Show WORLDS COAL PRODUCTION COMPILED BY GOVERNMENT In a report recently published by the United States geological survey an ad advance advance advance vance chapter from Mineral Minerai Resources of the United States Calendar Year 1907 1900 E W Parker the coal expert and chief chier statistician of the survey estimates the worlds production of coal for 1907 1901 at 1 short tons of which the Unit United United ed d States furnished per cent The following table from Mr Parkers larkers report showing the production of the principal countries for the year nearest the one under review for which figures could be obtained gives the de details details details tails of his estimate For sake of con convenience convenience convenience in comparison the quantities as reported have been reduced to short tons of 2000 2001 OCo pounds each Short Tons United States 1907 Great Britain 1907 Germany German 1907 1901 r 1907 France 1907 Belgium 1907 Russia and Finland 1906 Japan 1907 India 1906 Canada 1907 New South Wales 1907 19 11 Spain 1906 Transvaal 1907 1007 New Zealand 1906 1 06 Natal 1903 1905 Mexico 1906 Queensland 1907 Holland 1906 Italy Ital 1906 Sweden 1906 1996 Victoria 1906 Cape Colony 1906 1006 Tasmania 1907 1007 Other countries Total I Percentage of or the United States 9 It will be observed that in 1907 the Unit United United United ed States produced 60 GO per cent more coal than Great Britain and over oer per cent more than Germany Exclusive of Great Britain the United States produced in 1907 1900 more coal than all the other coun countries countries countries tries of the world combined It may also be noted that more than 98 per cent of the total worlds production of coal Is from countries north of the equator coun countries countries countries tries south of that line producing less than tons annually Mr Ir Parker also presents a table show showing showing ing In the growth of the coal mining indus industry try in the th United States Stats since IStl 1811 s in comparison with that of other countries of the world from f om which it appears that during the period of ot years the per percentage percentage percentage of the total produced by bythe bythe bythe the United States has increased from 1432 to and that since 1899 1599 this country has lias held first place among amon the countries It now stands far In Inthe Inthe inthe the lead of or all others having so far out outdistanced outdistanced distanced Great Britain that that coun country country I try no longer can be considered a rival rial I although It Is only nine years since it was supplanted by bJ the United States as asI the greatest country of the I world I |