APPENDIX. 427 



G. MINING AND TEXTILES IN AUSTRIA. 



To give an idea of the development of industries in 

 Austria-Hungary, it is sufficient to mention the growth 

 of her mining industries and the present state of her 

 textile industries. 



The value of the yearly extraction of coal and iron 

 ore in Austria appears as follows : 



1880. 1890. 1910. 



Coal 1,611,000 25,337,000 57,975,000 



Brown coal . . . 1,281,300 23,033,000 56,715,000 



Raw iron . . . 1,749,000 22,759,000 49,367,000 



At the present time the exports of coal entirely 

 balance the imports. 



As to the textile industries, the imports of raw 

 cotton into Austria-Hungary reached in 1907 the 

 respectable value of 12,053,400. For raw wool and 

 wool yarn they were 6,055,600 worth, and for silk, 

 1,572,000 ; while 3,156,200 worth of woollens were 

 exported. 



According to the census of 1902 (Statistisches Jahrbuch 

 for 1911), there were already, in Austria-Hungary, 

 1,408,855 industrial establishments, occupying 4,049,320 

 workpeople, and having a machinery representing 

 1,787,900 horse-power. The textile trades alone had 

 in their service 257,500 horse-power (as against 113,280 

 in 1890). 



The small industry evidently prevailed, nearly one- 

 half of all the workpeople (2,066,120) being employed 

 in 901,202 establishments, which had only from one 

 to twenty persons each ; while 443,235 workpeople 

 were employed in 10,661 establishments (from twenty- 

 one to 100 workpeople each). Still, the great industry 



