The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-09-12
America Gould Well Afford TO Export
Even Great Tonnage Asserts
Official
WORLDWIDE aHORTAGE or g..
100000 TONG, HE SAYS
All Europe Demanding Cosl-'We
Are Not lnJurina Some oon-
sumore In Satisfying t."
Declares Witness

Wa@nia8COn'--(Sp Especial -Amer1Cau
coal producers, seeking to relieve
worldwide shortage. are not sending
coal abroad Ia sufficient volume to
deprive the American consumer. in
tho opinion OF 8, X, Saint. head of
the shipping boards export depart.
msat, wttuess before the senate sub
committee. conducting an inquiry into
the coal situation, headed by Senator
Frelinghuyaen. Of New Jersey
Mr.. Saint submitted TO che commit.
toe che shipping boards official esti.
mate Of the extent Of the worldwide
coal shortage, totalling Ga, 4ea, 900 tons,
most Of which, Il made up, he said,
presumably must be made up by the
United States" Exclusive Of ship.
ments to Canada. the United States Ia
exporting GOAL, he said, at tho rate Of
about 100000 toms o year. This 10
Q little more than one per cent OF the
total amount OF bituminous coal pro-
duced Ia the country for q year. 40.
ooedin6 10 Mr, Saints figures Canada
Will need cboat 1o,SSS.oo0 tons; France
17,OO0,000 tons Belgium ia,o00, 900
cons, which may DO reduced later, a.
Belgium 10 rapidly restoring her
mines; The Netherlands 100000
tona: China s.as6. 900 tons; Italy S,oo~,.
900 toun; Sweden, Norway and other
countries, many miliiona more. To
help saUply ths needs at these a0A
other countries, Mr. Saint stated, tina
shipping board has aitocased to the
coal trade 1o& Amerioan ships of ESQ.,.
SD deadweight toms az follows: In
the Swedish trade S6.111 tons: to
Switzerland and The Netherlands 1885,
sSS tons: to Denmark 1000 tons; It.
ally 106.50S tons; France 1SS,SSO tons:
South America 207,512 tons. There
was included in these figures, he said,
100,661 tons In the ooastwise or New
England trade, which would have to
be deducted from the total tonnage,
leaving approximately $4,000 tons
engaged in the overseas transporta.
ton of coal.
These figures represented only
shipping board vessels. he said, OF
about thirty per cent Of the total.
The export coal trade so far thia
year" Mr.. Saint said, It's running
little behind the export trade OF last
year, owing t. the dropping down OF
the Canadian trade. But the foreiRn
trade has increased over last year. BY
the time this year is up we will have
exported. think. about 1000. 900
tons" 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 OK.
porting nation Of the world England's
inability to produce coal In pre-war
quantities, he thought. was primarily
responsible for the increased demand
on the bituminous coal producers of
the United States.
Her exports have dropped from
100000 tons OF coal a year." he
said. TO 100000 tons. It was the
understanding that England was to
take care Of the italian situation, II
believe that conclusion was reached
In Parts during the economic confer.
snce there. But MngIand has radi.
cally failed tn take care % the Ital.
ian situation. Italian imports Of coal
before the war were 100000 tons
annually. Last year England sent II.
ally 100000 toms and this year. I'D
TO date, she is doing very little bet.
ter. This leaves from 100000 to s..
100000 tons TO be supplied Italy by
other nations, and we are practically
the only nation that can supply her
that COAL"
Are we relieving England at our
expenses" Senator FrsIinghuysen
asked
III you mean expense in the sense OF
taking coal that should so to our own
people," replied Mr.. Saint. 81 do not
believe that sufficient coal Is going
abroad to particularly injure our do
mestic situation. II you look at our
foreign shipments az a DEVELOPMENTS
OF legitimate foreign trade, which
viii mean a very great deal to this
country In future years. think we
can we'll send what we are sending
now, and considerably more, abroad
at this time" Mr.. Saint said that I'VE
are trying to distribute our tonnage
equitably among the countries that
need coal /"