DIFFERENCES IN LABOR COSTS 
rN 
| 
) 
{ Je) 
COAL 
Tons oF CoaL PrODUCED PER YEAR 
United States 
Great Britain 
Prussia 
Belgium 
France 
Nova Scotia 
New South Wales 
[ndia 
PER 
UNDER- 
GROUND 
WORKER 
319 
371 
381 
244 
00 
696 
762 
‘06 
101 
PER 
WORKER 
oF EVERY 
Kinp 
681 
300 
[5 
PER 
UNDER- 
GROUND 
WORKER 
303 
in 
1914 
PER 
WORKER 
oF EVERY 
Kinp 
po 
Ar 
1918 
PER 
UNDER- 
GROUND 
WORKER 
1134 
397 
1N0 
A). 
PER 
WORKER 
oF EVERY 
Kinp 
R00 
R5 
mR 
“2 
0 
rm 
The effectiveness of labor in the United States is greater than in 
any other country. It is more than double that of Great Britain 
or of pre-war Prussia, at least thrice that of Belgium, five times as 
great as that of British India. It is markedly greater than that 
of the nearest rivals, New South Wales and Nova Scotia. 
The figures may be put in another way: in terms of the daily 
output per person. Since the number of days of work in the year 
is not the same in the several countries, such figures do not show 
precisely the same relations as those of annual output. In the 
1 The contrast would have been still greater had account been taken in the 
United States of bituminous coal alone ; and it is this which would afford the better 
basis of comparison with other countries. I append figures showing the annual 
product per year in the United States (all workers included), separately for the 
two kinds of coal over a series of vears: 
res 
AC 
16 
017 
018 
Bituminous Tons 
PER HEAD 
I 
792 
896 
915 
0492 
ANTHRACITE TONS 
PER HEAD 
505 
504 
548 
646 
672 
CoaL or Bora KiNps 
Tons PER HEAD 
673 
724 
818 
860 
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