New-York tribune., 1917-12-24
Production for Week End.
ed Dec. Is Approach..
Low Record Mark
Cars Are Still Lackin.
Roads Handle More Th,.
Ever, but Transportation F..
ci!ities Remain Inadequat.
lStaf CorTesp0ndenesl

"AShlNIION, Dec. 23.--PrOdses,.
Of bituminous coal fell during !.
week Of December Is 20 the o.
point this year, and nearly as Ion :.
the lowest production recorded in Ia.
according TO figures made publ. !,
the Geological Survey here TO-DAY =.
reason advanced for the reduced a..
duction is zero weather and a b,,,
fall of snow impeding railroad tr,s.
and surface operations at the nis.,
The survey figures show that tie ave-,
age daily production OF coal (ineluSt,.
that made into cokeJ for the u.,'
ended December 10 was l,402,59l IA,
The lowest mark reached before a..
the first OF June was l,63s.5l3 to-
daily in the week ended Augus, IA !.
the time OF the coal strikes in Illirs''
and the Southern Appalachisns.
The production o. beehive COX. M,
also adversely affected, declining pi
per cent during the week. The ,s,,l
output for the week is estimated ).
53S,134 net tons. Anthracite a..
ments fell of 22 per cent.
Transportation Lacking
"a study Of these figures will n.
veal" states the survey, "that d,
dominant factor limiting production &
lack Of transportation. As long Al 5,
soft coal mines Of the country are h,
from one-seventh % one-ifth 0, d,
time, because there are no cars q. d,
tipple, more laborcrs could ada bvt
little TO the output. II should. Low.
ever, be remembered that the railrui,
are already carrying more coal er
ever before in the history Of the cc.,.
try. The production Of bitunin..,
coal during the month Of November
was, with one exception. the laryes, /,
any one month in the history Of bits.
minous coal mining in America.
"A preliminary estimate places tss
output at 47,747,000 net tons. Jans.
airy, 1917. recorded 47,7ss,0O0 tons, b,
in 26 working days, as against 2si
for November.
THE average production per workir,
day during the month was i,s72.s.
tons. as compared with l,757,336 tos,
in October. The November rate IA,
been exceeded only once in the hs.
two years, when, in February, 1915, q,
average production per working tiy
rose to l,SS2,T7l tons.
"The cumulative production frs-
January 1 20 November 80, 1917, eazs
within $4,000 tons Of equalling he
entire 1915 output. Up TO November
30, 1917. the country is estimated %
have produced 2,O9i 600 tons n,
entire output Of the year 1916 vas
502.5l9.000 tons. The country may itss
be said 20 be one month ahead Of Is
1916 performance. II the present ne
of production be maintained the .oial
output for 1917 will better the recs's
of 1916 by per cent.
"Coincident with this increased A.
tivity in the bituminous industry a !
whole, the production OF beehive eess
reached the lowest figure gecOrtt.
since February. The total output .,
beehive coke during November is tsa'
mated as 2.653.96l net tons, as eos'
pared with 2.902,556 tons during u,
preceding month. The months prods''
ton was $4,000 tons less than in d,
corresponding month OF 1916
Enormous Demand for Coal
DR.. Harry A. Garfield, national fss.
administrator, in announcing natio'i
"Tag-Your-Shovel Day" to-day isssei
the following statement:
"The United States is mining re-
ord breaking amount Of coal in an a.
tempt to supply the record breaking e.
mand caused by the war.
"Coal is the great force behind ~
men in the trenches; beside the bstsl''
ships, the transports. the munlilon
factories and the railroads. The VA
demands hitherto unheard OF anoaa'
of coal. The fuel administrator
doing its utmost TO supply this etnsi'
gency demand. Through the adls,F
ment of labor troubles at the mine u,
increase of the available number .,
coal cars and the speeding up Of 60.
transportation, the fuel administrsuo'
is endeavoring to supply army ana ns'l
needs and TO keep factories runhins
and homes warm.
THE miners are doing their paf' y
aid the fuel administration. Iney az
mining more coal than ever oeio''
The overburdened railroads are grsp
ping with the problem Of Transports
this unusual quantity OF coal IN see.
tion TO the great amount Of war ire's''
which is congesting their lines.
50,O00,OOO Extra Tons OF Coal
"As o result of all Of these esor'
an extra million carloads Of cog ns,' ~.
been mined this year. This Is sV'Vos,
600 tons more coal than has ever ees. ~.
mined before in any yeas in the nis''''
of the United States. -
"We need another million cariosss
IL is a physical impossibility 70 y.
duce this additional amount AZ o1sl
1t must be saved from the eosi
ready available.
"The American people are askse !, =
do their part in this emergency
saving shoyelful by shoyelful IN E -,
tory and home this additional eoai |"
war needs. =.
January 80, 1918. has been 8" :
national 'Tage -Your-Shovel Day T \. -
United States fuel administration
that day school children will ts u. Z.
bearing instructions for ioal saViAs[ = .
every coal shovel in the country. -
tag should remind each man. va. n.
and child who uses a coal shoyel
every shovelful Of coal saved ne. II,