Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-12-18 | Page 4 | War Savings Mature

denominations of 23, 100 and JMOOO each. No Individual can get more than J5000 worth of these certificates. They're tax-exempt, by the way. In this deal, which Involves J625.000.000, Uncle Sam Is doing business with the people. You, the owner of certificates, are one of his bankers. He'd prefer extending the loan. But he can hand over the cash if you feel you need it more than he does. : I . I War Savings Mature DEMEMBER those war savings stamps and cer- tificates that you bought In 1918? Better hunt them up. They're "due" January 1, principal prin-cipal and interest. And Uncle Sam Is ready to pay them off, or trade them for new certificates at 4 per cent Interest compounded twice a year, whichever you want. Treasury officials estimate that no less than 15,000,000 Americans own these war obligations. Are you one of them ? If so, when you "cash in" you'll realize that the safest investment In the world Is Uncle Sam. Hundreds Hun-dreds of thousands of spendthrifts are wishing they had invested In war savings stamps and certificates. cer-tificates. A million doesn't look as big as it used to. Most of us talk of a million as if It were a dozen - eggs. Nevertheless, you'll admit that 1625,000,-. 1625,000,-. 000 is considerable of a figure. That's the total value 'of the war savings stamps and certificates maturing January 1, 1923. If everyone insists on cash payment, Uncle Sam will have to turn a few financial handsprings. His loose cash in the national treasury will be rather low at the end of the year. So he hopes that most of the holders half, at leastwill trade for the new five-year treasury certificates, wise investors will. It's .as good as money In the bank--some ways, bet- If you want to cash your war savings stamps and certificates in full, you can deposit them with the postoffice any day now for .collection, or turn them In to your bank on or after January ,.; jf you have, say 25 of maturing war savings certificates, cer-tificates, you can exchange them for a new 2Sj treasury certificate, maturing January 1, 1928, , and get $i.5o cash to boot. And so. on, In large ' Quantities- The- new certificates will be Issued in