Produced by Jens Nordmann, Larry B. Harrison and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Transcriber's Notes: The original spelling and minor inconsistencies in the spelling and formatting have been maintained. A list of all corrections applied to the text has been added at the end of the text. Formatting: Text in italics is marked with underscores (_text_), spaced text with equal signs (=text=) and bold text using the Dollar sign ($text$). [Illustration: COAL FIELDS OF THE WORLD] THE COMING OF COAL BY ROBERT W. BRUÈRE OF THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Prepared for The Educational Committee of the Commission on the Church and Social Service of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America =ASSOCIATION PRESS= NEW YORK: 347 MADISON AVENUE 1922 COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY ROBERT W. BRUÈRE PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOREWORD This book, important in subject and scientific in method, appears under religious auspices for a very definite reason. The Educational Committee of the Federal Council of Churches has sought to find concrete expression for those Christian principles which are too often confined to abstract statement. Christian ethics are well understood in theory. There is need now for a science of Christian conduct through which we may realize ethical ideals in our working life. Because of its basic character and its present importance in the public mind the coal industry offers a field for this endeavor. Hence the Educational Committee presents through the medium of the Press of the Young Men's Christian Association, this book, addressed particularly to the people of the churches of America. THE EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE. TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE