Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1919 — It Is the Easiest Thing in the World to Invest in War Savings Stamps [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

It Is the Easiest Thing in the World to Invest in War Savings Stamps

BY THE WIFE OF A FORMER U. S. ATTORNEY GENERAL

If anyone is not accumulating a stock of War Savings stamps surely that person is not acquainted with all the advantages that W. S. S. hold for their owner. Without exception every person knows something he wishes to have which takes a sum of money he cannot well afford to spend. In thcase of adults it is often a trip they would like to take, the purchase of a piano, a collection of books, or some special educational course, or it may be funds for some philanthropic project. Tn the case of youth it is more often the opportunity to go to college or train for a favorite

career; but whether the dream is of pleasure or advancement or altruism, the United States government has found a way to make it come true by giving everyone a chance to invest every spare bit of change at interest. No one thinks of running to a savings institution with an extra quarter, nor would he stop to invest a dollar gained unexpectedly by purchasing some article a little cheaper than’ anticipated, but it is the easiest thing in the world to buy a Thrift stamp with the quarter, or four or them with the extra dollar, right at the store where the purchase was made, for Thrift stamps are sold at alj banks and post offices and almost every large store, factory and office in the’ country. And when sixteen Thrift stamps have been acquired they can be exchanged for a War Savings stamp which bears over 4 per cent interest. Thus a little pile of money is accumulated without a person feeling that he is denying himself anything. For a little over SBOO (to take the maximum purchase allowed) collected and ’loaned to the government in this way, five years from now the government will return a thousand dollars. Besides this high rate of interest it must not.be forgotten that gov-ernment-securities offer an absolutely safe investment. As I said above, one has only to know War Savings stamps to buy them. They are the safest, the most convenient and most profitable investment in the country for savings and they afford an opportunity for patriotic action.