Show WORLD production OF COAL IN 1919 the worlds production of coal in 1919 seems to have drop dropped peI back to the level of 1910 preliminary estimates ily by rough place the total output of all kinds of coal in 1919 at metric tons or net tons this is metric tons less than the production in 1918 the last year of the world war and about tons less than that of 1913 the year before the war begun this estimate is based by the geological survey upon reports to the supreme economic council from countries which contribute about 85 per cent of the worlds output obviously returns from the other countries may materially alter this figure if anything they will probably reduce it still further the following table shows the estimated production of the world for each year from 1910 to 1919 because of disturbances and interruptions in the compilations of government statistics particularly in central and eastern europe the figures since 1913 are not to be regarded as final the metric tons of 2205 pounds is used because it is the prevailing unit in non english speaking countries americans will remember it most easily as being roughly equivalent to the gross ton and the english ton WORLDS production OF COAL 1910 19 metric I etric tons of 2205 pounds production in 00 produced Y year ea r part estimated by U US S 1910 1911 1912 1913 1 13 1914 3 S 5 1915 1916 1917 4 1918 1919 comparative production in five of the belligerent countries before and after the war is shown in the following table production IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES 1913 1 19 1913 1919 united kingdom prance france present boundaries a 44 22 belgium 21 23 3 is 18 germany present boundaries b bituminous lignite 87 94 united states a includes alsace lorraine b excludes alsace lorraine and tile the it is pointed out by the supreme economic council that from 1913 to 1919 the output of bituminous coal in the tour four european countries shown in the table has fallen from millions to millions the decrease being about 20 per cent in the united kingdom and belgium and nearly 40 per cent in germany in the valley whose output appears to have fallen ballen from 12 million tons in 1913 to about 8 millions in 1919 the percentage of decrease was over 30 the reduction in the french output is mainly due to the destruction of the mines in the nord and pas de calais the output of lignite in germany in 1919 though less than in 1918 was still greater than before the war being 94 million tons as compared with 87 millions in 1913 in the breakup break up of austria hungary the bulk of that count rys coal and lignite the production of which amounted before the war to about tons was inherited by the republic of czechoslovakia czecho slovakia the 1919 production of czechoslovakia czecho slovakia was about one third less than the same territory produced in 1913 |