In a number of our industries the labor cost In the United States has been lower than in other countries although the dollarandcent wage has been considerably higher. The American freight train hauls several thousand tons more than those in other countries. The American agricultural worker. particularly in the wheat fields. sows and harvests the wheat at a considerably lower labor cost per bushel than in those countries where coolie labor receives 9 and 10 cents per day. The American coal miner. working under the union wage scale. receives a considerably higher dollarandcent wage per day than the coal miners of any other country. But the average output per workman in the American coal mines is well over 412 tons per day. while In England it is but a slight fraction over 1 ton. and in several of the continental countries of Europe less than 1 ton per capita.