Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-27
GOAL EXPORTS Have
7REbLED in Value
EIGHTY MILLION DOLL Ar S
WORTH SHIPPED TO FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES
N 1871,
Black Diamonds Now Rank Seventh
in Leading Articles 0! Transports.
ton in FOREIGN Commerce.

Black Diamonds Now Rank Seventh
in Leading Articles 0: Transporta-
ton in Foreign Commerce.
Coal exports from the United
States have trebled in value in the
last dozen years. The value of coal
passing out OF continental United
States in the year 1911 is, in round
terms, 80 million dollars, compared
! with IS million in the Immediately
preceding year. The stated value of
coal exported in the 10 months end
ing with October, 1911, is "A million
dollars. that of coke. million, max
ing total of 65 million dollars and
justifying the Bureau of Statistics of
the Department of Commerce and La
Dor in it's statement that the aggre-
gate value Of coal passing out of the
United States in the full calendar
year will approximate 80 million dol
lars.
The United States ranks third
among the coal-exporting countries
of the World, being exceeded in this
respect by the United Kingdom, and
Germany In 1910, the latest year
for which comparisons can be made,
the coal exports of the United King
dom were valued at 179 million dol
lars, those of Germany at 4O4 mil
lion those of the United States, ex-
elusive of bunker coal, As million,
and those of France. about million
dollars The exports of the United
States have grown far more rapidly,
however. than those of any Of the
countries named. Comparing the
figures of 1910 with those of 1900.
exports of coal and coke Exclusive
of bunker coaD from the United
States have increased from % to As
million dollars, or practically 100 per
cent; those of Germany increased
from IS to 104 million dollars, or 60
per cent; while those from the Unit
ed Kingdom decreased from 1873 to
179 million dollars. Those of France
show little change during the decade,
coal exports from that country hav'
ing increaser from 6 IA to 1.3 mil.
lion in the period from 1900 to 1910.
Canada is the principal destination
of the coal exported from the United
States, being credited with $15.126.
POI out of total of $15.335, 1856
worth of anthracite, and $zl 510, 604
out of a total Of $28,732,SSS worth OF
bituminous coal exported in the IL
months ending with October of the
present year. OF the other markets
for bituminous coal from the United
States the principal countries are
Cuba, Mexico and Panama. each tax
ing between 81 100000 and $1,000, OO(
worth annually. Canada is also the
largest market for our exported coke
having received last year about
three-fourths of the entire exports
while practically all the remainder
went to Mexico.
Coal now ranks seventh among the
leading articles of expectation In the
foreign commerce of the country. Sc
far as ascertainable from the y
months figures now available In the
Bureau of Statistics, the prlnci,a' n:
ticles or groups of articles exported
from the United States in the cal
endar year 1911 rank about as TO-!
lows: Cotton, about 500 million dol
liars: iron and steel, about 25o mil
| lion dollars; meat and dairy products
165 million; copper. about IS mil
| lion: wool manufactures, about 90
million, wheat AMI flour, about 81
| million, and coal, including coke. Sd
million dollars Coal in the value Of
its cxro,ts exceeds such important
bacco, :ea*:hr, agricultural !mr'e'
tments; corn, and cotton seed Oil;
while il we add to the exports 81 coal
to foreign countries the value Of that
sold for use on vessels engaged IN
| the foreign trade the total. 80 NIL
lion collars, would closely approach
that of wheat and flour, wood manu-
facturers, or copper.
Cca' exports still bear shall re.
lation to the domestic production Of
that staple. OF the total production
of anthracite and bituminous coal in
the United States last year, aggregat.
| ing $50 million long tons, about ~
million tons left the country, ID MIL
lion tons being consigned to foreign
countries and about million being
for use on vessels engaged in the
foreign trade. OF anthracite the pro-
duction last year was Is million
tons, the exports million; and or
bituminous coal the production last
wear was 372 million tons and the
exports, including the six million
tens Of bunker coal. about II million