Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-06-05
COAL FACTS.
They Are Presented in Tables Pre-
pared by the Treasury Bu-
reau of Statistics

WASHINGTON, June 4.-The coal pro-
duction and consumption of the world DUR
ing the past fifteen years are presented in
some tables just prepared by the treasury
bureau of statistics. These show that
while the United Kingdom is still the larg-
est coal producer of the world. the United
States is a close second and IL the present
rate of gain is continued will soon become
the leading coal producing country of the
world: The coal production of the United
the United States, I79,O00,O00: Germany. d.
0c0,000: France. 30.0O9.0OO; Belgium, 22,00 900;
austria. a dt ia Hungary. l2oooOco Russia nearly
Japan, over 100000; British India, 100000:
Canada, nearly 100000 and Spain, 900.
No other country reached 100000 tons in
more rapidly during the fifteen years un-
der consideration than has the United
Kingdom, or any of the important coal
producing countries of the world. her gain
during the fifteen years being over 73 per
cent and that of the United Kingdom less
than a per, cent The announcement just
made by the geological survey that the
coal product of the United States in 1888
was 20, $4,000 short tons. against 226 2S7 600
for Great Britain: shows that the United
States soon will become the leading coal
producing nation of the world.
AS an exporter of coal, however, the
United States takes low rank in propor-
ton to its production and stands fourth
in the list of coal exporting countries. In
1897 the expectations of coal from the
bUlltu hlnpuDln were as-pNuD IONS. from
Germany. l2o00.000: from Belgium. over g.
100000. and from the United States. little
less than 100000. In 1898 the quantity eX-
ported was slightly above 100000 tons.
Australia comes next to the United States
as a coal exporting country. her exports
amounting to nearly 100000 tons. while
France exported about 25O0O01 tons. Japan
100000 TONS and Canada about l, ,2J0, 900 tons
in 1897
France is the largest coal importing
country, her importatiOns in 1897 being
nearly 12O00.G00 tons, while Germany i'm
ported 100000 tons. Austria-Hungar o.
10000 tons: Italy, 4.250.00O tons: Canada
nearly 100000 tons: Belgium, nearly 3.OOO.-
over 10000 tons; the United States. nearly
100000 tons, and Australia. lO00.Oo0 tons.
Great Britain is also the largest con-
sumner Of coal, in proportion to population,
her coal consumption in 1897, being 3SI
tons per capita. that of Belgium. , 20 tons;
the United States, 2.42; Germany. 1.5S: Can
ada, IL; France. 09S:. Australia, O.g7:
Sweden. go: Austria Hungary, O31: Spain
O19; Italy. 013: Russia, O.0g, and Japan
O0T of a ton per capita.
| According to these figures which are
| summarized from report of the coal pro-
duction OF the principal countries of the
| world. Just issued by the British govern
ment, the United States now produces
the coal product of the fourteen countries
enumerated in the tables being. in 1897
! 556 100000 tons, of which the United States
produced 1190N,oo1 tons, while in 1883 she
| produced but - per cent of the total coal
product of the countries enumerated The
| 1898 figures make an even more satisfac-
| tory showing for the United States.