Show SURVEY OF commercial COAL STOCKS consumers stocks of bituminous coal amounted to 61 tons on october 1 according to a survey just completed by the united states bureau of mines in comparison with the final revised figure 1 for july 1 tons this i ib a decrease of tons on october 1 1926 the stocks were tons exports during the third quarter of the year were normal ave averaging ragin g tons a week home consumption averaged ed tons as against I 1 tons in the same period last year the decrease of 76 per cent re reflecting electing ting 6 diminished activity in the steel automobile and other i industries adut ri i es with colder weather however the weekly consumption tends to increase and in the last quarter of 1926 it averaged tons in addition to the stocks of consumers there were tons of bituminous coal on the docks of lakes superior and michigan an 11 1 1 stocks of anthracite are arc fully up to normal for this season of the year |