Show lIIj ljr MINING METHODS OF AMERICA Why Production Here Is Larger Per Capita Than Aboard It Is not dlfllcult to understand the rnnnnfacturlng supremacy of tho United Unit-ed States when ono compare our coal production statistics with those of foreign for-eign countries says the Boston Transcript Tran-script The country having a cheap supply of fuel for steam purposes wl1 lead In manufacturing There are employed In the coal miles of Great Britain nearly 900000 men and they produced last year n coal product valued val-ued at 100000000 more than that of this country Yet with MSB than C2G 000 coal miners In the United States wo produced CO000000 tons more of coal than did Groat Britain With us there Is 1111 average production per minor of n little less than 1000 tons of coal per annum Great Britain produces 287 tons per capita Germany 242 tons France 198 tons and Bel glum ICC tons These figures show the Immense superiority of the American coal miner min-er yet mine owners testify that It is i duo to methods rather than mon as the British miners who como here make our best workmen Tho difference differ-ence Is that Great Britain largely clings to the antiquated method oi pick mining whllo horo steam has taken tho place of muscle and powder has been substituted for picks In the thicker coal seams there Is no longer any pick work and the physical exorcise of drilling Is no longer necessary neces-sary saryYet Yet there Is another side to tho matter The mortality from accidents In tho Illinois coal mines last year was 287 per 1000 men employed which Is ono and onehalf times the percentage of fatal accidents In British Brit-ish mines It Is evident that some means should bo taken to reduce the death rate and it has been suggested that blasts should not be made whllo tho minors aro still at work but should bo set off after hours by men chosen for this dangerous occupation |