Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-19
COAL EXPECTATION S
VALUE OF THEM FOR LAST FISCAL.
YEAR OVER $22,OOO,OOO.
United States Now Stands Third -
List of Coal Exporting Coun-
tries of the World.

Coal expectations from the United states
during the fiscal year just ended, as SHOWN
by the treasury bureau OF statistics,
amounted to go, 81, 1896 against S19,5O2,sl3
in the fiscal year 1900. $13,661, OBS In 1899
$11 OOS, 643 in 1897, $10,646,062 In 1885, ana
IS, 391 O26 in 1891. Thus the value of coal
expectations from the United States has
doubled since 1897 and nearly trebled In
the decade. These figures relate TO Vafnes.
Measured by quantity the increase has been
even greater, the exports In 1901 being u
GIG, 149 tons, against 1889 .039 tons In 1891
thus making the total exports OF 1901 In
quantity more than three times as mucn
as In 1891.
The United States now stands third IN
the list Of coal exporting countries or the
world. The coal export figures Of the prin-
cipai countries Of the world in 1899 show
that while Belgium slightly exceeded the
United States in the total number or tons
exported, her imports were more than one
half as great as her exports. making her
net expectation of coal much less than tnat
of the United States. The figures of coal
exports during 1900 recently published by
the British government, copy OF which
has Just reached the bureau of statistics,
show that the coal experts OF the three
principal coal-exporting countries - the
United States. Germany and the united
kingdom-in 1900 were: United States, T.
$685. 600 tons; Germany, 1S,O55 600 tons, ana
united kingdom, So, 4O5 600 Thus, while the
growth of the coal exports from the United
States shows a large percentage or In.
crease, these figures of the expectation OF
coal from Germany and the united Kingdom
show that the field occupied by those coun-
tries is still much larger than that which
the United States now supplies
Rapid Advance Of United States.
In growth of both exports and produc-
ton. however, the United States had made
much more rapid advance than any other
country The total quantity Of coal pro-
duced in the united kingdom was, In 1885.
1871 ,51s,O 900 tons; In 1900, 225, 1S1, 900 tons:
while in the United States the production
was. In 1885, 100000 600. and in 1900, 245,-
$4,000. Thus the united kingdom since
1886 has increased her production but about
80 per cent, while the United States has in
creased hers nearly $50 per cent.
The cost Of coal has meantime increased
much more rapidly In the united kingdom
than in the United States. The value Of
the 157, 900. 900 tons OF coal mined In the
united kingdom In 1856 Is put by the state
ment of the British government above re-
ferred to at EDS, OO0, 600, and of the %, 000,-
600 tons mined in 1900 Is put at f121 Goo 600.
Thus, while the quantity mined in the
united kingdom has ind eased but 30 per
cent from 1856 to 1900, the value has mean
time Increased over 200 per cent On the
other hand, the value of the 100, 0OO, 900 tons
of coal mined in the United States in 1886
was, according to the same authority 49,
10000, and that Of the 245, 900 tons
mined In 1900 f67 100000. Thus, in the
United States, while the quantity increased
about $50 per cent the value Of the coal
mined increased but a little over 100 per
cent
The relative Increase In the cost of coal
in the united kingdom and the United
States is shown In an even more striking
form in the statement of the British gov
eminent above referred to by a table which
gives the price per ton of coal in the united
kingdom and United States in 1883 and
1900, respectively. 1t shows that the price
in the united kingdom advanced from 8
shillings per ton to los. Cd. from 1888 to
1900. while in the United States it fell from
IS. to os. Sgd. per ton In the same time.
Another table In the same statement shows
the relative value per ton of coal produced
taken at the pits mouth In the United
States, united kingdom. Germany, France
and Belgium in 1899 to be as follows:
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