The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
HALF IF THE COAL MINED IS WASTED Dr. J. A. Holmes Issues a Startling Statement OTHER LOSSES HEAVY Manufactures Comprised Two Thirds
 of Exports of Domestic Prpd-
 nets in .Inly-Cotton Pro- daction Is Increased
OTHER LOSSES HEAVY

| Washington August 3l.--Of production of 50o,000,000 tons of coal in tile United States in the last year, 25oO0),000 tons were either wasted or left underground. prob ably unfit for future use. according to a statement today by pr. Joseph X. Holmes, director of the United States bureau Of mines. Tn addition to this startling state ment pr, Holmes declared thai psers Of ccal. through faulty methods, derived only about 10 per cent of the energy of coal used. Furthermore. he added, thc .oss by
 waste in other minerals. such as xlnc.
 nitrogen, potash. sulphur and natural gas, would reach into the hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Director Holmes based his declaration
 on an exhaustive rspoft just made hS
 Charles L. Parsons. chief immoral chemist
 of the bureau. who points out some of the
 heaviest annual losses as follows: Two hundred ana fifty million tons of
 coal.
 More natural gas than now is manu.. factured.
 Ninety per cent or the energy of coal consumed. stsl By antlquatcd coke making methods
 $40, ,O09,O00.
 Nine million tons of sulphur,e acid from smelters' chimncys. These losses are only the beginning Of the enormous drains of the covrtty's nat ural resources, Mir. Parsons contends. The loss of nitrogen, he says,, is 'inconceiv- able" whiie millions of dollars literally Ego up in smoke through loyscs tol |. sulphur arsenic and bislnnth rom tres factory chimney and the fiue Of she home. Officials of the bureau, however. aie hopeful for strides towards rsform. AI-'
 ready, they say remedial laws fctersl stste and municipel, afe BrIikinR about better understanding df tho tistlstsop. t Manufactures Exports Heavy Washington, August s3ls--1(anuiactures. comprised virtually two-thirds of the. to-l
 tai exports of domestic products from the United States in July and more than
 one-half of these ending with the seven IT onths ending July | Figures compiled by the department of statistics of the bureau of foreign and domestic com - ufactures rcudy for consumption valued
 at S6l J00.OJ0 against $lS. O00,0O0 in July
 1s11 Manufactures exported for further
 use. in manufactrfns reached total
 value of $S5,g5o.0o0 agai1st $S,0tO00o ins July. 1911. For the seven months ending
 with July exports of manufactures ready for consumption were vaisietl }4:J,S33, ,gD,1 {. eainst Ss5l, ,sa:. .0G0 for the, corresponding space last year. Manitfacturcx fU furth- CT use In manuficturinK reached q total xuIue of sH2.NNCaD s0cAinst $itS.25o. .000 in the same months i:i 1eI1.
 Imports of ranufacturers material show marked gain over 1911, the xal1e Q, crude materials, Import ted in Ju)x for use in manufacturing beIng N1.569,6D aedip<t ss7 HndD1 in. July 1911. n MI ' H /. 6aiiufactureA Tor further use In m6uu ffecturlng totaiIed e2S 750.09o In valtte. .43 increase Of more than S3DQD.OVj over thc rnme period n 1911. Total Gotten Csop
 ! New orleans. August n.--1'he lotai pros duction of cotton in the Uf1;tsd 8tatBS for the commercial year ending totay was 16. 138, s9; bnles, an lncrease over ias9s year of A1o633f. aa increaHe over vear. beforc Iost of s631. .71 and au in:roase' over 1sas-le!S of a12.o69 occordiag to nN nrcs compiled U|dsy by t9loael n. o.. yyester. secretary cf tl44 N&w Qt3oaiaAs
 SoSshsln ssS sns s's" se".'e;susutiop xas sssSt sf any previous year. n kF<oo peinG uecd by tho esslthet5 1(llf J3ll1 ex~S cced1d Inst yonf<s 1o&nl tjk ;ls1 : isp)eS | 1sli &oS is excoHa 0f the ldork1 V IT 1 ldxal cospfl0j 0jllon wtlkh vas ~ l,1 Gass1py liss1sv's sanpe! eslAs r' ! mex Nu1ft tNs1n6ee s5l@e( Irp4e 21| 51|I I>9l1 enJl m ~ef><'h acllp(,11