El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-02
* TAsHINGTON} d. g, Feb- 2
NJ The age Of muscle fighting

~ TASHiNGDONa d. c. Feb q
M The age Of muscle fighting
has passed The age Of ma
chine lighting has begun. This war
is being waged by machinery, and in
machine fighting the greatest Of as
sets is coal The war is not confined
10 the battlefield For every soldier
sent 10 the front there are 10 behind
the lines. They are TO be found in
our steel mills. our machine shops,
our munitions factories and In the
many other great Industries which
give MS our supplies Al OF lue@e are
based upon coal, and il wars are 70
continue and nation IS TO ught 10 the
death AGAINST nation, the nation that
viii finally survive is the one mat
has the most coal
on that basis let us see where We
stand. In order 90 give you the best
information I have gone over the SIT
nation with the experts OF the Luei
administration and the geological sur
vey They have been study ing the
resources Of the United states. and
can tell Us just where we stand. They
know about every coal field IN Eu-
rope. and they know about all the
coal deposits en- this big, round earth
d. :. Has Haif Of " orld's Coal-
ACcoldlug 20 estimates made by
the international geological congress
which met in Toronto, Canada. JUST
before the war began. the whole
world has altogether just about 5000
billion tons Of coal and OF that the
United States has more than one half
Three f0urths Of all the coal upon
earth is TO be found in the North
American continent. and the bulk Of
that outside the United States belongs
TO our Canadian allies IleE have
Just about one fourth as much as We
have. The continent OF Europe has
only one sixth as much coal as North
America and only about one fifth as
much as our country The whole OF
Asia has only one third as much coal
as We have, and Australasia and Az
RIGA put together have less than one
sixteenth o. the coal reserves Of the
United States
ID win thus be seen that as far as
coal is concerned we could uent the
whole world and have billions " tons
OF fuei left after the supplies or all
the other nations have been ex-
hausted Dr. Charles G. Gilbert,
curator OF the bureau Of mineral
technology of the national museum
Of VI ashingtou, has prepared graph
ic coal exhibit of the resources OF
the United States and the world lie
has made blocks showing the pro-
portionate amount Of coal in the va
rious countries, and it rejoices one = :
soul TO see how our great block could
swallow lnat Of any other country
on earth and leave "a vast space
around the edges
The whole is practical llustra-
tion of our industrial future. 1t
shows than North America for the
next few thousand odd years must be .
The Industrial center OF The world, and F.
that the United States must forever {
be the heart Of that center. AS for
tAe coal famine OF today, that is q
temporary matter. 1t is due TO not /
getting the coal out OF the ground, 4
and The war troubles Ga placing il IN I
tie hands of the consumer
Coal Reserves OF the World.
Fol those who can comprehend fig
ures j give herewith, in round num-
beers, in billions Of tons, & table pre-
pared by The congress have refer
red to- showing how the coal prOduc-
Ing countries of the world stand as I
% their coal reserves This table is z
not made up by United States au-
ihoriues- II comes from the Eeologi- I
cal experts Of every country. and that 4
in congress assembled. 1t may be .
relied upon as correct
Short tons.
Omitted States including
.Als-za -----.-.--..--..-ses1 . 000 0a0. 900
Car4lz ----..-.. 500. 600. 600. coo
CHINA --------- ---------.1. os-, 600 600 Gee
Germany ------ --------- 4ff. G0a. coo 00a
Great stain and I--.and. EOS 600 0Ge 600
siberia ------ ----.------. Igl-e10. 000. Geo
australia -----. --------- $4,000 Goe ego
India --------- ---------- s7.oo0.990.o99
Russia lu Europe Gf.HD9. 10e. coo
Union OF south Africa 5l-o0a.0oe.ee3
Aus-ria ----.---- -..--..- 1900. Q00. 600
colombo -.------- --.... 5000 goo GOO
InLo-Clinl .---.. $500. -2-0f8-10o. go9
France --------- 1900. 1g. 1aJ.0 oTGl9
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