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Show COAL EXPORT8 ON THE JNCREA8E Tho Increase in tho export trnJe In coal of lato years haa been considerable con-siderable moro than Is generally known, In fact; but it is only by comparison with decennial perlodB that tho real proportions of the expansion ex-pansion in this trade can bo appreciated. appre-ciated. The Burcaj of Statistics of the Department of Commerce shows that tho exports last fiscal year wcro valued at $52,onO,OCi), a gain of 50 per cent In ten years nnd of fiOO percent per-cent compared with 1832 this by tho way, not Including bunker or fuel coal, which aggregated 123,000,000 making a total oi $73,000,000 valui of coal leaving this country in the year ending June 00, 1912. The nuan tlty exported In 1911 2 was 17,t00-000 17,t00-000 tons, ng.ihuit 7,')0n,00 tons In 1902 nnd 2,500,000 tons In 1S92. Thus tho qunntlty exported In 1912 is seven sev-en times as much ns In 1892, and the, value over six times ns much In 1912 ns In 1S92. Coko cxijorts also show a decided growth, tho value In 1892 having been but $112,000 and In 1912 practically o,000,000. The movement move-ment of coat out of the United States Is, however, confined to comparitlvely fow countries. Of tho 2,979,102 tons of anthraclto coal exported In the fiscal fis-cal year 1912, all except 56,571 tons went to Canada; and of tho 14,709,-847 14,709,-847 tons of bituminous coal exported In that year, lu,G71,982 tons went to Canada, 1,121,580 tons to Cuba, C92,-534 C92,-534 tons to other West Indies nnd Bermudo, 511,802 tons to Panama, 344,712 tons to Mexico and less than 1,500,000 (ons to all other countries. |