Demand For Postage Slumps

The application lor stampa for the prepayraent of newspapor postage for the first month of the now year already aggregate $500,000. Tho postoffioe offi cials, however, conHidor that thia aura exceedg the probable mouthly deuiand, the estímate of tho annual revenue from thissource being 14,000,000. The department does not expect that any considerable amount of tho newspaper business will go to the expross companies.