the certificate.
Q. Should 1 continue to buy thrift
stamps'
A. Yes. Ask for a new thrift card
and begin again.
Q. DO thrift stamps bear interest?
A. No.
@. Then why are they issued?
A. To make it convenient for YOU tc
save in small amounts so that you car
purchase a war savings stamp, which
does bear interest
/. q, May l exchange thrift stamps fol
war savings stamps at any time?
A. No; only on or before Dec. 81
1918.
Lending Your Money to Government
Q. What security is behind the wal
savings stamp?
A. The United States government
promises to pay IS for each stamp or
Jan. l, 1928. This promise is backed b,
the faith and honor of the United State.
and by the taxing power Of this coun
try, which is the richest nation in tn,
world.
Q. Why does the United States bor
row this money?
A. To pay the expenses of the war.
+ Q. When lend my money to the GOV
ernment, would it be safer to buy a gov
ernment bond rather than these wa,
savings stamps?
!; A. When war savings stamp is at
tached to war savings certificate i
becomes a government obligation will
the same security as the liberty bonds
now held by more than OOOO 900 Amer
leans.
G. Is the a per cent interest, com
pounded quarterly, on war savings ctr
titicates paid in the same way as tin
interest on Liberty bonds?