increase in postal receipts the gross postal receipts for sep ember 1904 as compared with the receipts for 1903 at the fifty largest post offices in the united states show a total of 5 a net increase of or over 7 per cent the largest increase was almost 30 per cent at dayton 0 there were four decreases viz three per cent at louisville ky 4 per cent at philadel phia almost 5 per cent at providence and 9 per cent at des moines la the receipts at new york and chicago cent each increased approximately 8 pei