Cañon City record., 1899-07-06
Is SECOND IN COAL.
UNITED STATES ALMOST LEADS
THE WoRLD IN OUTPUT.
WIN se1s Hsve First Piacs-GreaA
( Bri'R.n Alone E1ceeds rhls Cou.tzy
N .An.ssat q Hard Eusa Pr.asetisa
Oa,y .urtA as Exportse. ..

The coal production and consump-
ton of The world during the last a.
tssn ysass ~ presented In soma -
bles tuat prepared BY the treasury h.
rtau Of stAtistics. These show that
while the United Kingdom seAstill the
largest cosl producer In the world. the
United States y close second. ana u
the present rate Of gain ID continued
It will soon become the leading coal
producing country In the world. TAe
GOAL production OF the United King
dom In 1897 was 202, ,000, 900 tons; that
Of the United States $4,000. 900 tons:
Germany. 91.0o0. 900: France. S0.000.-
1000: Belgium, 70 ZOO. 900: Austro- Hun
gnry. 1900. 900; Russia. nearly 10.O00.-
go; Australasia. nearly 5000. 900; Ia
pan. over 100000 British India.
S.eOo, 900: Cnnada. nearly l.oooDoo, and
Spain. 1000. 900. No other country
reached 1000 900 tons in production.
The United States has gained much
more rapidly during the nfteen years.
under confederation than has the Unit
Cd Kingdom or any OF the important
coal producing countries OF the world.
her gain during the fifteen yeArs ~
ing over ~ psr cent and that Of the
United Kingdom less than - per cent
The announcement just made by the
geological survey that the coal produse
Of the United States IN 1898 was u.s.
$4,000 short tons. against 22e.2S7 .ooe
for Great Britain. shows that the
United States will soon become the
leading coal-producing nation of tAs
world.
As an exporter Of coal. however. tie
United States takes NO rank In pro-
portion to H production. and stands
fourth In the list of eoal-exporting
sountries. In 1897 the exportations of
coal from the United Kingdom wsre
%. .000. 900 tons: from Germany, 11.o00.-
900: from Belgium. over 5000 900. and
from the United States little less than
1000. 900 In 1898 the quantity sx-
ported was slightly above the 4.0o0. 900
tons. Australasia comes next to the
United States - coal-exporting coun-
try, her exports amounting to nearly
900 600 tons. while France exported
about 2.b0o.o Japan 100000 and
Canada ahoat !. *. 900 tons In 1897.
France Y TIE largest coAl-importinS
country. her fmportations In 1897 b.
ing nearly 1900. 900. while Germany
imported 5000. 900: Aus4ro-Hungaxy,
|. .6oo. 900; Italy. 1850. 900; Canada. near
ly 4.000. 900: belgium. nearly 5000 .0oo:
Russia. 3.boo. 900: Sweden. over 2.3go.-
600; the United States. nearly lteo,-
900. and Australasia. 1.ooo. 900.
Great Britain = also the largest ooA-
sumner Of coal in proportion to hsr BOP
ulation. her coal consumption In 1877
being s.s7 tons per capita; that OF Bel
GUM. z.70 tons; the United States,
2.42: Germany. 1.6s; Canada. Ii:
France. .SS: Australasia, .97: Sweden,
30; Austro-Hungary. 81: Spain, -:
Italy. Is: Russia. %. and Japan. ~
Of ton Per capita
According to these figures, which afo
summarized from a report Of the coal
| production Of the principal countries q
the world. Just issued By tAs British
government. the United States nov
produces about . Per csnt u the COL
/ ~ tbs world. the coal prnduct of IL
eourteea eounfries snumeEatsd IN u
tables being In 1887 5so 900 900 tons. a
which the United States produced
15s .O00. 900 tons. while In 1855 she pro-
duced but n PER cent Of the total coal
product Of the countries enumerated.
The 1898 figures make an even more
satisfactory showing for the United
States.