Arizona republican., 1899-06-08
SOME COAL FIGURES
The Unified States a Close
 Second to Great Britain.
AS on Exporter This Country Ranks Not Far From inc Bottom of inc LiSf-The Industry is Growing Thfough in Both Directions.

1 washington, June I-CSpdcldlJ-
 The coal production and consumption of the world during the past 15 years
 are presented in some tables just pre-
 pared by the treasury bureau of sta tistcs These show that while the
 United Kingdom is still the largest
 coal producer of the world, the United | States is a close second, and if the
 present rate of gain is continued will
 soon be the leading coal producing country of the world The coal pro duction of the United Kingdom in 1897
 was 202, 900 900 tons, that Of the United States 179,0O0,O0O tons, Ger
 many 91,O0O,O00, France, 30,O00O00.
 Belgium 22,OOO,OOO, Hungary 1000 000, Russia nearly 10,000,000 Australasia nearly 5,000.00O, Japan
 over 5000, 900, British India 100000, Canada nearly 4oO0,O 900, ard Spain 100000, while no other country The United States, however, has gain
 ed much more rapidly during the 15 years under consideration than has the United Kingdom or indeed any of. the important coal producing coun- tries of the world, her gain during the 15 years being over 73 per cent, and
 that of the United Kingdom less than 24 per cent. The announcement just made by the geological survey that the coal product of the United States in 1898 was 219,836 600 short tons. against 226, ,287 900 for Great Britain, shows that the United States IS rapidly gaining upon that country as a coal producer and will soon become the leading coal producing nation oF the world
 As an exporter of coal however, the United States takes low rank in pro- portion to it's production and stands fourth in the list of coal exporting countries. h 1897, the exportations of coal from the United Kingdom were 4S,00O,O00 tons, from Germany 12 0Oo.- 900, from Belgium over 5000, 900, and from the United States a little Iess than 100000, though in 1898 the quantity exported was slightly above 100000 tons. Australasia comes next to the United States as a coal export ing country, her exports amounting to nearly 3,0OO,O 900 tons, while France ex- ported about 2,50O GOO, Japan 2,00G,O and Canada about 25O,OOO tons in 1897.
 France IS the largest importing country, her importations in 1897 be- ing nearly 12,OOO,O00 tons, while Germany imported 5000, 900, Austria Hungary 5,6OO,0OO, Italy 4,25O. 900, Can ada nearly 100000, Belgium nearly 3,OOO,OOO, Russ:a Z, 2,50O 900, Sweden over 2,250,000, the United States nearly 1,500, 900, and Australasia 1000 600 tons, while no other country imported as much as 100000 tons
 Great Britain is also the largest consumer of coal in proportion 70 poD- ulation, her coal consumption in 1897 being 3.S7 tons per capita, that of Belgium 2.7O tons, the United States 2.42, Germany 1.5S, Canada 1.25, France O9S, Australasia O.97, Sweden 0.50, Austna-Hungary 0.37, Spain O.19, Italy O.13, Russia O.09, and Japan O.O7 of ton per capita.
 According to these figures, which are summarized from a report of the coal production of the principal countries of the world, just issued by the British the United States now produces about 30 per cent of the coal of the world, the coal product of the 1 II countries enumerated in 1897 being 566, 6,000,000 tons, Of which the United States produced 179O0O.00 tons. | while in 1883 she produced but 27 per cent Of the total coal product of the enumerated. As above In- dicated, the 1898 figures make an even more satisfactory showing for the | United States, whose product in long tons for that year is 1962 2S2, 900 against 2O2,O42 900 long tons produced in Great Britain.