Show 00 00 SIGNS OF RETURNING I ENGLISH PROSPERITY One of the basic Industries of at English Is 15 coal mining and thele- thele tore fore the output of coal should be bea bea ba a fairly good index to the Indus condition of ot the nation According to government go stalls tics the is close to tov v hat It II was as in 1913 The con can consumption I at lame home iome and the exports compare favorably fa with the figure for 1913 Only tons less than In 1913 Is la being consumed at home Shipments of at o coal to Europe and Mediterranean countries amounted I to tons compared nith lIh Ita war pre Russia Ru sla took only tons against 1 v pre pre- ar nr On the other hand der- der many der-many I many and Holland took tons against and France I Belgium and Italy took S 8 i tons against tons tone PrIces I compared fa pre pro wat wal i prices The a average elage declared sal sal- salue val value ue per ton of or coal exported ed was in October 5 Sd In wasI No No- November November November I vember and December while in 1913 the price was 13 lOd inI I During the last quarter quarter of 1923 there were 1198 persons em em- em 1110 ed In and about the mines or more than the number em- em employed em employed at the outbreak of the war warIn warIn warIn In this period persons were nere ere I killed and 1356 persons seriously Injured In jn and about coal and an i mines The of some of our American cities a 1 lib a population of ot over OTer a mil lion can show a death list 1st from flom automobile ac accidents not far below that of the English Engl sh coal mines I 00 op |