The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-10
CURRENT TOPICS DISCUSSED.
MILITARY FAILURE IN THE PfilT
IPPINES.


situation in the Philippines in genera
terms remains unchanged, while every
engagement results in the insurgents pc
ings readily scattered by our troops, IL
nav be doubted If the administration nos
really reason for being satliled with ~
conditions existing. Certainly the MS
gents continue a teasing resistance anu
every hand is followed by detachments U
soldiers hither and yon. In fact' ,he W.
in the Philippines is beginning TO 'hne -
a strong resemblance to the hoStiil,ieS
between Spanish and nauNeS III
which preceded our Intervention
COMING YUKON GOLD.
PHILADELPHIA Times: Canadian claih'l
for a mint in which To coin the YUKON
gold. which now finds its way 10 inc
United States mintage, is perfectly iia.
tural and as clearly misdirected Solu,
like others things goes where the mo-.
of it is wanted. IF every ounce OF soio
mired in the Yukon were coined in can
ada the bulk of It woud come TO .lo
United States to be reC0ined beeauso
trade conditions demand its use mere anu
in transit to other gold using countries
Canada. With its few million OF pop"
lation. requires very little gold IN cum
harrison with the seventy-siX millions ot
American pecple Besides the 1hi'eu
states i. fast becoming the world is cledt
ing house, and gold drifts here as hat
urally as wheat to Minneapolis or 80
to Chicago. and where the gold IS wan ~
the,a II will &c in spite of all efforts ny
LEGISLATION or otherwise to divert II else
where The Yukon gold finds It's way
to American mints and money cehterS -
n law as certain and inexorable IN ltS
operation as that of gravltaioh'
American coined gold circuiates III ~,
ada at its face value there IS no Ie9t.
tion anon its circulation I'm the fact lhd1
If Is coined in San Francisco or PhiladeI-
phia. And come to this country IL VIII
II a dozen minis are established In Can
ada.
OKLAHOMA AND INDIAN TERRI
TORY.
st. Louis Globe Democrat: The ok'a-
homa state Capital published at Guth-
lie. is earnestly advocating the union Oh
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory, ana
their admission as a single stale. rms y
the correct ground TO take 1t Is tho
ground which is being taken by larse
majority of those in both territories VINO
have been saying anything on the sun
jet. An agreement upon union would DC
50 impressive upon congress that theIe
would be no opposition to immediate az
mission to statehood. y new state when
consolidated territory would have. ana
which would thus be entitled to four
members OF the house of representatives
Under the 100000 apportionm mt which Is
likely to be adopted, would have I'M
mense influence in the politics of the west
and of the country as whole
THE FAILURE OF NATURAL GAS.
New York Times: During the past two
or three years the failure of the natural
gas supply has been very rapid. In the
Chic field. once famous for its 'roarers,
and which gave gas under an mi
tlal pressure of from 40 To $50 pounds
per square inch. the gas now has no ini-
tial pressure, and compression IS neces-
sarv To its distribution. In the Indiana
held il is estimated bv experts that one
half of the total supply has already been
exhausted. The pressure at the wells
was formerly an average OF 81 pounds
Very few now deliver gas with pres
sure of 100 pounds and as a pressure OF
100 pounds IS needed 10 hold back the
salt water with which the gas-hearins
strata are saturated 10 follows tnat
when further weakened by continued
blowing on -he wells VIII begin to III
up and the flow cease About % per cent
Of TIA gas ia the grounds has been eN-
hausted. and of that which carries a
pressure less than 100 pounds compara-
lively little is likely to be available. me
reckless waste permitted when the sup
rlv was deemed inexhaustible is now
much regretted, but IN such a case eN
post facto wisdom does not greatly prohl
these who have il.
NO EGGS FOR "HTS HOLINESS
Philadelphia Press: The idea that the
duke and duchess of Manchester would
be a,sailed with rotten eggs on landing
I'm New York seems a trife f3rfetched.
The bride may be foolish and all her
family ridiculous over the fact That sh7
las landed a by NJ means progressing
SCION Of British nobllitv. But. after an.