Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 27, 13 December 1917 — Page 13

Every patriotic man, worn child can now invest in the United States Government a small a sum as 25 cents. All this is

made possible by a new plan that is as simple as a primer lesson. Here is the plan: First, the Government will issue during all of 1918, what will be known as U. S. THRIFT STAMPS. These stamps will be on

sale at Post Offices, Banks, Stores, Factories, and many other convenient places. A single stamp will be sold for 25 GENTS.

When you buy your first stamp, you will be given a Thrift Card, with spaces for affixing sixteen stamps. This card will show at all times just how -much money you have loaned the Government. As soon as you have sixteen stamps on your card $4.00 you can take them to any place where Thrift Stamps are sold, and there exchange them, with a small cash payment, for a "WAR SAVINGS STAMP" that will pay you Four Per Cent interest. What is a War Savings Stamp? When affixed to a War Savings Certificate, it is the United States Government's promise to pay the holder $5.00 on January 1, 1923. All the wealth and security, of the ' United States are,, behind it. It is as good as a Government bond, which is the safest . investment in the world. Now, let's see how Thrift Stamps are changed into War Savings Stamps.

Suppose you have a card full of Thrift Stamps $4.00 worth- and want to turn them into a War Savings Stamp in December, 1917. All you have to do is put Twelve Cents with your card and take it to any place where Thrift and War Savings Stamps are sold. There it will be exchanged for a Five Dollar War Savings Stamp, which will put you in the investor class. If you exchange Thrift Stamps for War Savings Stamps in February, 1918, you will be asked to pay Thirteen Cents in addition to your stamps. In March it will be Fourteen Cents; and so on, a cent a month, up to December, 191 8, when the added amount will be Twenty-three Cents. The sooner you buy the less the cost. Save the nickels. Save the quarters. Buy U. S. Thrift Stamps. Exchange them for War Savings Stamps. Help the Government and help yourself at the same time. Here is a patriotic service that all can share in. Begin Today.

Moffney aumdl Stony- TEhifM Sflamimps The banks are just now sending out Christmas Savings Checks and a comparatively small portion of this money may well be put in Thrift Stamps and War Savings Starnps. Take your own case, for instance. Let us presume that you have a Christmas Savings Check. You have your Christmas plans all made. Go ahead with these just as you have intended but SAVE ENOUGH TO BUY AT LEAST ONE THRIFT STAMP or, better than this save enough to BUY ONE WAR SAVINGS STAMP. Start a War Savings Account right now. And, how about remembering your friends with Thrift Cards as Christmas Greetings? A Thrift Stamp on a Thrift card will make a wonderfully appropriate Christmas Card.

war mvmm C(D)mmettiee OF INDIANA t, JOSEPH D. OLIVER, State Chairman E. P. HAWKINS, District Chairman This Page Contributed by The Palladium