The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-15
BABY BONDS SHOW
APATR|OT|C SPIRIT
BUYERS OF THRIFT STAMPS
DISPLAYING THE REAL
AMERICANISM
FOUR PER CENT INTEREST
Twenty-Five MIIlion Purchasers
Sought For TWO Billion nol-
lars In Government
Certificates.

A campaign for the sale of $1,000
0000o0 Of war Savings Stamps and
War Savings Certificates WAS inaugu-
rated in the early part OF December.
The primary purpose OF this new is
sue OF government securities is TO
create thrift among the people OF the
nation and place within the meaAs of
every man, woman and child of the |
country an opportunity to buy gov |
ernment security in units as low as 25 |
cents. Therefore, Arrangements are !
rapidly being made to place on sale at
all postottices, all banks and trust |
companies, all railroad Offices and all |
business. houses, Wholesale and retail, I
two Kinds OF securities:
The Thrift Stamps are sold for
| % cents each, and when the pur
| chaser has accumulated 16 OF these
stamps he may go TO his bank or trust !
/ company or to postoface, and by
fpGyMg Is cents and turning in $4 in
! Stamps be can secure 50 Govern
Nient War Savings Certificate Stamp,
1 due five years after Jan. l, 1918. The
difference between the purchase price
i Of the Certificate Stamp l. e.. S413,
and So, the face of the Certificate,
| stamp, is interest at the rate OF 4
{ per cent per annum compounded quar-
teTly
Cost $4.13 Now.
Those who wish to purchase the
Certificate Stamps up to $1,000 may
purchase same by paying S413 for
each OF the Certificate Stamps pur-
chased The difference between the
purchase price, s4.13, and S. the face
value of the Certificate Stamps, repre-
sents interests at the rate of per
cent per annum for a period of five
years and compounded quarterly.
The purchase price of Thrift Stamps
remains the same at all times, namely
% cents The purchase price of War
Savings Certificate Stamps is S413
in February and increases at the rate
Of one cent per month thereafter.
In order to absolutely secure the
widest distribution of these Certif-
cate Stamps, it is against the law for
any one person to own more than
S 900 of them
Stamps Non-Ne egotiable.
In order tC avoid imitation 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 purchaser wish to cash them
in before they mature, they will be {
redeemed at any postoilice, and inter- I
est will be returned at the rate Of APP
proximately 3 per cent per annum, S
but they cannot be sold from hand to
hand
1t is the hope and expectation of the {
government that these notes will be G
distributed among at least 25.000,00O |
inhabitants OF the United States Of
America.
The Underlying Principle.
The underlying principle behind this J
whole issue is that $4,000 100000 of $
the war loan will be held by at least I
rs, ,000,0 600 people OF the nation who
have really saved thae amount within q
the war period, as It is distinctly q
thrift and saving issue and is known
as the Thrift Stamps and War Saw G
ings Certificate Stamps 1t has for its i
additional object the inducement of u
those who carry pennies, nickels
dimes, quarters and dollars in cup 4
boards safe deposit boxes or other 4
places to turn in the ready currency D
or coin to the government in order
that 1t might be circulated throughout
the nation aud thus strengthen to that
extent the financial power of the ma
tion.
II will be seen. therefore, that, aside
from the raising of a war fund, each
o cents or S413 contributed to thig
distinctly thrift war saving plan viii
leave with the people Of the nation
these stamps. which Will be redeemed ,
al the end Of FIVE years. tnus avoiding =
to that extent any Imitation and also q
putting the people of the nation. ire q,
spective of their station in life. in .
position of owning S2.000.000000 of -
tho war loan =
No Better Security.
A better security was never issued, IL
nor can be issued It is the mortgage II
of all the United States and its pos II
sessions. It is guaran eed by the 10y r,
atty. fealty and confidence of 100000 .
000 people OF the nation, and, there "
fore. it is expected that it viii receive W
the unanimous enlargement of the 81
men. women and children Of the ma fl
ton
These War Savings Certificate "a
Stamps are better than gold. silver or f.
paper money. for the simple reason \,
that s413 in gold, silver or paper at o,
the end of five years is worth only ts
$41S. whereas if you invest each s419 h
you own in these War Savings Certif- +,
cate Stamps they will be worth S. in
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