Show I l it GENERAL HAZEN in speaking i about the probable decrease conso f I it upon the introduction of the two it 1 cent letter postage says the falling l I S off will not be more than four s i I million dollars the first year but c Qe thinks that the receipts will r thereafter equal their present sum t1 E I because more letters will be written I I and the twocent rate will largely 1 t displace the postal card Some of i + J n the department officers think there will be a large deficiency next year on account of the reduction > f but believe that in time the postal tf service will again become selfsup I 11 t porting Whether it does or not U i government cannot expend the public Ui + pub-lic money to better advantage than l > 5fe i in giving the people cheap postage |