New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08
THE WORLDS COAL SUPPLY.
THE UNITED STATES. ENGLAND AND
GERMANY FURNISH MOST OF 1T.
SPANS PECULIAR POVERTY HOW THE PHILIP
PINES ARE STOCKED CIIINA'S ENOR-
NOUS DEPOSITS.
NOUS DEPOSITS

NOUS DEPOSITS.
II has recently been pointed out that the
change in model the addition Of arrnor and the
development II ordnance are not the only things
which have rcvolutionized naval warf"rc in the
last thirty or forty years The substitution OF
steam power for sails in the navigation Of fight
ing ships has also operated powerfully in mod-
Tying the conditions under which any marine
conflict must be carried
The treatment OF coal AZ a muniton Of war.
which must not Re supplied by neutral nations
to vessels If either Of the parties to the strug
gle. is n legal. or diplomatic. phase Of the sub
ject. purely practical and quite a dif-erent one
is the question Of product IN. All the nations
OF The earth are not equally we'll m in this
respect Some 90 them are peculiarly favored
by Nature. TO the serious disadvantage Of others.
For instance. the United states produces be-
tween quarter and a third IF the world 8
whole supply u coal. while Spain IL obliged
TO buy from her ncighbors. In round numbers
year or two ago the output Of the United
States 1J2.WDpD tons and Spain produced
scarcely more than 2.VDooDO our country $
domestic supply. then is nearly one hundred
times that OF our foe In 1896 the whole guam
tity. the world over. was about GJOODp.OD tons.
When II Is remembered that the British Isles
contributed 2lSWOODO tons TO this stock and
Germany l2+UOOUOO 1t will be perceived that
three nations produce very nearly five sixths OF
the fun amount In fact. the qualifying words
very nearly may be- properly omitted when
the additions made by British possessions to the
output u the island kingdom are cons Tered.
Canada. for several years past has produced
over 3OcOocc tons. very little u this comes
from New Brunswick and the Northwest Prov
incrs. but by far the greater part is mined in
Nova Scotia and British Columbia. Nova Scotia
alone now produces more than 2WoHo tons
annually whi.h ~ much is mined On the
Spanish PENN iula once during The last decade,
British Columbia has gone above lVcooOO. al
though her ly"ras" for ten years has been
about 10000 tors. India producers from 1000
900 to J.pDpD tons year. but has none TO
spare TO other countries Australia and New
Zealand together contribute about J.Oo.WD
tons to the general supply over i.~n."oo tons
~ this amount coming from N"w South Wales
alone good deal 81 Australian coal is tx
ported
Spalm's output will be- better apprccil'ed when
that II some 4 her imm"iItt" n".shbprs IL
considered Figures have already been given
FOR III. British Isles and Germany Austria
Hungary produced :,iOUoVUO tons In 1893.
Franc. - O'DtAp In lN.r; and Belgium GiOO
UpO IN 1880 Russia comes next with loDOo.WO
Exceptionally fortunate a. The United States
is IN possessing vast mines # her own and In
having what few weeks aga seemed % be- the
probable seen. Il war At her very doors. she
nas uors" N than Spain IN the pac.nc She
had no bas, II supplies nearer than san Fran
cisco while Spain controlled the Philippines.
These islands produce no coal. but large guam
titles were, SAID 10 De- stored there.
Forrs, cling thc recent I'm 'rgrncy our Govern
,ncnt sent the Baltimore with all the coal she
could carly srvcr Il weeks ago 10 reinforce Com
rnodorc Dcwry's fleet Possibly this coal came
from British Columbia A. any rate. California
gets A great deal from that source Speaking
on this point "A few days ago. H. +. Rothwe
Editor ~ The Engineering and Mining Jour
nal" remarked.