The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-09-25
SAYS .s.CQAL
!, EXPORTS Will.
If q. a: z " Il II
NOT stint !. S.
Anne rica Gould -Avsll Afford q
I. Export Even /! ! ! Greater 6 Ton.
| mage, Asserts Official.
WORLD DIVIDE SHORTAGE OF
$1,000, 600 tons, ne SAYS.
AL Europe Demanding coaI- Ars
Not injurino Home Consumers il
satisfying 4, Declares
3 IL Witness. IN Iss
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AS .58 III 81 Witness. .s5s3s "
Washington. Spe cial) American
coal producers, seeking to relieve q
worldwide shortage, are not sending
coal abroad IN sufficient. volume to
deprive the American consumer, in
the opinion of II. y, Saint, head Of
the shipping boards export depart
ment, as witness before the senate
sub committee conducting an inquiry
into the coal sltuatio headed by
Senator Freiingh Uysen of New Jersey:
/. |. Mr.. Saint submitted to the commit
tee the shipping boards official esti-
mate of the tttent ssof the worldwide
coal shortage, totallng 81, 1863, 600 tons.
most Of which, ii made up, he said,
presumably must be made up: by the
United States Exclusive OF II ship
ments to Canada, the United States
is exporting coal, he said, ut the rate
Of about I, 0OO, 600 tons, a year. This
is q little more than 4 per cent Of the
total amount Of bituminous coal prod
uct in the country for q year. 81
According to Mr.. Saints figures,
Canada viii need about 1858, 900
tons; France, ~, COZ, 900 tons; Bel
GUM, 12,M,OOO tons, which may be
reduced later, as Belgium is rapidly,
restoring her mines the Netherlands,
{, OO0, OO0: tons China, 8, 135, 900 tons;
Italy ZOO, COO tons; Sweden, Norway
and other countries many millions
more. To help supply the needs Of
these and other countries, Mr.. Saint
stated, the shipping board had al
lotted to the coal trade 1914 American
ships Of 929,6S4 lightweight tons as
follows: In the Swedish trade, IS, Ill
tons to Switzerland and the Neither
lands, 235, 633 tons; to Deamark, 600
tons Italy, lO5, SOB tons; France, 1885,
$50 tons South America, 2O7 $50 tons.
There was included in these figures,
he said, los, 1861 tons in the coastwise
or New England trade, which would
have to be deducted from the total
tonnage, leaving approximat ely $685.
GOO tons engaged In the overseas
transports alton OF coal. II N 5 n n.
These figures represented only ship
ping board vessels, he ssaid. or about
80 per cent, of the total. u a; Il s5
."The export coal trade so far this
year., Mr.. Saint said, is running b
little behind the export trade Of last
year, owing to the dropping down OF
the Canadian trade. But the foreign
trade has Increased over last year.
BY the time this year is up we vii:
have exported, I think, about Z, 600 90
tons II Il. II "a Sis s
n. So great was the dearth Of coal
abroad, Mr., Saint asserted, that de-
mand had come from practically every
European country, including the Brit
ish Isles, heretofore the chief coal
exporting nation Of the world. Eng
lands inability to produce coal in pre-
war quantities, he thought, was pri-
marily resi- Onsible for the Increased
demand on the bitumin6us coal pro-
ducers Of the United States. :.s
Her exports have dropped from
77,OOO,O 900 tons of coal year, u he
said, ito $4,000 600 tons. It was the
understanding that England was to
take care Of the Italian situation. /
believe that conclusion was reached in
Paris during the economic conference
there. But England has radically
failed to take care Of the Italhn stu
alton. Italian imports of coal before
the war were 40. OOQ, 600 tons annually.
Last year England sent Italy 4, 600 700
tons, and this year, up to date, she is
doing very little better. This, leaves
! from COO. COO tons to 5, 600, 600 tons to
be supplied Italy by other nations and
wesare practic ally the only ma ton that
can supply her that. coal ''s "a
.s'.Are We relieving England at our
expense ~ Senator Freiinghuysen
asked. IF you mean expense in the
sense Of taking coal that should go to
our own people, replied Mr.. Saint, II
do not believe that sufficient coal Is
going abroad to parti cularly injnre
our domestic situation. Il you look
at our foreign shipments as q develop
ment Of d legitimate. foreign trade,
which; will mean u very great deal to
this country in future years, ! think
we can well send what we are send
ing now, and consid erably more,
abroad at this time. !" t.s &3sI.
Mr.. Saint said that eve IRE trying to
distribute our toniHlg equitably among
the countries that need coal. q
Saved After Twelve Years.
Altoona, Pail gh-priced china.
ware, rings, pieces OF silverware and
other articles Of value which wfthstO0d
the flames when department store
ION one Of the most promient corners
in the. business district was destroyed
by fire IL years ago. are being recov-
cred from the ruins during the excaya.
ton work for q new business block. a
whole unopened barrel of china dishee'
was recovered, only z few on ths tor
being broken