Show concerning COAL coal Is a subject which hei nerr and deal very dear to u s wh er V bad none we got along without it but having had it we must have it right aling and forever this condition does not apply exclusively to coil tile same thing can be said re garding bread and water though in c se of the latter there are instances I 1 and some of them not very far away of the water habit having been acquired after the period of lactation and abandoned later on but this article is about coal I 1 according to reliable estimates he united states is second in the world in the production of black diamonds it is estimated that last year there were mined in this country in fouad figures tons of the article while the of germany wag less than tons that france in the neighborhood of goo and of belgium about tons the only nation excelling us this important respect if the united kingdom which has always been and for a short time time to come probably continue to be in the lead it produced last year tons in that country during the last ten years the coal trade has not been prosperous although there has been a decided increase of production the explanation of this peculiar situation increased production and falling od in profits is found in the fact that at the prevailing mining operations must be conducted on tin im cat to make it ply at all the average price of coal at the mines in great britain during the ceding was per ton and it is carefully computed taj the average price at the mines but in arges ariail below tle standard for instance in illinois the price at the pits mouth Is given at in pennsylvania ohio and Virginis at about 1 while coking coal in the connellsville region Is said to be much cheaper and also the coke obtained than in the lon districts in great britain indeed th oprIce in favor of american iron producers was in more than 50 cents per ton in germany in 1876 the average price of coil at the pits mouth Is placed at but in france the price of coal under similar conditions was nearly twice as much as the english price and in belgium the cost was nearly as high while the coal itself was of an inferior grade in utah and other places wo st of tho river of course the above figures are largely increased but with cheaper and more available rates of transportation por tation the advantages of cheap coal will not long remain an exclusively eastern luxury it will be men from what is herein contained that the cost of mining coal does not viry greatly in the great coal producing of the world the higher average rate of this country generally and this part of it lally seems to be largely duo to the high cost of mining anthracite coal compared with the cost of aln ing bituminous coal but then anthe other hand it must be remembered that anthracite coal Is practically an american monopoly and is just commencing to bg an industry in utah that is to say there are no coal de parts of the world that can be utilized to any extent and thus brought into competition with our own production all in all the fuel supply of the world is in a tolerably promising con dit loti it is well known that every shovel full taken from the bowels of the earth is so bulah gone forever and thus the question of its ettor ex lon Is with steady use as at present but a question of time the time however is so remote that neither we nor our children need be greatly con ceiner about it A A coun try editor is one who reads pers 6 any subjects sticks type folds papers makes up mails runs errands saws wood works in the garden is blamed for a thousand things he never thought of works hard all day is subject to spring fever helps people into office who forgot all about it afterwards and who frequent ly gets cheated out of his ile puffs up and does more to build up the town and county than any or 0 o else and the miser and fogy are bone fitted yett boy will not take his pa per but will borrow it and condoms the old tool of an editor 11 UNDRED freight cars on one line in new york stalled by snow and remaining stationary is what a telegram abated yesterday yest erda y this beat the worldon I 1 record li 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 ift A w i I 1 |