Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-01-17
THRIFT AND
War savings
STAMPS

Your country is at war. This war
must be won. The most essential
thing necessary to win it is money.
This money must be provided by the
people Of the land In order to provide
it and lend it to the government, earn
ing interest and being secure beyond
question of doubt you must save,
1t is easier to save in small amounts
than it is to save big sums. To en-
able everybody within the land to save,
| a plan has been devised whereby you
can begin with twenty-five cents, one
quarter of dollar.
You purchase a Thrift stamp for
twenty-five cents, and paste it on
Thrift card Such Thrift card is fur
nished you when you buy your first
Thrift stamp. 1t has spaces for six
teen stamps.
AS soon as your Thrift card is filled
you can acquire War Savings Stamp.
Then your money begins to earn inter
est at the rate of per cent compound
ed quarterly. You can also obtain War
| Savings Stamps by outright purchase
for cash. The price of the War Say
ings stamps varies depending on the
time when you acquired them. Dur
ing this month it is S4.12, after Janu-
airy the price increases one cent each
month, during the year 1918.
The difference between your Thrift
card which represents $500, when all
spaces are filled, and the price of a
War Savings Stamp you pay in cash
That means if you acquire a War
Savings Stamp this month you hand
over your Thrift card and pay twelve
cents additional In February you will
have to pay thirteen cents additional,
and SO on an increase Of one cent q
month. This difference and increase
represents the interest earned and is
paid back at maturity. The stamps
mature January l, 1923, when the
Government will pay $500 for each
of the War Savings Stamps owned by
you.
With the purchase of the first War
Savings Stamp you are furnished free
a War Savings Certificate. This GER
tifcate has spaces for twenty War
Savings Stamps. You paste the
stamps on the certificate which, when
filled represents 800 cash value on
January /, 1928.
If the twenty spaces on a War Saw.
ings Certificate are filled this month
the cost to the purchaser will be SAFE
for each stamp, or twenty times $4.12
that is, $82.40, for the full certificate
On the first day of January, 1928, the
Government will redeem the certifi.
cate for 500 in gold. This means that
the holder gets net profit of S176C
for the use of his money.
Should you unexpectedly need cash
money, you can get it at any time fol
surrendering your War Savings Ger
tifcates, either filled or partly filled
The Government will pay back to you
what you paid for it plus the Interest
increase of one cent each month fo1
each War Savings Stamp on the cert
ficate. A table of the cash surrender
value is printed on the back of the
War Savings Certificate. It is hoped
however, that this privilege will be
exercised only in cases of necessity
The stamps and certificates can be
obtained from any postoffice or mail
carrier, from banks or trust compan-
les and from duly authorized stores
and other places of business. Having
the entire wealth of the United States
behind them, depreciation in value is
out of the question.