That habit of thrift which was implanted in the American mind with such pains and difficulty by the war department during the past year is not to be rooted out or to be allowed to die of inanition, if the efforts of the United States committee accomplish what is expected of them. The sale of war savings stamps and certificates is to be continued throughout 1919, and the campaign is already on. The sale will be prosecuted with even greater energy and enthusiasm than in the past.
The thrift stamp remains unchanged for the coming year, and post offices are asked to sell what they have had left on hand. The same neat little folder will be used for preserving the stamps.
A change has been made in the war savings certificate. It is about 2-3 the size of the one issued last year, and is blue instead of green. It bears the head of Benjamin Franklin, the father of thrift, instead of that of George Washington. The scale of prices and increases in value is the same as for the 1923 issue. The certificate may be bought this month for $12.12 and will be worth $5 when it matures in 1924. A card costing $82.40 will be worth $100 five years from now.
The limit of individual ownership is $1000, as it was before, but anyone may buy $1000 of the new series, no matter whether he has taken his full quota of the first issue or no. 