Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-07
CeA Production in the United State.
 and the World.

Recent developments in the coal fn- dusry in the United States lend interest to some figures of coal production and consumption presented by the Trade Record of the National City Bank of New York. They show that the United States which has more than one-half ot, the underground coal of the world sup piled 42 1-2 per cent of the worlds coal output from the beginning of the war to the end of 1920 as against an annual average of about 3S per cent in the years preceding the war. In 1921, however, with the big fall off in our own output, we supplied but about 40 per cent of the worlds coal production, though in the immediately preceding year. 1920. our share of world production was l5 per cent.
 The United States, Great Britain. Germany, France. Czecho-Eiovakia. Japan, Belgium, India, China, Aus tralia and South Africa. are. in the or der named, the chief coal producers and the countries here named normally supply approximately nine-tenths of the worlds coal output Our supremacy in this line is illustrated by the fact that our own output in 1920 was more than that of the three next largest pro- ducers of coal in the world. Great Brit ain, Germany and France. their 1929 output having aggregated but 510.0oo.- 900 tons. while our own output in that year was 5s3, 3,o0o,0o0. Even in 1921. in which year our output fell to the low est point since 1909. our total output vaa about equal to that of the three chiet rivals above named. though this was due in part to the unusually low output of Great Britain in 1921.
 The big increase in our coal production dftpf7 ho 900. 900 tons in 1914 to 6OsOO0 900 in 1918, was accompanied by great fn- creases in our coal exports They totaled. including bunker coal supplied 10 vessels in the foreign trade. in the fiscal year 1914. all of which preceded the war, s7. 50o. 900 tons valued at $s6.o0o. 900. and in the fiscal year 1921, 49 0oo. 900 tons. val ued at sl35. 100000. While there was of course big fall off in our coal exports in the fiscal year 1922. a5 was the case In the exports of all classes of merchandise. the value of the exports of coal in the year ending June 30. 1922 is about 50 per cent greater than that of the year preced- 1 ing the war. Our total exports Of coal | Cincluding bunSer) since the beginning of the war have exceeded billion dollars ir value.
 World coal production in 1921, adds the banks statement. aggregated about | 1.12e 900 900 metric tons against 1881. 100000 in 1918. and 1.5l2. poo 900 in 1913. | Our own production in 1921 was Al .l7s 900 long tons against 5ss. .s55. 900 in 1920,
 e05.54s.o 900 In 1918, and 50s.se5.00o in | 1913. Our share of world production fn
 1913 was ss.s per cent in 1918 4s.4 per
 cent, in 1920 45.l per cent. and in 1891
 approximately 70 per cent The 1921 out | put by principal countries is. United
 States 900. United Kingdom 1e5
 100000. Germany 136. 1000. 900 tons O.
 coal and 122. 900. 900 tons of Ignite
 France 2s.250. 900 tons of coal and about | 1,ooo. 900 tons of Ignite. exclusive Of abou' | 1o,ooo. 900 tons mined in the Saar Basir
 in Germany in which France was giveT
 under the Treaty of Versailles the excfu. sive right of ccal production during
 term of years. The low production ir
 the United Kingdom in 1891 C1s5.0oo. .ool tons against z5o 900 900 In the preceding 1 year) was due to the suspension Of coa mining during three months of 1s.1- Il The existing underground coal supple.
 of the world, or 'reserYes' as they Er called by the geologists. were estimate, by a World Geological Congress vhicl , met In Canada in 1913. at 1887 .2s5.ooo 900 metric tons. of which that of the Uni
 ted States was put at s.sss. ss7 600: 900. or about 52 per cent of the total Canada at 1.a5l,2ss. 900 900: China sss 5sT. 900 GOO: Germany (in 1si5) l2s. .5st ooo, ,0oo;: and the United Kingdom 1Ss , 553.ooo,ooo. Nearly all of the known coa of the world lies north of the equator the statements of the Geological Congres , above referred to giving to the souther
 hemisphere less than five per cent of th known coal reserve of the world. thong
 in, the opinion of experts this share c the southern hemisphere will be ma . terially increased by further explora . ton and discoveries.
 : While the quantity of coal turned or 5 from the mines of the United States sine } the beginning of coal mining cent1Ir 5 ago is about 1l.00o. 100000 tons. it Is. ei . timated by the Geological Survey ths . approximately es per cent of the origini f supply Is still available. while, as sboy : indicated, our known coal reserve is abo1 r 52 per cent of that of the entire wori 0 Coal consumption in the United Stat' ' averages. for the entire year. over or s million tons per day.
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