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Show PRODUCTION THIS YEAR EXCEEDS THAT OF LAST MMtKKl losslls UP. nitltN I Kllir ItlCCKVTM. HiiHiMir, Pacific C,uii nmt Itoikj Mi.miinln lu.trliia llino P,H tlic I It fiit of the Ijittir .tn-t Itiiintlr Oiilpul Soniiwlint Cnrtnllnl In PIit It) Kb (Hon tin) Inijoff". Corrnaimtidanrr Th Sun WAHIIINOTfi.N I) C V, U Tho downward ttnd of proilurtlim of liltNtnlimiia coal, whhh l.cimn after the rvinl priHlm tlou during the week ended eptPinber Mth when the ol-PMl ol-PMl exceeded I.e(i,6oB nt tnna. tMtt onl continued thtough the week of Nmemlr Sth but brought the output out-put dttrlHg the cuvent week which la tetlmatl at I0,I09H net touts below be-low the prtMlm tlou of th correamnd Ing week of 1917. for th flrat time during the prewnt coal wr It will thin, be aw.ii that the InfliienM epl-demli epl-demli tinfethcr with the onranc of cIwHoh day during tho part week and the celebration of the atoning of the armMUe. catiaed a decreae In the wrckl prmliiitlon during a iieriml of a4x wecka of oxer two and one-half million mH ton. The i crane dnllr tmlurtlin during the week of .November th lit eetlinated 1 1 1.71.-U90 1.71.-U90 net tona. aa itimHirel with I.DII,-fl9 I.DII,-fl9 net tona during tin week of November Id. and I, a 11.090 net tona during the iorreeHinillng week of teat ear for the 191ft coal year to date the dnllt average H cat I mated at I.-97 I.-97 BOO net tona aa ctimimrnd with I IS 000 net tona. and It la now neiea-snn neiea-snn under live budget na Juat re iaed b the fuel iidmllilelrHlloii, to produie dally during thn balance of the tnal Hir to makn ii for the )Mat ilefhlt J 014 000 net tona. flft).elght thouaand net tonn or apiroxlmately per rent In extern of the average ilall) proiluetloii for the period April IM tit November Hth The total pro. il iu tlou tor the coal year to date la cetlmated at 979,16 1,000 net tona, aa romiNtiotl with aS7,t!Z,00ti net tona during the mine period ir 1917, an llirtenw of II.S1X.090 net totia or lift pet tent The holhhna w tilth further llmltrtl priiilm tlmi of bltumltioua toal had no tflett on the prtMtiictlou of anthnulte tin output during the week of Novcui-ler Novcui-ler 'Jill exceeding the prtxttllng wctk b) x7 ho net ton or (ft per -cut The prodmtluii of mithrailli tluilng tin torrent week la eallmatetl at I-KS7.000 I-KS7.000 tut tona a i i)iiiHiriil with I.-600 I.-600 0IMI net tona during the week of Novemler til and i.011 0UO net tona during tin wtek of Novemler V 1917 the hv tragi dull) produttlon la climated cli-mated at JilJ.ooo net tnna hh mm. imttil with 3:9,000 net tuna for the ci ml )tin to date, mid h again! thlrt)'thrcn thoiiaund net tona during the winie period of hiat ir Total produitlou of nuthrniltc from April let to November flh la cMlmnled nt Ur.l "(3.0UU nt t tuna or I S per lent ! hind the 1017 produiiltin Mnrki t Iiwmm I Ight. Auul)Mft of working (ondltlona aa reported b) thn oerHtora of alx thouaand thou-aand and lllt).aeveii mini the conn-tr) conn-tr) otr with n production of 9.1 ID,-319 ID,-319 tona ami preeent camilt of II,-til II,-til 401 net tona during the week Hilled Novembtr Sd ahow theao prop-erlloa prop-erlloa produtcil Ht 3 pir tent of the total eotllllHtiHl oiitimt, their mlnea bt Ing oi rated at 79 0 per rt nt of full lime aa nunimred with 7V per rent during thn wci4 of October SCth Improvement Im-provement ociurreil during the wtek lu trnukpiirtatlon condltlona, but wna offaet by greater lalair ahortrgn and mliiii dlaabllll) No marki t loaaea hIwi Intreaaeil allghtl) Improvement Improve-ment In traiinMiitalfin condltlona for thn country ua h whole waa brought about by better cur aupply In llllnola, Indlunn, Northern and Central Ohio mid Homoraet 101111I), Pa, tho high volatile dlatrltt of Houthweat Virginia, Vir-ginia, I'nlrmont, llaxard mid North-eaat North-eaat Kintuiky 11 nil the Wreteru and Piirlfh Couat Htulea. Itbor ahort-ngt) ahort-ngt) nffatt thla advantage In anmn atatea. iJreater labor ahnrtarn limited limit-ed production in thu Peuna)lvnnla tllatrlrljt, Woat Virginia and llaxard and In thn Nnrthnttatern Kentucky flulda. Market coudlllnna took 11 turn for tho better lu llllnola, while lu the Woeteru Pnilfle Couat und Itncky Mountain Htntea lack of market canned greater loas than during the wrote of Oi tuber aeth Shipment nf bltumlnoua coal to New Kiigluud during the week ended November Oth were 445,343 nit ton and fell 7 per cent below the ahlp-menta ahlp-menta during thn preceding week Of th la tutu!, rail receipt, amounting tn IIU.OCI net tona, exceeded the re-reipta re-reipta during tho procedlng week by 17 A per tent, whllo tidewater ahlp-menta, ahlp-menta, amounting to 101.374 net tona fell behind thn performance of November lil by II per it The detrnaa In tidewater ahlpment I attributed at-tributed to thn decline In tonnage loaded from Naw York and Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, the decree from thnae harbor har-bor thl week compared with la at amounting to 34 per cent lUltlmore tonnage again extended the weekly average fur the coal year to date, while all other harbor aa well aa rail receipt were below th la average llltumlnoua toal dumped, at tidewater tide-water harbor during the week ended November Sth la eatlmated at 791,071 net ton, a dnraaao compared with thn week preceding nf 1 $ per cent Ihla falling off waa cauaetl by a, drop In ahlpmenta from New York Philadelphia Phila-delphia and Ilaltlmore With only a alight lucreaae from Hampton I toad a. Total tidewater ahlpmenta from all harbor for the ioal onr to data now amount to 2ft 431,310 not tona Tho I'oklug IndiiMr) Tho produttluii of byproduct coke during tho week of November Oth, estimated at 582,408 net tans, while nightly tn extern of the week preceding, preced-ing, exceeded every previous week In hltory with the exception of the week f " ' '' ' when b product rohi prod . H. re,hJ the Utah mark of fte M net Pma Th current week a prtHtu. tli 11 h,.wer, tceedrd the ootttut ilurtng the aame week of II7 b U9 m net ton or II per cent Mmtlng conditions during the week of Movcmlier th were allghtl) better than 1 hoar reported for the week preceding the plant of the couutn twlHg ftietaled at 99 t er cent aa earHpnre.1 with xt 7 per cent He-IWlre.. He-IWlre.. ilnnt brought almut the Im provettieni hlh ociitrretl, but atlll renMlned the teal factor limiting pni-dBftlon pni-dBftlon the Inaa of full time atliihnt-el atliihnt-el ttt that cntiae lielng reportetl at I per tert iiperalom in Ataham, kmitink Marvland ami Ohio tejatrt an Imrcaee In prmiurtlnn nver tlte week t.r November Id In Alabama ami henuiik) the Improvement la n'trll.nlr.l to letmlra In plant. In Mar) land to better labor condltlona nnd in ohm to both Material falling off In production occurred during tlte week In Maaaathuaetta and New York In the runner atate nectwaar) reimlra to planta waa the limiting factor, while In thn latter both labor alienage alien-age and repair to plant prevented grnHter production The produitlou of beehive coke In the Pnltetl State dining the week ended November lh la cttlmated at l9,0to net ton, approximate!) tho aame aa the Week preceding, but 10,-000 10,-000 net tona nr I tier cent below the ctirrceiHintllng week of 1917 The average dally production during thn current week la natlmnletl at 91,000 net tona aa inmp-Unl with 90 999 net tona during the week of November Oth or luat year The oiwratora In the Con nel lav 1 1 In. Orecnatmrg and Intrude ill-tl ta of Peunavlvanla report pnalurtlnii during dur-ing the week of November 9th at 1V 9SR net tona and the operation of their plant at 9 per tent of full time a rmHiretl with 71 I pel cent during tin week preceding The limiting factor waa labor elmrlage brought atiiut to wiine extent b) the celebration of election da and the aliening of the nrmlatke The mine operator produtctl 171-100 171-100 111 1 ton of coal |