The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-09-10
SAYS U. S. COAL
. EXPORTS WILL
NOT stint US
anGrlsa Could We'll Afford TO Expert
EISn arsat Tonnage Asserts
Official
WORLDWIDE 0hoATAoE OF e.
100000 tons, HI 0AYa
All Europe Demanding CeaI-"Ws
Are Not InIurIns Come Con-
0unnOrS In Satisfying L."
Declares Witness
WORLDWIDE OhoHTAoE OF a.
100000 TONG, HI 0AYs

coal producers, seeking TO relieve q
worldwide shortage, are not sending
coal abroad In sufficient volums 70
deprive the American consumer, tr
The opinion OF q. T. Saint, head Of
the shipping boards export depart.
nsnt, witness before the senate sub.
committee, conducting a. inquiry into
The coal situation, headed by Senator
Ersl!nghuyssn. Of New Jersey.
Mr.. Saint submitted 70 the commit
toe the shipping boards official est.
mate Of the extent Of the worldwide
coal shortage. totalling ea,4es, 900 tons,
most Of which, Il made UP, he said,
presumably must DO made up by the
United States" Exclusive Of ship
msnts 70 Canada, the United States 30
exporting coal, no said. &C the rate OF
about 100000 tons O year. This 10
. little more than one per cent Of the
total amount Of h!tum1noUs coal pro.
Guced In the country FOR d year. 40.
sording to Mr.. Saints figures Canada
will need about 1855. 900 tons; France
100000 tons; Belgium 100000
tons, which may be reduced later. 40
Belgium 10 rapidly restoring her
mines: The Netherlands 5000, 900
tons; China a.10S, 900 tons; Italy 5000.
900 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 has allocated to the
coal trade 1914 American ships Of sas,.
COZ lightweight tons 60 follows. In
the Swedish trade sB,1l1 tons; to
Switzerland and The Netherlands 1885,.
eSS tons; to Denmark 1000 tons; II
ally 106.60S tons; France 1Ss.Sso tong;
South America 2o7,612 tons. There
was included In these figures. he said
103,6e1 tons In the coastwise or New
England trade, which would have DC
be deducted from the total tonnage
leaving approximately $4,000 tons
engaged In the overseas transports
ton Of coal.
These figures represented onlS
shipping board vessels, he said, O,
about thirty per cent Of the total.
1.-THE export coal trade 30 far this
year." Mr.. Saint said, rs running @
little behind the export trade Of last
year, owing t. the dropping down O,
the Canadian trade. But the foreign
trade has increased over last year. b
the time this year IL up we will have
exported, think, about 1000, 00(
tons" SO great was the dearth OF Goa
abroad, Mr.. Saint asserted, that do
mand had come from practically ever,
European country, including the Brit
ish Isles, heretofore the chief coal ex
porting nation Of the world England'I
inability to produce coal in prevail
quantities, he thought, was primartl.
responsible for the increased demant
on the bituminous coal producers d
the United States.
Her exports have dropped from
100000 tons Of coal a year." ht
said, ito 100000 tons. It was tn,
understanding that England was Il
take care Of the Italian situation.
believe that conclusion was reached
in Paris during the economic confer
enoe there. But England has radi
cally failed e. take care Of the Ital
Ian situation. Italian imports Of Goa
before the war were 100000 tom
annually. Last year England sent II
ally 100000 tons and this year, NJ
to date, she 10 doing very little BET
ter. This leaves from 100000 to g.
100000 tons to be supplied Italy b.
other nations, and we are PRACTICAL.
the only nation that can supply he
that coal"
Are we relieving England at GU
expense?" Senator Frelinghuysel
asked.
"If you mean expense in the sense o
taking coal that should go to our owl
people," replied Mr.. Saint, Il do no
believe that sufficient coal is gotnl
abroad to particularly injure our dc
nestle situation. IL you look at on
| foreign shipments as a development
Of a legitimate foreign trade, which
will mean a very great deal to thi
country In future years. l think w
can we'll send what we are sendinI
now, and considerably more, abroat
at this time Mr. Saint said that w
are trying TO distribute our tonnag
F.! equitably among the countries tina
| need coal"