Show T COAL AND COMMERCE The threatened famine of coal in Eu Europe Europe rope nay i have a decided influence on the th market in time tm affecting not only he price of coal col itself but the cost of ot tides in the manufacture ff ef t which this his fuel is an an im 1 t factor Sc nl has h been speculating for many years upon toe the theoretical limits of t f the worlds supply of coal ard and the probabilities es of its It early exhaustion And there ther in Is II an abundance of L oal in tho western wester hemisphere for all al j al sei e of If f mankind m for forages ages to come the th shortage hollage in m the old world orld i no DO longer speculative or It I seems s ems that Europe Eurol has about flache r ached the Aid td nd of her rope t m in in the production of f fuel fuel Not that the coal is entirely ly c It I no longer meets the demand It I is 18 in d and the famine is th economic rather than physical But the effect et t upon c the 10 market and an upen UIn the manufacturing ing in Interests s of Europe wi be dis disa a There Tb is ss at a a great geat demand for Jerian coal The estimated d dor or e in Grm ny is tons German Geran firms are placing largo large orders with wh collieries In 1 this country count The Theste same ste condition exists eist in every eve manu manufacturing manufacturing manufacturing district of the Ule continent This means mens a considerable increase in the coal col exportations of ot this country coUnt in inI itself a matter mater of congratulation tion But I the significance ce of the th coal trade does not stop there The intimate relation relationship reaton relationship I I ship which exists between coal cal and andI general industry insures this county country a better grasp gp on o a monopoly of the worlds worldS trade than tha ever eT Every be EVV added ade cost ct to the production of goods gods abroad opens the door dor free t and ad unrestricted ed trade tre a little wider to our own manufacturers Transportation takes coal coal It I will wi cost cot Europeans a a little littlemore littlemore more to t reach raeh the te markets of the worl than when they tey obtained power poe from their thir own own fuel fel deposits It is not rea reasonable reasonable to suppose Europe len can corn com compete cm pete with this country cun with fuel bought here and and shipped slipped miles mie Here we have a supply of coal cal that thatis is practically fresh and inexhaustible It I is found round in various sections from bom ocean to ocean on and ad from the t lakes Jak to t the gulf It I lies Ue b the raw lW ma materials marias materials It is distributed in marvel marvelous rias I a it m rel relUS ous US manner maner Pennsylvania is i a a vent veritable ert able coal cl bin Illinois Indiana dlana Ohio and ad West Virginia Virgia have hAv vat fields elds the extent of which is J almost amoS bound boundless boundless less les It I is 18 found In abundance in lit i Iowa Kansas Kans Nebraska Colorado cud and ad New Mexico Wyoming is te t covered CO cov le with wih coal mines and naked na fields feds that have never yet been ben explored Ut s coal cal i product is increasing every ever year y There Thee is a demand dem in a Europe Erpe for coal coa There Ter Is a plentiful supply ppl in inthis inthis inthis this country We dan can Europe E what she needs and take t advantage of conditions to claim a greater 1 bt Bhare shar than tha ever of the worlds word trade tade Our advantage as a a nation naton consists in hav hay having having ing lug our fuel and materials mateias together I our by side aide workshops workshop and ad our coal bins side sideby sideby |