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Canadian Coal Resources. 



105 



1-er Capita Production for 1905 



proportions, in the position of using as much power per individual as 

 the larger and more assuming nations. 



I ISO millions 



Dotted line 

 Railway 

 2. tons' y ^'' r&delpta 



1 too 



$50 ^mtl^lon» 



Year 1886 



Studying now, our own affairs more particularly, we will enquire as 

 to what we have done in the way of consumption both of Canadian mined 

 and purchased coal. Confining our enquiry to the individual, we find 

 an increase from 1886 to about 1891 in the demands and then, a fairly 

 stationary consumption to about 1898 or through the "hard times" 

 that affected the whole continent. Arguing as before that the domestic 

 coal, or that needed for comfort, would not necessarily increase irregu- 

 larly we have to assume that the increase since is largely due to manu- 

 facturing and transportation. That this increased activity would be 

 reflected in the earnings of the railroads should be evident and as sus- 

 taining our first assumption that our increased use of coal shows increased 

 commercial activity. The railway earnings for these years are plotted on 

 the same diagram. With the growing expenditure of energy drawn 



