Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-19

against 1899 ,039 tons in 1891, thus
making the total exports Of 1901 in
quality more than three times as much
as in 1891.
The United States now stands third
In the list of coal exporting countries
of the world. The coal export hgures
of the principal countries of the world
in 1899 show that while Belgium
slightly exceeded the United States IN
the total number of tons exported her
imports were more than one-half as
great as her exports, making her net
expectation of coal much less than
that of the United States. The figures
of coal exports during 1900 recently
published by the British Government,
a copy of which has just reached the
Bureau of Statistics, show that the coal
exports of the three principal coal-ex-
porting countries-the United States,
Germany, and the United Kingdom
in 1900 were: United States, 1858, 900
tons; Germany, 1906 ,060 tons; and
United Kingdom, 58405, 900. Thus.
while the growth of the coal exports
from the United States shows large
percentage of increase, these figures of
the expectation of coal from Germany
and the United Kingdom show that the
field occupied by those countries is
still much larger than that which the
United States now supplies.
In growth of both exports and pro-
duction, however. the United States
had made much more rapid advance
than any other country. The total
quantity of coal produced in the United
Kingdom was in 1886, 157, 518, 900 tons:
in 1900, 225, 1S1 900 tons; while in the
United States the production was, in
1886, 100, 664 900, and in 1900, 245 ,422.-
10000. Thus the United Kingdom
since 1886 has increased her production
but about so per cent, while the United
States has increased hers nearly $50
per cent.
The cost Of coal has meantime in
creased much more rapidly in the
United Kingdom than in the United
States. The value of the 157 million
tons of coal mined in the United King
dom in 1886 is put by the statement
of the British Government above re-
ferred to at 38 millions pounds sterling,
and of the 225 million tons mined in
1900, is put at 121 millions sterling.
Thus, while the quantity mined in the
per cent from 1886 to 1900. the value
has meantime increased over 200 per
cent. On the other hand, the value of
the 100 million tons of coal mined in
the United States in 1886 was. accord
ing to the same authority, 80 million
ponds sterling, and that of the 245 mil
lion tons mined in 1900. 81 millions
sterling. Thus. in the United States
while the quantity increased about 15C
per cent. the value of the coal mined
increased but 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 Government above referred to
by table which gives the price per
ton Of coal in the United Kingdom and
United States in 1888 and 1900. respec-
lively. 1t shows that the price in the
United Kingdom advanced from )
shillings per ton to los. 3D., from 1888
to 1900, while in the United States it
fell from 6s to 5s. 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 Bel
GUM in 1899, to be as follows:
Value per Ton.
Country. Shillings. Pence.