The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-05-10

tuOse Ol any previous month, ana 81
per cent greater than the March ship
ments in 1911.
The bituminous coal movement in
the east during the first quarter of the
present year as reported by eleven
leading roads amounted to S6,S1S. sos
short tons. as compared with 29,Ol9.-
IA short tons during the first quarter
of 1911, S1,773,O43 short tons during
the same period in 1910 and 2S,7O1 .S59
short tons in 1909. The coastwise
shipments from the five principal At
lantic seaports amounted to 6,563. Ali
long tons during the first quarter of
1912. as compared with 6,3SO,41S long
tons during the same period in 1911
and 6.SO7 ,4OS long tons in 1910. OF
the total eoastwise shipments for the
first quarter of 1912, 2,S41, ,152 long tons
were shipped from New York, 92S. 1907
long tons from Philadelphia, S91 ass
long tons from Baltimore, CIT, 1873 long
tons from Newport News and 1 ,225, 1863
long tons from Norfolk. The figures
for New York and Norfolk show a
marked increase when compared with
the same period in 1911 and Newport
News shows a slight increase, while
Philadelphia and Baltimore each show
a decrease in the coastwise shipments
Of coal from those pogts.
River Movement: The river move
ment of coal, on the other hand, shows
a much smaller volume during the
first three months of 1912 than during
the corresponding period in 1911. The
shipments by way of the Monongahela
River during that period in 1912, q
105,610 short tons, were much smaller
than during the same period in 1911,
2,9S8,513 short tons. A de-
cided decrease is also noted in the
coal movement by way of Davis Is
land Dam, namely, 345,245 short tons
in the first quarter of 1912, as COM
pared with 1,293,540 short tons during
the same period in 1911, by way of the
canal and falls of the Ohio River at
Louisville from 642,02S short tons in
1911 to 304,S44 short tons in 1872 and
by way of the Kanawha River from
40S,7S0 short tons in 1912 to 257, $40
short tons in 1911. The river move
ment during the month of March, 1912,
taken as whole, however, shows a
slight increase when compared with
the movement in March of the preced-
ing year. The falling off in the Jan
uary and February river movement Of
coal is probably due to the severe
winter which caused a longer and more
extensive suspension of river naviga-
tion than usual
Exports and Imports: The exports
Of coal, while constituting but small
part of the commercial coal product,
show material increase during the
first three months of the present year,
namely, from 2,174,121 long tons in
1911 to 2.336,014 long tons in 1912 in
the case of bituminous. and from $685.
29f long tons in 1911 to 73O,S21 long
tons of anthracite in 1912. This in
crease in the exports of coal, however,
occurred mainly in the. month of March
the exports of bituminous coal, 973,096
long tons, having been 35 per cent
greater than and the anthracite ex-
ports more than double those in March
1911. This increase in the bituminous
coal exports has been mainly in the
to South America and trans
Atlantic countries and to the West
indies other than Cuba. The increase
IN the anthracite coal exports has been
mainly in the shipments to Canada
which in March. 1912, were more than
iouble the exports i'll March, 1911. The
imports of coal during the first three
months of 1912, 364,O64 long tons,
show falling off when compared with
hose of the same period in 1911,
namely, 426,259 long tons. The bulk
If the coal imports came from Can
ida, namely 316,759 long tons, or 81
percent of the total coal imports dur
ng the first three months of 1912.
1t will be observed from the above
hat the coal trade of the United States
S practically all domestic and that
he coal which is exported or import
I'd may be regarded as mainly neigh
oorhood trade, that is, commerce with
contiguous foreign countries. The in
,rease in exports during March, 1912.
nay be attributed in part to the labor
disturbances in the coal mining in
lustry of some of the European coun-
ries.