Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-10
United states is Worldss Largest Coal
 Exporter, 1s-

s.
 The United States is now the worlds largest coal exporter. Prior to the war, says 8 statement by the National City Bank of New York, we ranked third. among the. coal exporters of the world, our exports in the year immediately pre- ceding the war. having been slightly less than 20,o00,006 tons against 7s,o0o, 600 tons exported by Great Britain and ap- proximately 30,o0e,00o tons by Germany. In the eight months ending with August. 1920, the latest date for which detailed were, in round terms, 23,0e0,e00 tons while those of Great Britain were, in the same period, but 1S,375, 900 tons and those of Germany far less than those of either the United States or Great Bri- tain.
 This change which has brought the United States to the head of the list of world coal exporters, is due, adds the banks statement, both to an increase in our own exports and decrease in those of Great Britain and Germany. Our coat exports. which aggregate, in. round terms 2S.600, 900 tons in, the fiscal year 1920, were only 13,000.o tons in 1910, 19,00e,- GOO in 1914, 24,oo0,o in 1917, 26.00o,- 900 in 1918, and, as above indicated 2S.- 100000 tons in the fiscal year 1920. and seems likely to be nearly 40, ,000. 900. in 1 LHe year s151V. ilotat4 TOT the 1 latest months for which figures are | available having been practically doubled | that of the same months of the ifnmes l diately preceding year. The 1920 record 1 will probably show our total coal export ] ed about twice as great as that of any year preceding the war. All of the above I figures. it is proper to add. are Sexclu- ssiyei of bunker coal' supplied for the l rse. of vessels engaged ir the foreign e., efgn countries sts
 F There is good reason to expect con tinues sthe banks statement, that the United. States may retain perrnan er1tl5 ,i her rank as the worlds biggest coal ex iporter. Our total coal reserve" by (which is meant the quantity remaining underground within our own territoria Limits, is 40 times as much as that o Great Britain, formerly the worlds big gest exporter. and is. in fact lit. more than one half of the total coal Ire serve" of the entire world. Expert. esti
 mates of, the world stock of coal. pre-
 sented at a recent Geological Congress I held in Canada put, the world 8 tota
 eoai s.reserve,' at .7,sss,eoo.0 .000. .0oo. ton and that of the United. States alone a
 s.s3s. 900 100000: or 52 per scent. of tn
 worlds total ' Capada ranks next to tn
 United States with 1928 4.000. 300. ton
 or T. per cent or the worlds total; Chi
 na 996.ooo.0oo.oo9 tons or IA per cen of the worlds entire stock while Britis
 .'reserve' was stated at but 1s0. o8o. 900
 900 tons or ess than per cent. of tn :worTd's total 5-s
 The leading position of Great Britai
 and Germany. prior to- the war, ip tn Hist of coal exporters was largely due
 the fact that their large fleets. of con .I mercial vessels, securing the world fc
 food and manufacturing material. coul
 carry cualsat extremely low rates wfil | the fact that we have. during, the va
 greatly enlarged our commercial flee correspondingiy enlarses our power is distribution Asa consequence of tn Increased power of transportation on ot
 own part and shortage of supplies fro 2 Great Britain and Germany. our expor
 of bituminouss coal to Europe alone in Il calendar year 1920 will approximate, 10
 000.000 tons against less than 100000 tons .ins the year immediately precedir the war; and to South America, wtic
 formerly drew it's coal from Eurvpe. q ? exports wifi be. about 3.000,o00 tons :. the calendar year 1920 as against ha
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