The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-19
SHORTAGE Of COAL
CERTAIN IN SPITE
OF LARGE OUTPUT
Sixty Million Tons Must
Be Saved Somehow
Before Next April.
PRICE 70 HOLD
Skip-Stop Car Schedules
and Shutting Down of
Non-Essentials Will
Help.
P RICE T O HOLD


Washington. Aug. is.-Not even
the most drastic restrictions and
closest economies Will prevent
coal shortage next winter, IL Is
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The loss Of production for he
week of August 10 which is fairly
representative of the conditions gen
orally from week 10 week. is attrih-
uted as follows; Car shortage, IS per
cent; labor shortage, inelud ne
strikes. !. per cent, mine disability
all other causes. Is per cent
The production of anthracite
which is used for domestic consump'
ton, also shows slight decrease. au'
there is little likelihood that II will oil
exceed for the year the production oil
last year,
Last year. the United States con
sumed $40, goo, 600 net tons of coal
100, coo, 600 of anthracite and 55o,oo 90
900 OF hituminons, and the production
for that consumption was so.eo0.ooo
tons more for the year than ever had
been produced annually before in ths
United states. This year there must
he produced at least 7sS oo0.o 900 net
tons to meet the estimated require
ments to date and these requirements
are increasing with no prospect OF ap-
preciable pruning, no prospects of sui
ffciently increased production ana only
the prospect of cutting off coal from
the less essential consumers in part
or entirely, that the war work may
go on.
The war industries board estimf ties
for steel needs alone for government;
work total of 100000 tons 81
hituminous coal. at least nth OF tbs
total consumption of bituminous Goa
last year, based on the American
war needs for 22,000.oo0 tons of steel
each ton of steel requiring Ave tons Of
coal for its complete MANUFACTURING
and transportation.
While the need increases. the deffcr
increases On July 20, following the
record week of production OF July ID
there was deficit of $4,000 tons
week, or 1851 900 tons total. In or
der to make up the total then ther'
would have had to be Production
OF i2.4T2,000 net tons weekly tor the
rest of the coal year. Now the re
quired weekly production to meet th'
deficit would have 10 be la,b0e,oot
net tons
1t Is not possible to obtain from
this years increased production com
pared with last year more than hal
the deficit between last years produc
ton and this years estimated re
quirements'
The general prosperity OF inuus
tries md employment of labor mus