Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1918 — Page 2

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IMPORTANT NOTICE!

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES PROCLAIMS FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1918, as NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS DAY GOVERNORS AND MAYORS MAKE SIMILAR PROCLAMATIONS MEETINGS WILL BE HELD IN EVERY JO SECURE SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR WAR SAI INGS STAMIS Pursuant to the proclamations of the President of the United States and the Governor of this State, I, War Savings Director tor the Stateso Indiana, acting under the authority of the United States’ euau " y partment. have called all tax-payers and wage-earners o mee. 1 n per son or by proxy of pledge card previously signed, on Friday, June 28th, to buy Vtb giye pledges to buy War Savings Stamps. In rural communP ties and the smaller towns and cities, meetings wil be he ‘^‘ n school houses, or previously designated places, between noon and 10 p. m. ’ , . The citizens authorized by me will conduct the meetings, keeping a record of the proceedings, reporting the names of all and the amount of War Savings Stamps bought or pledged by them. The names of absent persons must be reported. IMPORTANT: The names and addresses of those who refuse or neglect to buv or pledge, with their reasons for so doing, must be set forth at length on the Yellow Cards furnished by government for this purpose. These cards are to be sent at once to me. War Savings Stamps (which are United States Government Bonds the same as Liberty Bonds) can be paid for during any month In the year 1918, but President Woodrow Wilson has ( urgently requested th pledges to purchase stamps be signed on or before June -8. The price of each War Savings Stamp depends upon the month during which it is bought. During June each Stamp will cost $4.17. In Julv each stamp will cost $4.18. and so on, one cent more each month dnrina 101 R On January 1, 1923, the Government of rhe United States wdH redeem all War Savings Stamps at $5.00 each, no matterr during which month in 1918 they were bought. They cost less during th early months in 1918 than during the later months because the person who s buys earlier has loaned his money to the Government for a longer time than if he should buy later. By way of illustration, note the following table: COST OF WAR SAVINGS STAMPS , DURING JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST, 1918 Cost in Cost in Cost in And Are Worth June July August .on Jan. 1,1923 , stamp $4.17 $4.18 $4.19 $5.00 20 Stamps 83.40 83.60 83.80 100,00 ) Stamps 208.50 209.00 209.50 250.00 ... / 50 ® taniP 4170 0 418.00 419.00 500.00 100 Stamps 417,UU RR4 00 836.00 838.00 1,000.00 200 Stamps 83400 00 The 1 law Provides War Savings “tamps, ° f the fanilly ’ minor children. ts or a The money invested 1 Q W fl r bax donation, but is a loaD If because of some serious financial with 4 per cent compound interest. If. becau e before reverses, or calamity, it should be necessary to ge y Money January 1, 1923 you ma do what you pald for Order postmaster, navment The Stamps are free from stamps, with interest to date. of at she pn<t office they are a” State backed by all the property in the United insured ngainst loss they a pay; are an investment as has ever been offered T definite quota of War Savings Stamps has been assigned each n nntv Citi Town and Township. The amount will be announced at County, City President of the United States entreats to subscribe the ful. quota. ,♦ . B to be hoped that the subscriptions taken at the meetings in ,ntv will show you and your neighbors to be loyal Americans towhom our Government, in this hour of need, does not call in vain. " J/WtuA War Savings Committee, appointed and acting ""S,"STJJS, or Se Seer.,ar, or the Un,.ed States Treasury.

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THE PRESIDENT’S WAR-SAVINGS PROCLAMATION

JUNE 28 DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL WAR-SAVINGS DAY. ALL CITIZENS ASKED TO PLEDGE TO SAVE AND BUY WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS ON OR ' BEFORE JUNE 28. This war is one of nations, not of armies, and all of our one hundred million people must be economically and industrially adjusted to war conditions if this Nation is to play its full part in the conflict. The problem before us is not primarily a financial problem, but rather a problem of increased production of war essentials and the saving of tlie materials and the labor necessary for the support and equipment of our Army and Navy. Thoughtless expenditure of money for nonessentials uses up the labor of men, the products of the farm, mines and factories, and overburdens transportation, all of which must be used to the utmost and at their best for war purposes. The great results which we seek can be obtained only by the participation of every member of the Nation, young and old, in a National concerted Thrift movement. I therefore urge that our people everywhere pledge themselves as suggested by the Secretary of the Treasury to the practice of Thrift, to serve the Government to their utmost in increasing production in all fields necessary to the winning of the war, to conserve food and fuel, and useful materials of every kind, to devote their labor only to the most necessary tasks, and to buy only those things which are essential to individual health and efficiency, and that the people as evidence of their loyalty invest all that they can save in Liberty Bonds and War-Savings Stamps. The securities issued by the Treasury Department are so many of them within the reach of everyone that the door of opportunity in this matter is wide open to all of us. To practice Thrift in peace times is a virtue, and brings great benefit to the individual at all times. With the desperate need of the civilized world today for materials and labor with which to end the war, the practice of individual Thrift is a patriotic duty and a necessity Appeal to all who own either Liberty Bonds or WarSavings Stamps to continue to practice economy and thrift, and appeal to all who do not own Government securities to do likewise and purchase them to the extent of their means. The man who buys Government securities transfers the purchasing power of his money to the United States Government until after this war, and to that same degree does not buy in comnptitinn with the Government. \ EARNESTLY APPEAL TO EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND PHILD TO PLEDGE THEMSELVES ON OR BEFORE THE ™fnTY EIGHTH OF JUNE TO SAVE CONSTANTLY AND TO Ihy JI REGULARLY AS POSSIBLE THE SECURITIES OF THE ?n«miMENT•AND TO DO THIS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE MEMBERSHIP IN WAR-SAVINGS SOCIETIES. THE iKv HCHTH OF JUNE ENDS THIS SPECIAL PERIOD « !2mSTM G F H NT H |N THE GREAT VOLUNTEER ARMY OF PRODUCTION AND SAVIIS HERE AT HOME. MAY THERE BE »» mLSOk .

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ORDER OF BUSINESS

FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER AT W. S. S. MEETING, JUNE 28 The citizen appointed by the State Director to preside will call the meeting to order at the hour announced. The citizen appointed to act as Secretary will read the commissions Issued to the presiding officer and the secretary. The order of business, as nearly as possible, shall be: 1. Reading the proclamation of the Governor of Indiana. 2. Reading the call from the State Director of the Indiana War Savings Committee. 3. Announcing the unsold quota, for the year, of War Savings Stamps for the township or school district or other division in which the meeting is held. 4. Reading the names and the amounts on such pledge cards as have been filed for credit to this June 28 drive by those who, for Justifiable reasons, cannot be present at the meeting. 5. Reading the names and listing the amounts on the pledge cards of those present 6. Adding the amounts of all pledge cards by a committee of three, of whom the secretary shall be the chairman, and announcing to those assembled whether or not the quota has been met. The total sum sold and pledged is immediately to be telephoned or telegraphed to the County Chairman. 7. Appointing a committee of five, of whom the presiding officer and secretary shall be members, to compile a list of property owners, wage-earners, tax-payers and others included in the call who are not present at the meeting, and who have not previously filled out and delivered pledge cards to authorized solicitors or W. 8. 8. representatives. This list is tb be prepared as soon as possible; the original, signed by the committee, is to be sent to the State Director and a copy filed with the County Chairman. 8. Community singing of “The Star Spangled Banner” or “America.” 9. Dismissal. NOTE —Accurate minutes of the meeting, signed by the presiding officer and attested by the secretary, must be filed with the County Chairman not later than four o’clock, Monday, July 1.

GOVERNOR’S PROCLAMATION ON WAR SAVINGS STAMPS

WHEREAS: The President of the United States, in a recent proclamation, has urgently set forth the need of “A National Concentrated Thrift Movement” and the lending of our money to the Government through the purchase of War Savings Stamps; and r WHEREAS: The War Savings Committee of the State of Indiana, pursuant to requirements of the Secretary of the Treasury, is preparing to sell War Savings Stamps and to take pledges for subsequent purchases, particularly during the five days ending June 28th; Now, therefore, I, James P. Goodrich, Governor of the ,State of ’lndiana, do hereby designate Friday, June 28th, between the hours of twelve o’clock noon and ten o’clock P. M., as the time when the citizens of Indiana may either in person or by proxy of previously signed War Savings pledge cards comply with the request of the President of the United States in registering pledges to save and to economize to help win the war; and as immediate and definite fulfillment of such oledaes, may purchase or pledge to purchase such specified number of War Savings Stamps during the remaining months nf 1918 as by rigid economy, each ones,means will justify. (Signed) JAMES,P. GOODRICH.

Money Invested in War Savings stamps comes back later, with big interest. Lend it now, while you can. and get it back later when you need it* Pro-Germans do not invest in War Savings stamps. Do you?