Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-27
New Thrift Stamp
Issue After Jan.

Coincident with the announcement
Of the government that the sale of war
sayings and thrift stamps would be
continued during the year 1919. notice
is being sent all group. vice group,
county and city chairmen in Iowa by
Homer A. Miller. state director OF the
1918 campaign that the 1918 war stamps
will not be on sale after Dec. 81.
It is the governments plan to use the
1918 issue of 25-cent Thrift stamps.
however. during the coming year. and
they will be accepted in payment for
the> new 1919 series of war savings
stamps in the same manner as hereto
fore.
The, new issue of war stamps prob
ably will be !:.ue in color. in osle-L to
Cifferentiats them from the first issue
n 1918. rhe s. war stamps viii be
sold. az in e past, at few cents over
81! to be redeemed at maturity for full
value.
Also, as in the past, - worth of the
25 gent thrift stamps will be taken in
payment for a full IS war savings
stamp by adding small sum repre-
senting the difference between 81 and
the total interest the government will
pay to the holder Of TIM war stamp.
1t is understood also that If desired
the 1918 issue OF war saves may be
converted into the 1919 issue. Unified
books of thrift stamps bought in 1918
may be filled from time to time and cx-
stamps that will be worth IS at ma
!.turity.
Not Enough Information.
In connection with the closing ac-
Invites OF the 1918 campaign the cam
paign leaders believe they have dis
covered in the widespread lack OF
knowledge among people of means OF
what these savings stamps really are.
,the reason for the difficulty expert
enced in filing the quotas assigned to
iowa counties.
Why men who are able to buy. and
Ewho pledged to buy hundreds Of dollars
worth OF stamps. did not know the
price they were paying for the war
stamps. is. campaign wo' FRS say. only
explainable by an absol" misunder-
standing OF the entire tl..ft campaign
and its details.
r--s l<aS0t- " cen Vic SAIy SAAeDA AAsSsAS ~
F1nkbine, received check from man,
now In. another city. who signed here
Ia pledge card for $1,000 worth OF war
| savings stamps. The buyer sent the
fun or maturity value Of the stamps
At the time he paid his pledge the
government sold the stamps for $4.2a
each. To make the transaction proper
lii was necessary to1return to this par
ttiioiui,af buyer 42!7 IN
Send in Full Amount.
Many other signers OF pledge cards
the local office is finding. sent in the
| full value OF the pledge. not realizing
THAT the government ie giving them a
maturity value Of $ for considerable
LEES than that sum.
One pledge card was paid in full last
week by person now In Jacksonville
Fla. Another, in q. large amount. by
buyer who IL now in Atlanta, Ga. The
Interest the government has agreed tt
pay vas in neither case deducted.
The smaller buyers. those who &C.
cumulated stamps. war savings and
Thrift, both to aid the government. and
| -, . matter OF economy and thrift-te
start savings accounts-hAve beer
lshown W the working Of the campaiEn
fiA sDes Moines to have been the ones
VINO really understand, the real purpose
| az tho drive and the details Of the saw
inxs plan.
This class. il 10 expected also. will
be the one that VIII play an important
part In carrying out during the con-
tipued drive In 1879 the principle o.
savings the ORIGINAL drive was intended
to inculcate IN the people. +
Another source OF added clerical
work In the local campaign office
caused BY . lack Of knowledge Of the
var savings plan, is the necessity Of
| ckecking Up an pied ge. cards which
I; h4ye been paid without any notation