Show COAL SHORTAGE A WORLD WIDE QUESTION Tho he price of oc coal cOli has hlll become a 0 mat matter mattor ter tor of ot serious concern concern to every eVory one and a 0 majority of ot the tho big consumers aro now wondering why for tor eight months price has been stead steadily ily ly Increasing says a 0 European Europ an dis dispatch patch to the N Y Herald I asked the senior member of ot one ot oC the largest coal contracting firms to explain this Although he ho requested that hid hil name be not used It Is ts sufficient sun cent to state that the head ot or firm Is In Paris Cardiff ald he must bo con considered considered the tho keynote In the coal world At lost last September the th price of ot coal coni would not exceed per ton Many Man coal dealing dealu firms aro clos closing ing their contracts contract at 80 Instead of oC closing our contracts In November I rushed to London then closed at nt that price Since then the market has hns been heen going up dally we are arc not likely to see coal at I 3 O again SCARCE ON THE CONTINENT Is I there thero a great scarcity of ot coal oA oAtho tho continent was asked ar There Is not n pound to bo be had hd In France and nd not nol ono In Germany was waA the That shows how serious the tho situation la lR During tho th first halt of the year there Wil considerable demand nt at Car Cardiff diff dIr for tor coal at 80 That encouraged producers to maintain tho Iho price A short hort ago ORO they the were compelled compel to tr gho miners nn 1 increase In pay of ot nu per cent cen t tI H I la I the peculiar condition among English laborers laborer that they dont work to save money Whenever they havo earned a little they take a holiday ol ny The Ther result r sult Is III fht fh t sine tho of wage wages I I the tho output has hOR been less les than two or 01 three weeks ago What will wl the result be to Ameri Amerl American can CI coal Conditions In France Germany and England ore now such that American coal Is IR our OU only salvation Ger lany Is In n a particularly bad way W She Sho has been moving heaven heIen and earth to tn build buildup bulli up an export trade trall and now she has hns no coal cOllI to o fill 11 contracts with English coal coni must be used In Instead stead stend Has American coal cOli been used much In Europe previously USING AMERICAN COAL ABROAD Yes In 1501 1901 we took large quan quantities Utes Next year you will wi find little else than tan American coAl COI In Marseilles Even l n now large quantities are being used ISI In Italy Haly In the matter of oC gas gns coal conditions are even worse How about tho price of ot coal coni In oth other er or parts ot at the world orld Oh the tho American government need not worry orr about fuel tuel for tor the battleship fleet leel That has been ben fixed ns con contracts tracts aro aO made malle by tho year Ot course course warships und and yachts pay more for fO coal col than merchant vessels which take tn tho cheapest t grade gradeI I 1 nm not familiar with present coal pi prIceR Ices In or American Insular Coal In International trade Is quoted In English money At Gib Gibraltar Gh U I Is II now no Jus s 0 nt Mal Malta ta 2 Cd Gd 12 at Marseilles 2 s i nt pOt Port ald at nt Ad Ml Aden en Od M at ot Colombo Sis Cd Gt 1887 i at Singapore at nt Havre la ne 6 nt Boreaux Dorea ux 50 at Las Is Palmas Gd at fid G at nt Port Natal 28 7 i nt at Zanzibar 1350 at St Vincent 39 at 4 Cd Gd 1157 nt iB 6 ISi at nt Rio no Janeiro 1062 nt Montevideo 10 at nt Buenos Duenas Area 12 2 at Dos Ros Rosarlo I arlo 1050 A glance lt t figures readily shows that t In nearly len rt all al parts of th th I world coal cOlI Is high |