The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-10
MISSOURI LEADS IN RACE, WITH
ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT IN LAST PLACE.
ARKANSAS HAS 100 PER CENT
Kentucky Buys SO Per Cent Of Her
Quota in U. S. Treasury Saw
inas Certificates.
How They Stand.


st. Louis ..... $4,000 $4,000 II
Total 100000 s604.7OO 121
st. Louis.-The above figures show
the standing of the four units com
prising the Eighth Federal Reserve
District at the start of the fonr-month
campaign for the sale of Treasury
Savings Certificates. The campaign
ends December 81.
Missouri not including the City OF
St, Louis, Is far and away in the lead
with sales nearly trebling the Sep
tcmber quota, giving the state a per
cent mark OF 276.
The State of Arkansas reaches the
100 per cent mark, with a surplus OF
81, 900, while Kentucky has failed to
make the grade and has to he content
| this month with mark Of SO per cent.
St. Louis City, as was the case in
oil of the Liberty Loan contests, IS
Tar down in the list, and shows sales
ICEeregating only $4,000, with per
cent mark of but H. However, s..
Louis is expected to come to The from.
wien the race narrows, and viii GNe
good account of herself.
Kentucky was off to a slow start,
and State Director Brown, In 4 IT,
port to Federal Director Wilson, Sa,s
the Blue Grass State will atone lor
It's poor showing in September. and
will crowd Missouri for the lead wAtn
! the October figures are compiled.
These figures, it must be borne in
mind, Go not attempt to portray the
amount of War Savings Stamps sold.
In fact, the regular sales of the War
Savings Stamps are not taken into
consideration in this statement Of Sep
TENDER sales.
II that were true, the figures would,
IN many cases, be trehled, and in Sumo
Instances could be multiplied By 10.
AS an instance, % of the army of
st. Louis letter carriers sold total
IF $15S,l95 to the patrons Oh their
routes. These figures are available
because of the contest that is on for
the prize that has been awarded 10 the
letter carrier who sells the greatest
amount of War Savings Stamps tnis
year. The contest was arranged by
Postmaster Colin Nj. Selph. TN st.
Louis post Office has sold a much
git Gter amount Of stamps, inasnuCh
as the main Office and all Of the branch
offices, and most OF the carriers, as
well, have large sales to thei: credit.
Neither do the figures given in the
above table take into consideration
tue War Savings Stamps sold Dy the
lostmasterS and other authorized
agencies throughout the district.
Neither do they take into considera-
ton the vast amount of stamps sold
through the War Savings Societies.
And the sales in these societies
reach goodly sums. In Missouri there
were organized in September so so.
cieties with a membership of 1855;
St. Louis, IS societies and 54l mem.
bers Arkansas, 10 societies with $50
members, and Kentucky, 100 societies
with 1881 members.
And to these societies may be added
the societies in the schools through
out the district where an army OF
teachers is doing valiant work for
the government by teaching th;ift and
helping the pupils to start savings &C
counts.
, Most of the sales reported n the
above table for the state Of di83Cur
are for sales of Treasury Savings Ger
t:ficates made direct to the banks BY
the sale2mcn who are touring tEC
state. D. Il. En!ke, assistant cashier
, of the Farmers Bank at Higginsville
, Mo-, is a firm believer in the Wa
Savings Stamps as means 10 an end
In a letter TO headquarters he place.
: an order for 81 GOO of War Saving
Stamps last week. He goes on tn
! theory that will be adopted by man.
, other bankers that the small saver
are the ones to be reached by thrift
campaign inaugurated by the govern
ment, and he is seeking to place tn
small securities, knowing that when
t small saver gets started he will groV
!, into a large saver and be 50 protitabl
S customer of his bank.
These securities are the very hes
Investments that the ordinary mas
can make. They are absolutely SAT-
They pay A per cent, compounde
quarterly, and are to all intents an
purposes free from taxation. The
are almost as liquid as money, an
currency may be obtained On them 8
any time two months after the
purchase by giving 10 days notice
They can never go below par, and ar
always worth more than they cost
500 certificate can be bought in o.
tober for $S4,20.
The quota for October is as follows
Missouri, $3.50, 900; st. Louis, 100000
Kentucky. 100000 and Arkanaa
100000 -