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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-09
SECRETARY WILSON
HONORARY PRESIDENT I
u S. Department Of Agriculture
ID Barley and Hop Exhibition

The secretary Of state. the Hon. Phi.
lander Knox, has sent out to the diplo.
matte and consular representatives of
the United States In foreign countries
q circular letter informing them that
an interna tional brewers congress. will
be held in Chicago, Oct. IL to %. 1911.
and instructing them to bring the mat
ter to the attention of the respective
governments to which they are accred-
tied, with the request that due pub
licity be given to the information and
that the respective parties in interest
be invited to participate in the con-
gress.
The circular further contains the in
formation that there will also he held
at the same time and place an interna-
tional prize exhibition for barley and
hops.
The secretary Of agriculture In the
United States, the Hon. James Wilson.
is the honorary president Of the inter-
national brewers congress.
The United States department. Of ag-
riculture Is preparing an exhibit by
which the United States government
will be represented at the international
prize exhibition for barley and hops.
The department will show what has
been done by several Of its experts
who have been for some years devot-
ing their time to the Improvement Of
these crops.
The Importance Of this exhibition for
the farmers who raise barley and hops
cannot be overrated. It Is believed
that the first step Ii herewith taken to
bring about a system Of valuing these
important crops upon basis Of fact
rather than upon mere individual pref
erepce and perhaps prejudice.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-09

alive, Is generally preferred because,
while less starchy, it is more highly
albuminous and therefore possesses
more of the substance which brings
about the Inversion Of starch into
sugar-namely, diastase. ~a A.
The common American brewing bar
leys arrange Themselves In the follow
Ing system:
/. Six rowed. erect-White Club.
z. Four rowed. dropping Nahchuria bar
ley, Oderbrucker. Scotch. Ohio Fall. Bay
Brewing, Blue barley. :
!. Two rowed. erect = Goldthorps. Prt-
mus, Fan barley.
1 Two rowed, drooplng-Common Chev.
alier. Horsfords Chevalier' HANNA Fn-
cess.
Six Rowed Barley.-Through several
years experimentation at the Wiscon-
sin agricultural experiment station 1t
has been found that the six rowed bar
lev L. preferable to other varieties and
more profitable for the average farmer
to grow. The yield far surpasses that
Of the other varieties, and the market
demands for the six rowed class far
surpass those Of all other varieties COM
bined. At a conservative estimate ~
per cent Of all the barley now grown
in Wisconsin is six rowed barley. This
being the type of barley most com.
monty used for mailing in the United
States, it is likely that most OF the
samples that will be shown at the bar
ley and hop exhibition in Chicago IN
October, 1911. will be of that type.
The experiments with two rowed
barley through eight years. continuous
breeding work clearly prove that in
most regions the farmer cannot get
the returns from this crop that can be
secured with the six rowed variety.
The straw seems to be very frail and
lodges easily, thereby injuring the
quality of the grain and reducing the
yield.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-09
REASONS FOR USING
HOPS IN BEVERAGES
Taste and Aroma Is Well as Ple-
ssrtatlve Quality Ae Desired

Come American growers claim that,
1nasmuch as American hops in many
cases are Just as rich In the soft resins
~ the best European hops, their brew
ing value ought to be equal to that Of
the Europeans. They have not. how
ever. been able to convince American
brewers Of the accuracy Of this view.
They will try to do 20 at the barley
and hop exhibition in Chicago In O.
tobef. 1911. The principal trouble.
however. with American hops IS they
reach the market is that they are pick
ed careiessly. The only part that Is Of
value to the consumer ia the cone. and
everything In the shape Of stems and
leaves that is mixed with the grains
not only diminishes the amount Of
available material. but introduces a
decidedly injurious element, the leaves
and cones being rich In fannie acid,
which imparts a stringent and harsh
taste.
In the international barley and hop
exhibition, which will be held in Chi
cago In October, 1911, the item of
clean picking will cut an important
figure in the valuation Of the hops
that will be entered for prize c0mpe-
ition.
The great Importance Of this exhi-
bition will lie in the fact that it will
tend to put the valuation Of hops upon
Il substantial basis Of facts rather than
NJ individual preferences
All exhibits at this exposition will
be in the names Of growers, no deal
ers being admitted to the competitive
exhibition. The exhibition is in charge
of the committee on awards, 1903 Re-
public building. Chicago
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-09
TROOPS TO STOP GAMBLING

Governor Pothler Refers TO Narraoan-
set Pier In Orders.
Providence, r. l.. Aug. 6.-Governor
Pothier has begun campaign against
gambling, directing his attention par
ticularly to Narragansett Pier.
After instructing Sheriff Wilcox OF
Washington county to see that all
gambling resorts at the Pier and else
where in his precinct are permanent
ly closed and after issuing similar in
structions to other county sherihs in
the state the governor said he would
back his authority with the state mi
litia II necessary.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-09
4 king Who Left noRe

set the world to talking, but Paul Mat
hulka, of Buffalo, N. Y. says he al
ways KEEPS AT HOME the King OF
all Laxatives-Dr. Kings New Life
Pills-and that they're q blessing to
all his family. Cure constipation,
headache, indigestion, dyspepsia.
only 25c at o. M. Olsen.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-09
.cLAs's 81 6 4 ! % %! q, o.
AMERICAN .BiAR'lEYS.
Commonly known as Two Roxsd,
-Four RoWed and Six RoWed.

Barleys are commonly classified ~
two rowed, four rowed and six rowed.
The European brewers generally pre-
fer the two rowed varieties, which are
plumper and starchier. while In this
country the six rowed. Of which the
four rowed is but i eighty varied rel
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-09
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, Aug. 5.-Wheat-Sept,
s1OsA: Dec, $104A@1.04N. Cash
close on track: No. hard, s1.O7A;
No. Northern, $1.05A @1.06A; to ar
rive. s1.O4A @1.06A; No. 2 Northern,
81 OOA @1.O5A; to arrive, $1.0OA@
1,O4A; No. 8 Northern, $1,000 OIL
O3A: No. 8 yellow corn, 631s @64c;
No. 4 corn, 62@69c; No. 8 white oats,
40@41kc; to arrive, 40Ac; No. 3
oats, 39@4Oc; barley, 60c@$104; fax,
$2.1O.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-09
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Aug. 5.-Cattle-Beeves,
95.O007.35; Texas steers, @4.4066.10;
Western steers, $4.00@610; stockers
and feeders, S3.0O@5.35; cows and
Aeifers, $2.1O@5.S5; calves, $5.5O@7.-
75. Hogs-Light, $7.0O@7.60; mixed,
S6.s0@7.6O; heavy, $6.65@7.5O; rough,
S6.6O@6.9O; good to choice heavy, &c.
9O@7.50; pigs, $6.S5@7.45. Sheep
Native, $2.25@4OO; yearlings, $3.50
4.S0; lambs, $3.75@6.90.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-09
St. Paul Live Stock.

St. Paul, Aug. 5.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5.50@6.10; fair to good,
S5.OO@5.5O; good to choice cows and
heifers, $4.50@5.00; yeals, $3.50 @6.25.
Hogs-$6.SO@7O0 Sheep-Wethers
s3.25@3.6o: yearlings. $s.25 @4.5o;
spring lambs, $5s25 @5.S5.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-09
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Aug. 5.-Wheat = Sept,
92hc; Dec, 93hc; May, $1.o1N. Corn
Sept, e1Xc; Dec, 62Ac; May, 64Ac.
Oats-Sept.. 421kc; Dec, 44Nc; May,
47kc. Pork-Sept., $3.50; jan,
$l6.56. Butter-Creameries, 21@26c;
dairies, 19@23c. Eggs-14@17c. Poul-
try-Turkeys, 12c; chickens, 12c;
springs, 141kc.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-09
Minneapolis & St. Louis r. r.
NORTH BoUNl /.

neehsr 0ray's Sweet Powders for Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
In the Children's Home la New York Cure
Feverishness, Bad Stsa1ach, TeethinR
Disorders, m9Xe and regulate the Bowels
malls. They never fail. At all Druggists,
CSC. Sample FREE. Address Allen s..
Olmsted, LIE ReY, N. r.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-09
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Aug. s. Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. hard, $1.06B; No
1 Northern, $1.05h; No. 2 Northern,
$1.O2h@1.O3A; Sept, $1.O4. Flax
On track and to arrive, $2.10; Sept,
$2.1O.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-09
gAEA 81 IA So. ~ 49,, ftSs# Tsg
uHt EHfcAo 80 AND
H!WES1ERn
60 AlIvNAN
nnlNN EA9T

b. 4 3 q b. I"
No b0l Daily, uew lice. -. 4:25 . n
,Thro 10 Twin Cities end the East.
No 24-Ex Sunday, old line. $500 . n
Connects at Kasots for Twin Cities and ct
Mankato Junction for the East.
No 5l4-Dally, new line. -. $3.50 p m
.Thro TO- Twln..Citiss and the East
No o. Daily, old line. 500. .3:41 p N
No 14-Ex Sunday, new line. 1855 p m
Connects at Nankato for points South
ON Omaha.
GOING WEST.
No sol Daily, new line .....1:oH 2 N
rhfo from Twin Cities and the East:
no lS-EK Sunday, old line. .8:l2 . m
THO to Tracy.
No 5O3-Daily, new line. -. .l:39 p M
Thro from Twin Cities and tho East.
No.23-Daily, old line. .......1:35 p m
No 27-Ex Sunday, old line. $40 m
Connects at Mankato Junction with trains
from East and at Kasota with Twin Cities.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10

STUDIES IN

Studies in Philology,~ begun in 1906
under the editorship of DR.. {. Al
phonso Smith and now in it's sixth
volume, has recently been signally
honored, in that DR.. James Finch
Register. one Of its present editorial
board and professor of the English
language in the University of North
Carolina. has been called on by the
Early English Text Society, of Lon
don, to edit and publish. through it.
one of the society's most valued manu-.
scripts The distinction is doubly
great, in view of the fac that of the
more than two hundred publications
issued by the society the editorial work
of less than a half-doZen has been as
signed to American scholars.
The present volume is printed from
a transcription made by DR.. Register
at the Bodeleian Library in the vaca-
ton of 1910. of a A Middle English
Treatise on the Ten Commandments,
which originally was announced for
publication bv the society under the
title Theological Tracts, st. Johns
College, oxford, Ms. 81, copied by
1ohn Lacy. of Newcastle-on-Tyne, in
1434." Since it was impossible for
DR.. Register to bring out at one time
al of the tracts contained in the MS.
he has edited the first and most inn
portant. and has left the remaining
three to be put into print at a later
, time.
| In the preface. in describing the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10
IN MEMORIAM.
(Riley.)

(Riley.)
What would best please our friend in
token OF
The sense of our great lossc-Our
signs and tears?
Nay, these he fought against
through all his years.
Heroically voicing, high above
'Grief's cease1ess minor moaning like
a dove.
The paean triumphant tina the
soldier hears
Scaling the walls of death, midst
shouts and cheers,
The old flag laughing in his eyes last
love.
Nay, hen to pleasure him, were it
not meet
To yield him bravely, as his fate
arrives?
Drape him in adam roses, head and
feet
And be D~artakers, while his work
survives.
OF his fair fame-paying the tribute
sweet
To all huI1anity-Our nohler lives.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10

William Winter, the veteran dram
attic critic of Harper's Weekly, con-
ributes what is probably one Of the
most eloquent tributes to the art of a
great actress that have appeared in
print for some time. Mr.. Winter,
writing propo Ellen Terry's current
appearance in this country as a lee
turer. says of her in q mood of rem
in~iscence: When she was on the
stage in her rightful. natural environ
ment, she was the acknowledged
Queen: the supreme, unapproachable
Ophelia; the perfect Beatrice; be-
witcning and pathetic beyond descrip-
ton as Goethe's Margaret; Ike a lily
Of loneliness as Tennyson's Rosa
mund; exquisite in the simplicity and
purity. and heart-breaking in the ar
Gent passion and natural, woman-like
grief, of Wills's livia; the incarnation
Of o not less tina Of mind as Por-
tia: and the veritable rough diamond.
Of humor. and goodness as Nance
Oldfeld. The ono roll of her fine
artistice achievements would be a very
long one. and full of light"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10

II. B. Marriott Watson, in q de-
lightful article which he has In the
December oath Harper's Weekly un-
der the title Of Blowing the Reader
In says Of i~ntroductions to old
fashioned novels: In the days Of my
boyhOOd there was nothing more
fascinating than the explosive. UNI
grammatical starts of Mayne Reade.
threatening horrors n mysteries as
they did from the threshold. It Is
long since [ saw one of those old
|favorites, and / may be ~parodying
them when / remember: "A great
empty desert. Silence. A huge bird
is flying slowly toward earth. What
is there below the rocks to which it
is moving? A body-two hodies. are
Stretched No, l feel hat is rather
"a fake. It doesn't ring true. Mayne
Reade always did, as true as those
mysteries which we knew in reading
to be historical truth"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10

score of the work, DR.. Register says:
TT has been attempted to print the
MS. iust as it stands. Contractions
nave been printed in full; IN every
case they have been indicated in the
usual way. No conjectural readings
or letterings of the text have been IN
serted into the text itself. Obvious
errors are reproduced just as the
scribe made them. Where these oc'
cur, 1 have given what seems to me
the correct reading in the notes at the
end of the text. Running f~Ootnotes
supply all information in regard to
scribal changes in the text"
The handling Of the manuscript
evidences marked accuracy, and the
notes and running footIlotes are sig
nally clear and illuminating. Every
part of the work has beer OF q mos'
scholarly order. and justifies the con
fdence Of the society placed In Dr
Registers ability as an unusually Well
trained student of the English IAN
guage. W..
"a middle English treatise on the
Ten Commandments, from st. johns
College, oxford, MS, 81. 142O-1454
edited. with Notes and ~troduc
by James Finch Register. Part l, rex
and Notes. Chapel Hill, n. G., n
University Press.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10
Glazing Hause

New York, Jan. THE statement of tina
clearing house banks for the week five
days. shows that the banks hold Sc. JO2. 400
more than the requirements Of the % ne.
cent reserve rule. This is an increase Of
%l,ooo.AU III the porportionate cash re-
serve as compared with last week
The statement follows:
Daily averages-Loans 81 op0 2e5 ,no do
crease $5.S5S. 500.
Specie $3.50 ,203, 400, increase sS7a 100
262, Coo. i ~
Deposits 81. 2Os. 400. 600. increase 81 a0a coo
circulation S41 .51S. 800, decrease SoOa 600
Reserve $31O,374 800, increase 50 I35 gOo
S476. 800. i'd
Surplus $500. 400, increase 81 o5a Nh
Ex-u. S deposits 81 60, 100, decrease So.
Actual Condition:
Loans S1.215.542 700. decrease 80. s31 900.
Specie S24s.24 500, increase sg!5:D 100
Legal tenders 81, 1874, 100, increase Sis
Deposits 81. 1871. las. 700. decrease 60 757 6D0
Circulation SAT .6lS.9OO. decrease s61. 800.
reserve $31S.035 900, increase $40 oS4 GOO
313.S25. $@'-
Surplus SIS. 74s. 725. increase s12. $50. 725.
Ex-U. S. deposits 81, 644,5OO, decrease s12.-
Summary Of State banks and trust com.
pan,es IN 6reater New York not reporting
20 the New York Clearing House:
Loans 81 .099. ~. 700. decrease 81 $40 eoo
Specie Sis. 800 800, increase S713. ZOO
Legal tenders SIC. 914,9 300, decrease s214.-
Total deposits 1.1eo. ss5 COO, increase 81.
e57 400. -
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10
Gladstone Described rs s.Morally Tn.
S3n2.'

tFrom the "reminiscences Of Gold
win smith IN the December Nc
Clure's.)
My memories of Gladstone. with
whom l was very intimate, I will not
dwell upon here-his almost miracul-
Gus powers of work and speech, his
mastery of the art of framing great
measures and carrying them through
parliament, his triumph as a f~nancier
his general though less u~ncheouered
merits as a statesman, his virtues
graces of character. and piety as q
man Nor need 1 touch upon his
weaker points-his liza bility to self
p and casuistry, or the violent
impulsiveness and comhat;yonoa
which hurried him at last into his
Irish policy and made his great friend
and admirer. Lord Selborne, describe
hiln' IN a letter to me. a. morally in
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10
CRIME INCREASED
DURING YEAR 1910
Suicides and Murders In
crease, While Lynching
Decreases
MORE MONEY EMbEzzLEO
Statistics Compiled by Chicago Paper
Observation-Disclosures cause Oh
Many Suicides.

Statistics for the year 1910 show, as
complied by the Chicago Tribune. that
there was q marked increase in the
number Of suicides and homlcldes
the country and a decrease
in the umbe of lynchings. inc
amount Of money embezzled increased
more than threefold.
Suicides numbered 1868, as com
pared with 1920 in 1909. The pro-
portion of suicides as 1ne
sexes remains about the same, S,2oz
males and 4,356 female Physicians,
as usual, head the list among profess
sional men, the m being IL, as
compared TO 27 in 1909 and AZ in
1908. and ~clergymen are next, II
having taken their lives.
The most significant feature is the
increasing numbe of those who were
led to suicide by i'll health. OF the
total number 4.2O2 shot themselves,
4,O54 tool poison, 925 aspnyxiated
themselves, 1852 drowned themselves.
984 cut their threats. 656 jumped
from windows or roofs, 90 threw
themselves in front of locomotives or
electric cars, q stabbed themselves,
IA killed themselves by fire and s
by dynamite. Thirty-four quit life
in suicide compacts.
The number OF deaths by personal
FlO1ence OF all kl1US III 1S1U, except
suicides and lynchings. We're 1915, as
compared with S,1O3 in 1909. This
is not confined to such cases Of
murder and homicide as result in ar
rest and trial, but include deaths by
every form of violence. The causes
of these deaths werc-QuarrelS,
4,O49; unknown, 9S4; liquor, 798; by
highwaymen, $50; jealousy. 612; in
fanticide, l25; highwaymen killed, rs;
resisting arrest, 1O6; insanity, 225;
riots. As; self defense, 70; trikes, So,
and attacks. 15.
The most striking feature of these
figures is the increase in murders
committed by thieves, burglars and
hold-up men, the number being an
increase Of 3S over that OF 1909.
There have been 1876 cases Of murder
and suicide, 81 double murders, 6 tri-
pie murders, 4 quadruple murders, Is
murders by highbinders and 40 by he
"Rlack-Hand."
The number Of death penalties in
hlcted is slightly less thar the num-
Der in 1909. being 104 compared with
1O7 in the latter year and 90 in 1908,
The number of lynchings shows de-
crease, being IA compared with 81
in 1909
The rec~rd of embezzlements. for
geries and bank wrecking shows n
material increase over 1909.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10

want TO make q pItd III
the very beginning tor
fewer books and many
re-readings. Let the
child Fletcherise If he
will, for in SO doing he
is saving himself much
mental indigestion.
And over against the
plea for fewer books, l
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10

One thorn of experience is worth a
whole wilderness of warning.-LoweIl
Custom reconciles to everything
Burke.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10
JUVENILE BOOKS
AND THEIR SPHERE
Plea For Fewer Books and Many
Re-readings-CIasse of Works
That Appeal to and Are
Good For the Child
Nv Mrs. G.. +. Harper.

(Paper read before the meetlns %
The North Carolina Library SOC
ton, at Winston-SaleIn, December O.
$500
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-13
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS:
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
Tim ely Topics Briefly Discussed Richmond
Should Go to Shoemaking- Railroad
Figures Virginia Can Grow More Cot
ton-Thoughts Wise and Otherwise

usual quarterly dividend of per ceat.
would be paid on the preferred stock in
the next February. no dividend would
De paid at that time on the common
stock. which had been receiving 8
per cent. quarterly. or 13 per cent a
year. The reason stated was that the
company needed it's earnings for other
purposes. On this announcement the
common stock dropped in two days
from rs to 6S. a fortnight later came
the Venezuelan panic. which must
nave been stroke of luck for any one
who wanted TO accumulate American
Tobacco stock
On April l. 1896. four months. less
seven days, after the announcements OF
the omission of the common stock
dividend. the American Tobacco Com.
pany published another advertisement
saying that there had been declared
upon American Tobacco common divi-
dend of % per cent in new stock
when this announcement appeared
american Tobacco common was selling
around Sc, and before the end of the
week IT was 95. an advance of 80
points in less than four months"
About ten days ago the tobacco com
pany again suspended dividends on its
common stock and the latter broke
violently. Wonder If the tobacco folks
are playing old tricks, even while un-
der the Supreme Court ban?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-13
RECORDS MADE
IN VIRGINIA COAL
Interesting Facts and Figures
Gathered by Statistician of the
Geological Survey.

Edward w Parked. coal statistican
of the United States Geological Sur
vey has issued an interesting state
ment concerning Virginia's coal out
put for the year 1910. He shows that
the total output for last year was g.
o07,ss7 tons with spot value OF
nearly 100000. According to Mr..
Edwards's figures as digested by the
Manufacturers Record Virginia es-
tablished two new records in the sta
tistics OF her coal production in 1910,
first, in quantity OF coal produced and
second. in the amount and percentage
OF increase over the preceding year
The production in 1909, 4,752,2l7 shor,
tons. had exceeded all previous records
but this was beaten in 1910 by the un
precedented increase OF 1,755.7S0 tons
nearly 81 per cent. The value incrcas
ed Sl,626.430. or SO per cent, from S4,-
251.056 to s5.S77.4Ss Although little
If any. OF the Virginia product was
shipped to the West to make up the
deficiency caused by the prolonged
strike in the mines of the Mississippi
Valley States, the shortage in those
states was the indirect cause of the
remarkable increase in Virginia's ton
mage. Inc strike In the Middle West
naturally created an unusual demand
upon the coal mines of West Virginia,
and large part OF the production OF
tnat State, customarily sent to the sea
board, was diverted to the temporarily
more profitable markets IN the West
This demand in turn gave opportunity
Tor larger outlet in to the seaboard
Tor Virginia Goals, an opportunity of
which the Virginia coal men We're not
slow to take advantage.
Virginia stands well up among the
states In the quantity of coal produc-
ed for each man employed In 1910
the number of men employed was T.
zb4, who worked an average of 241
days The average production per man
was S96 tons for the year. and 3.72
tons for each day. Both of these aver
ages are better than those shown in
the majority of the coal producing
States. Most of the miners in tho
State work ten hours n day.. OF the T.
264 men employed In 1910. $40 work
ed ten hours and 1.o21 worked nine
hours. Only one mine was reported as
working eight hours.
To Virginia belongs the distinction
OF having produced the first bitumin
Gus coal mined in tho United States.
This initial output, however. was not
derived from that portion OF the State
which now gives Virginia some prom
incnee as a producer of coal, but was
obtained from what is generally known
as the Richmond basin. a small area
near this city lying In Henrico, Gooch-
land and Chesterfield counties.