The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-23
U. S. PRODUCES much COAL
Exports % 1-2 Million Tons Annually,
or About Per Cent. of the
Total Output

Washington. d. c., Dec. 2S.,-The
United States, which produces 40 per
cent. of the world s coal, exports an
nually 81 12 million tons, or about 3
per cent. of the output of last year, the
total export in the fiscal year being
valued at Sc million dollars, or less
than half the value of the coal exports
of the United Kingdom and slightly
less than those of Germany.
The foregoing statement summarizes
the statistics of coal exports compiled
by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, Department of Commerce,
where many inquiries regarding the
volume and distribution of our coal ex-
ports are being received.
Exports of domestic coal have
doubled during the hast decade, having
increased from S.4S2,S67 long tons in
1904 10 19.664,OS0 tons in 1914, the
latter total being with one exception
/ (191S) the largest on record. In ad
dition to the exports consigned to for
/ eign countries. domestic coal laden on
vessels engaged in foreign trade for use
as fuel amounted in 1914 TO 7.S11,913
tons and shipments TO Hawaii and
Porto Rico aggregated 133.501 tons.
making the total shipments out of
mainland ports 27,609.494 with an ag-
gregate valuation of sS5,925,001
The leading ports in the expectation
of coal are: (1) One the Great Lakes,
Cleveland, Toledo and other Ohio
points, with a total irf 1914 of 6,06S,-
600 tons; Buffalo, 4,S05,00O tons;
Ogdensburg, 1,6S5,000 tons; Roehes
ter, 1,445.000 tons; and Detroit and
other Michigan points, $4,000 tons.
E(2) On the Atlantic coast, Norfolk and
Newport News. with a total of 2,499,-
900; Baltimore, $4,000 tons. and
Philadelphia, $4,000 tons. (3) On the
Pacific coast, Seattle and Tacoma, with
a total of $4,000 tons. (H On the
| Gulf Of Mexico, New Orleans, $4,000
tons, and Mobile, 5000 tons; while
Pensacola in recent months has be
come an important handler of coal for
export, having shipped more than s.
800 tons in the two months ended 0c-
| tober 81 last. New York handles about
40 per cent. of the bunker coal entering
export trade. Norfolk and Newport
News about 10 per cent, and Philadel-
phia and Baltimore, each about ! per
cent. Considerable quantities of bunker
coal are also handled at Pensacola. NJ
bile, Boston, San Francisco. Seattle
and Tacoma.
Anthracite coal supplies about one
third of the total exports in question.
and while about so countries appear as
points of destination, Canaia is the
chief foreign market, having taken in
1914 20 1-2 million out of a little less
than . million dollars worth exported.
Bituminous coal is exported to about
40 different countries, but chiefly to
Canada, Cuba, Panama, Mexico and the
West Indies. In very recent months
Italy has become large market for
this commodity. During the four
months ended with October. 1914. ex-
ports thereto aggregated 344,141 tons
valued at S1.033,SS5, or double the
figures of the corresponding months
last year. The exports to Mexico in the
same period increased from S4,S16 tons
to 131, ,467 tons and those to Argen-
tina, Brazil and Uruguay as a whole
from 14S,643 tons to 276,576 tons.
Exports of bituminous coal to Canada
IN the four months decreased from g.
l1S,105 in 1913 to 4,701.496 those
to Cuba from 427,295 tons to 369.-
$50 tons, and those to Panama from
14O,S9S tons to SS.3S9. Other coun-
tries as whole show large increase,
from 241,642 tons in July-October,
1913, to 9S9,77S tons in like period
of the current year.