Mr. and Mrs. Gink are coupon fiends. They buy all sorts of useless articles in order to get the coupons. The neighbors all have the same craze, and the merchants, taking advantage of this condition, offer double coupons in order to boost trade. The washerwomen, street cleaners and blind fiddlers all give coupons, and the local dentist offers four coupons for every tooth pulled. A temperance society install an automatic pump and issues a coupon for every drink of water taken. A tramp falls a victim to this lure and drinks until he is exhausted. The Ginks store their coupons in a safe in the living room, but a couple of burglars break into the house and, despising the money and jewelry, get away with the coupons. Two policemen arrest them and bring them before the sergeant. The sergeant is a coupon fiend himself, so he decides they have enough coupons to pay their fine and discharges them, leaving the Gink family to mourn their loss and their inability to obtain some coveted articles at the "coupon redeeming station."
—Moving Picture World synopsis