Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-28
COAL EXPECTATIONS
TREDlEO IN VALUE


Washington. ID g. Dec. %. Coal
exnorts from the United States have
trCbled in value in the last dozen
years. The value Of coal passing out
n continental United States IN the
year Is. in round terms so million
dollars compared with 6j MILTON In
ihc imucdiltrly preceding year. The
stated value Of coal exported in tho
10 months endiar with October l9l
Is "a million dollars. that of coke. :
million. and that Of coal supplied To
vessels engaged In the foreign trade
\ million. making a total Of - mill
ion dollars and justifying the frrcau
of Statistics Of the Department Of
Commerce and Labor in its statement
that the aggregate value OF coal pass
Ing out OF the country in the full
calendar wear will approximate 81
million dollars
The United States ranks third In
the coal exporting countries OF the
world. being exceeded in this respect
BY the United Kingdom and Germa
ny. In 1910. the latest year for
which comparisons can be made. the
coal exports OF the United Kingdom
we're valued at l79 million dollars.
those OF Germany at lO4 million. and
those of France about 6 million dol
lars The exports of the United
States have grown far more rapidly
however. than those Of any Of the
countries named. Comparing the fig
ures OF 1879 with those OF 1900.
exports OF coal and coke (eXclusive
of bunker coaD from the Uniued
States have increased from % to As
million dollars. or practically 100
per cent, those Of Germany increased
from g. TO 10i million dollars. or
60 per cent. while those from the
United Kingdom decreased from lS}
to l79 millions dollars. Those Of
France show little change during the
decade. coal exports from that coun-
tgv having increased from Il Ia to
6 l3 millin In the period from 1909
to 1910.
Canada IL the principal destination
of the coal exported from the United
States, being credited with -lj.21G.-
207 out OF total Of Sl5.3&5,S56
worth Of anthracite. and S21.5l0.60i
ont Of ttoal Of s2S.732.SSS worth
OF hituminous coal exported In the
10 months ending with October of the
present wear OF the other markets
for bituminous coal from the United
Strles the principal countries ar.
cuba. Mexico and Panama, each TAX
ing between $1,000 900 and 81. 00O,-
0o0 worth annually Canada is also
the largest market for our exported
coke. having received last year about
lhrec-fourths OF the entire exports
while practically all the remainder
went TO Mexico.
Coal now ranks seventh among the
leading articles of expectation in IN,
foreign commerce Of the country. Sc
far as ascertainable from the IL
months figures now available in tho
Bureau Of Statistics, the principal
articles or groups of articles export
ed from the United States in the cal.
endar year 1871 rank about as fol
lows cotton, about 500 million dol
lars, iron ard steel. about go nil
lion dollars; meat and dairy product.
l6i million, copper about - mil
lion, wood manufactures, about 90
million. wheat and flour about 90
million, and coal. including coke. 5;
million dollars. Coal in the valu,
OF its exports exceeds sLch importan
articles as cotton manufactures to
bacco. leather. agricultural .mple
ments corn and cotton seed oil, Will,
II We add To the exports of coal {,
foreign countries the value OF tina
sold for use on vessels engaged il
the foreign trade. the total, 50 mil
lion dollars, would closely apporacl
that Of wheat and flour, wood manu-
features. or copper.
Coal exports still bear a sulall re
lation to the domestic production o
that staple. OF the total procuctiol
Of anthracite and hitumiuous coal II
the United States last year. aggrc
eating 40 million long tons. ahou
20 million tons left the country. /
million tons being consigned to for
cien countries and about millio
being for use on vessels engaged 4
the foreign trade OF anthraC tie tn
productions last year was : milio
tons. the exports 2 million: and q
bituminous coal the production las
year WAS 372 million tons ard IN
exports, including the six million ton
OF bunker coal, about | million ton
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