Thei * w ere ?'>.%,'? to.ooo mure tons of
t o.i I miiieil and I hero were nnu' men
employed than in
The deatii rale for each 1.000 men
employed03- is I lie imvivii in tin
last eigh'een yejirs, at whii'h time
about half as many 'men v\eic em-:
ployed.
There .were CfifMHift ions of ??1 iniiird
fur eaeh life lost, which i> the great
est tonnage per fatality in ilio history
of the United States. The increase in
tonnage for each life lost is nearly
i 35.000 tons over the year I !? I 5.
"The mere reduction of fori y-four
lives lost for She year 10I6 does not
disclose by an> moan* the gratifying
results obtained." said Mr. Manning.
.??|f the same conditions had prevailed'
in 101?? as in in regard lo ihe ion-]
' nage for each life lost, there would
! hnve been at lon??t more men killed. I
Hut back of all that, the year lMii was,
| up to that time, tlio safest year in
American coal mining.
"The safety-first movement, fostered
by the Bureau of Mines from 1111 iso
lated, sporadic, effort until it has be?l
| come a great national asset, is rcspon-j
I Bible for tho stopping and turning back
' of a record of deatha that had become
la Crcnt American crime. 1 It Is venture
in s:isijp?! miiKiit have 11.? t
willl'i'It til' f? t y -
?i r it I. Inn I I?? 1 * ? \ ? I ;i in eliii ? ?? i \ a I i. o
i: Vr?\ :iis ilial :iI .".."i'ih miner..
