| OCR Text |
Show Miners9 Demands Would Put Added Burden of Ten Dollars on Every Person in the Union (New York Times.) STATISTICAL data -on file In the oC-fh.cs oC-fh.cs of the Geological Survey In the Department of the Interior show that up to October 4 last there had been mined in America ibis year a iotal of 354.391.ooo tons of bttumtno'ua coal, compared with a total of (58,;i0:'.O0" tons in the corresponding period of last year, or 103,311,000 tons less. The 1018 year was , the great est in point of production pro-duction 'n the history or the coal industry indus-try in ibis country, a fact duo in larse part to the absence of strikes and to the fact that owing, to the' war, production was everywhere pushed to its full maximum. maxi-mum. The result ot the war effort of 191 was thai when the arm'stice went into "feet n& war activities immediately began be-gan to decline, the count ry found itself with a large reserve of bituminous coal. A direct resuit of the existence of this 1 0 serve was t V.c failure ' of many of the great iudUjines, as welt as domestic consumers, con-sumers, ;o contract for any considerable amount o' oal during the last summer. Because ot this lack of demond the mines re n. in ;i gra' many instances, only three days a week. Then came the order or-der for t'.e strike and the country suddenly sud-denly awoke to the teali.ation that the reserve was gone, and that In the short time intervening between the issuance ot the strike order and the going out of I he miners it would bo impossible for the operators to create a reserve of any substantial proportions. One of the leading coal operators in the country said that he doubted if the bituminous fields in which the strike is on had on hand much more than a week's reserve supply of coal when the men quit work. He added and this statement is concurred in by the Geological Survey officials that this situation is due to the failure of consumers to take warning last summer and place orders that would have meant a reserve at the present time of more than 100.000.000 tons greater than the reserve now happens to be. The coal operators are agreed that in event the demands of the strikers are granted and they affirm they will never grant them that it would increase the cost of bituminous coal to the domestic consumer, the industries, and the railroads rail-roads at least $2 per ton. Some estimates esti-mates made to the government place the increased cost per ton even higher, some as high as $5. Taking the minimum estimate of $2 and using the Geological Survey statistics of 1917 as a basis for computation, the ?2 increase would mean an annua! additional fina ncial burden to the bituminous coal consumers or the country of approximately $1,030,000,000, or more than $10 for every man, woman, and child In the United States. The following table gives the total by states: St a to. A mount. State. Amount. Alabama .. . ?22.007.S3- New Mexico. 2.801.904 Arizona 224,000 New York .. 38,388,332 , Arkansas ... 1, 703035 N. Carolina.. -t.100.iWW California .. 1,781388 N. Dakota.., 3. 026.078 Colorado ... M. 700.078 Ohio 70.010.112 Delaware ... 1. 232,330 Oklahoma . . . 3.646,026 District of I Oregon 1, 216.506 Columbia. . l,734.O0O I'enngyl- Florlda 606.0001 vania 161.227,220 Georgia 5.232.346 S. Carolina. . 2,356,000 Irlaho 1.242.93HIS. Dakota .. 2.174.000 Illinois Sn,79H.910Tcunesnec . S, 564, 030 Indiana 41, IIS, 2901 Texan 4,989,134 Iowa 18, 802. 122 PU tab 4.426.944 'Kansas 7.52i.6481Vrjrinia .... 12. 946. "36 Kontu.-ky .. 12.826,906Wasbingtoa . 3.302.742 Louisiana . . 3.044.8961 W. Virginia. -J1 ,525346 Maryland 8.004.036! WiscODhfn ... 17,113.536 Michigan ... 29.S00.522Vypninf: . . 1,507,790 Minnesota -. 18.072. 406 Alaska 107.000 Mississippi . 2.706.0001 MifccollaoeoiiR Missouri ... 34.028,180 rmlthing .. 5I0.00O Montana . . . 4,183,820 Nebraska .. 6.923,68 4J Tntnl $731,983,776 Nevada 734,0001 Railroad New Bog- I fuel 300,000,000 land Stales 86,408,774 New Jersey . 13. 715,0161 Total . .?1 .031 .083.776 The following explanatory table showy how the increased financial burden would be borne; Beehive I Industrial coke $101,493.2241 purposes .$852,711,878 Coke iv- Railroads 300,000.000 products 63.011.518 Other pur-Coal pur-Coal gas'. . . 9.919,304 pOSCS 24,234.318 EQectrleal ulilities . 63,385,4141 Total ..$1,081,983,770 Domestic purposes . 114.2os.00oj The burden the families of America will be called upon to bear as a result of the coal strike will be approximately $1 14,200,000. This burden will bo apportioned among the states as follows: State. Amount. State. Amount. Alabama $1.3(I2.000 Nevada 200,000 Arizona 130.0001 N. Knglnn.I .. 3.310.non Arkansas .,. 600,000! New Jitrpj- .. 1,180,000 California ... 700.000 New Mexico.. 8fi0.000 Colorado 2,900.000! New York ... 2, 481000 Delaware ... 40.000 N. Carolina .. 1.040,000 Dist. of Col.. 500.000 N. Dttkoia .-. 1,310.000 Florida 180,000Ohin 0.800,000 Georgia 1 ,742:OOOiOMahoma 1,550,000 Idaho 600,0001 Oregon 450. (KM) Illinois 10,442, COW Pennsylvania .3.072.000 Indiana 7.000.000IS. Carolina .. 960.000 Iowa 5,8&4,000S. Dakota ... 1.140.000 Kansas S.OdOOOOlTennesseo ... 2.422.O00 Kentucky ... 8,728.000 Texas 1.300.OW Louisiana ... 740,000 Utah 1.630.000 Maryland ... 704.000! Virginia 1.812.000 Michiean ... 5.948.0001 Washington .. 1.300.000 Minnesota ... 5,374,0OOjW. Virginia . 950,000 Mississippi . . 609,000! Wisconsin . . . 5. 064,000 Missouri C. 000. 0001 Wyoming 500,000 Montana 1.770.0001 Nebraska ... 2.83O.000 Total $114,2pS,000 The added burden to industry by states is shown in this table: State. Amount. Sta.tr. Amount. Alabama $4,262,980 New Jersey .. 9.839.262 Arizona 88, 730! New Mexico . 505,762 Arkansas ... 829,0101 New Ybiflt ;..25,580,030 California ... 1.070.3-181 N. Carolina .. 2,052,802 Colorado 6,406,3581 N. Dakota ... 1.183,316 Delaware. . . . 005,234 Ohio 40.689.986 Dist. of Col.. 902.794IOUlnhnma 1.197.756 Florida 294.000OrORon 747,626 Georgia 2,782,0S8jPennsy!Vania .60,440.140 Idaho 62X.352 S. Carolina . 1.026.864 Illinois 16.122.770s. Dakota ... 658,102 Indiana" 18.6S2.67SlTennessce 3.745,466 rpwa 10.443.79SlTexas 2.730.498 Knnsas 2,680,178 Utah 1.193,892 Kentucky ... 8, 83i, 686 1 Virginia 5.237.496 Louisiana ... 2,577,110.WasI)ingr'on .. 810.720 Maryland ... o.570.404W. Virginia . 6.246.IXM Michigan 16.877.0761 Wisconsin ... 7,253,004 Miunesota ... 4.765.760lVToniing 120,720 Mississippi . . 1 .51 2.516 Alaska 107,910 Missouri 1 3. 842. S08I Miscellaneous Montana 1.791.6701 smithing ... 310.000 Nebraska . . . 3.048.7781 Nevada 519.950! Total $352,731,878 N. England'.. 24,052,586) - The above fifrujes do not in elude the estimated $300,000,000 additional hurden that the uailroads of the country will have to carry if the demands oT the miners min-ers are granted, nor the increase in electrical elec-trical power and gas. |
