¥ Vousthit JP sident an ector and Ses. -Troas. ; Telephones: ' ess Office Ta er envsnsat how 8 Balter sein vex peaseesy 305 7 ON RATES (Dally Edition) rear, Sslivered in city sassns , if paid in advance ..., 1 to rural offices.$2. ed States 3. three months pro rata, ( al Weekly Edition) 1.00 to United Btates -. 3-0 and three months Pro rata. Attached is one oot the best printing offices in Canada. . TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE HE Smalipeics Church St, a BPH ATIVES Ave. Naw om RNG orth rup, Man: ank R. Notthsip, Manager job e Tribune' Bug. MR. HANNA'S DENIALS Hon. W. J. Hanna denied the Proudfoot charges, and the investid gation was squelched when it began to get too warm for the govern- ment. Mr. Proudfoot is still ready to prove them. Hon. W. J. Hanna denied that the Imperial Oil company of Canada has any coumection with the Standard Oil compony, of America, yet a suit is now pending in the state of Ohio to oust the Imperial Oil company from that state, as a subsidiary of Standard Oil, company. Hon: W. J. Hanna denied the Bow- man charge, and his government fused to allow an inyestigation. / If the charges bad been looked jipfo and proven to be untrue, the result would thé - have gone far to substantiate in the Mr. two public mind the ' veracity Hanna's, denials in' the other oases. It would have gone far to- ward. offsetting the effect of any fu- ture liberal charges, The refusal of the government to permit, an enguiry cannot be viewed in any other light than that Mr. Hanna dared not face the music. The provincial secretary is vieted by the act of his colleagues, and future denials of Mr. Hanna will he no more effective from the public viewpiaint 'than those of the past. of con THE CHURCH FOLKS. Any observant person will agree that. the church people, taking them together, are the ones who mgan most and do most and help most in this community. THey are the -optimistic people. They are ithe onés we depend on to make this city a good place to ive in. They are the people we count bn for social progress. 'It is their children whom * we wish our children to" associate with. Their young men and young women are the ones want our young men and young wo- men to marry. Making liberal dis- counts for all the sham Christians, all the ~hypocrites, all 'the ones who are pious on Sunday and crooked. on Mon- day, the churches, after all, do con- tafn what Jesus told "Hjs disciples they were--the salt of the earth. There is no agency that ean compare with religion. erybody believes. this and it hopeful apd singular truth that the church is criticised by outsiders as well as insiders ' more sharply and constantly than any other institution, That is because we expect the churches to be, agencies for good and church members to be people who are being good themselves and dothg good others. Admitting all this it follows as =» matter, of. course, that the easiest and best way to help society to be better. is hy active participation in the best movement that civilization has ever | found for improving it- welt? The church needs your strength, your hopefulness, your broadminded- we for goodness Ev- iT a to 'ness, You need the inspiration, -the feeling of loyalty, the strength, the vomiort, the consolation and the cheer which the church offers: you, Try it. NO CORRUPTION ON THF N.T.R. "In an article in the April issue of The Queen's Qarterly, 0. D. Skelton, | professor. of = economies at Queen's, * makes pertinent comment upon, the construction of the National Trans continental railway and the &Fiticisms * upon the manner in which the Work' was undertaken and carried through. He supplies the answer of an impar- tial Sbeerver to the reckless partisan have been made through 00 | management « to: protect the public interpsts, Prof. Skelton touches upon the criticisms which have been levelled against the methods of handling tenders and su- pervising contract 'work. As for the erithism that contracts were not sufficiently ' subsdivided to permit small contractors to tender he says that it is "a criticism apparently weak in face of the size of the plant and magnitude of the organization needed in the remote wildernigs.'" + Dealing with" the charges' of over classification and other important mediiremmaué Professor Skelton writes: "So fu¥, however, as may he gath- ered from study of the ye os athe 7 | reba these points, there -- no diflarenine among the G1 ataff other than differences p 'opinion, opinion as to interpretation of clauses or as to what was actual ly feasible, and the total amounts in- make up no large cost over the original estimates. "It in encouraging in the midst of 0 much talk of corruption in Can- ada," he adds, "that repeated inves- tigation has revealed no instamee . of corruption on the part either of the or the staff, whatever eras of judgment may be charg ed, Tu SCIENCE OF THE SOUL, : The twentieth century has seen the decline of scientific skepticism on the supject of Immortality. now, in the The soul is opinion Bergson, an actuality, Haeckel's con- cept of consciousness as a function of the ganglionic cells of the cortex of the brain is really discarded by all who are not utter materialists. As H. Addingtan Bruce remarks in his article entitled "The Soul's *Win- ning Fight with. Seience" in the Am- erican Magazine, the facts showing the connection between brain 'reveal the brain not us identical with the soul, but as merely the instrument by which the soul--the feeling, thinking, remem- bering ego--secures expression for its memories."" The brain is a. sort telephone exchange whose function to allow or to of is obstruct communica tion. . Amnesia through inquiry one of the brain centres is not rea) loss of memory but simply indicates that the medium for communication is out of order. Partial forgetfulness of a ward or letter while all other words or letters are remembered shows that the elimination was the result of the damaged brain centre, and that pro- bably the word or letter was retained in the memory although the faculty of expressing. it was impaired. It is not the brain that remembers. The old man of seventy vividly recalls incidents in his boyhood, although it is"a tehet of physiology that the en- tire material of the human body is re newed every seven years. r al brain changes--the soul remains. The ego, the self, which uses brain, is the real personality. Science, however, may still assume a skeptical attitude on the problem whe- ther this ego, this soul, which eon stitutes each individuals personality, survives the death of the body. We cannot expect alleged "spirit mess ages"' tp be accepted hs evidence by scientific inguirers, but we can challenge the materialistic scientist to deny the existence of en tities which terial. to the of such survival, , though real, are not ma How could mental conditions and the state of the spirit be weigh- ed, measared, or analyzed ? Tt eludes the instruments of the physicist and the chemist, but there is no' proof of its The soul is not to the processes by which the nature and action of matter investigated. to a higher non-existence. amenable are We must have recourse psychology, to a science transcending matter, in order to per- ceive, grasp and appreciate the possi- bilities of "the spiritual world. parrower sense, science: has inevitable limitations, but unless it shuts out the light thrown on the problem hy both philosophy and religion, it must recognize not only: the existence but the eternal destiny of the .soul. In its LIBERAL ACTIVITY OF LABOR. Whenever you find a liberal govern- ment invoffice you also find a splen- did performance in the interests of labors savs the well-informed Brant- ford *Expositor. This is tiue with regaipd to the measures passed hy the Laurier government, to the legislation of the Asquith government, and to the proposals which are now being nade by Mr. Rowell and his asso ciates. - On the other hand, with con- servatives in power, there is usually sterility in the matier of labor le gislation, and such_measures of this nature as are produced sre almost invariably due to the initiative and demands of the liberal party. A summary of the social reform and Asquith governments most af felting labor is interesting, and it}id doubtful if any government of mo- dern times has been abls to achieve 80 a Ris orkmen's Compensation Act: tion for accidents far Pi Cr rgd -workers. in workshop: 1d in |" 1907-- Sonal Holdings od Allotment Act : Gives complete powers to local authorities to obtain land for 'small holdings and allotments in England and Wales (including power to take it compulsory), and provides a cheap and easy process of acquiring such land.! By the end of its first five years of operation the act had result- ed in the provision of no less that 155,000 acres for over 135,000 appli- cants. 1908-0ld Age Pensions Act : Near- ly a million old people are enjoying pensions, 'mainly of five shillings =a wi Eight Hours Act for miners. Children Act: Protecting aad promoting well-being of *1509--T.abor Fxchanges Act : Helps to lesson unemployment by bringing employers and workmen together. Nearly 70,000 places are filled every lives child. yh Boards Act : ing evil. 1909- Against sweat- 10--The great Lloyd-George Budget!: "By taxation levied on or plus wealth provides. money for so cial reform. Rejected bv the Housé of Lords, approved by the people in a general election, and became the law of the la 1910--National Insurance Act In- of "Sir Oliver | Lodge. Sir William Crookes and Henri sures fourteen million workers against sickness, and two and a half million workers against unemployment. 1911--Shops Act : Secures a weekls bali-holiday and proper meal times for workers. 1912--Coal Mines Minimum Act: Minimum wage for all undérground workers. Workingmen, whether, in Great Bri- tain or in Canada, are indebted to the various extensions of the chise secured for tham by the libe ral party for the political which they possess, ds well as for la- bor legislation. And yet, they very frequently found in alliance with the party to which they tle, in opposition to' their fran- power are owe so lit- The materi-. measures of the Campbell-Bammerman allies, often because the latter have {not Been able to grant the very ex- tremity of their demands Ls EDITORIAL NOTES It's gladsotme news indeed that the paving differences between the Board 'of Works and the street railway pany have I'bere 18 no com- been settled. reason why te city and the company should not aet in perfect harmony. Le A Kentucky distillers" association has offered . to "sell its list of names to a drink ture establishment, and adds to the proposal, "Our cus- tomers are your gents." stuff for the prohibigghists ! A pioneer grocer of a southern town Great has heen looking over some old books and finds that, from butter, poultry ple food articles in bulk are not high- er in price than they were twenty-five ac count aside and meat, sta- VeArs ago. Tt is surprising to note issued in the re cently report' on acreage and" Wales agrichltural land of England is farmed by ohly 52,006 persons or about twelve the total. re- turns: fopsEngland that more than hall the per cent. of a ----h¥ The Boston Globe is- struck by fact that the peaceful presidents the United States--Madigon, Lincoln and MecKinley- to lead the country diwing war that Wilson may be in a the of Polk, were all fated and similar po- sition. Last vear The City Council took up the questidn of 'again oiling the lime- stone-macadam roadways, but nothing further- has been heard abéut if. are several of the There main roads of the city that might well be oiled, of the great amount them. King Stweet streets are samples. in view of traflie and \ nN over Broek west the labor The Industrial Banner, od mouthpiece of the organiza- tions of Ontario, in summing up 'the usefulness of the Ontario government, talks plainly of its manifest short comings sa far as consideration advancement of the. interests of labor men in the recogniz- for of the pro- Sir Victor "Horsley, speaking spe- cially of aleohol in small doses, say: "nervous debility is frequently caus- od and accentuated by the moderate use of alochol."" Professor Kraepelin, of Heidelberg, discovered, in a long sories Of experiments, that, even in very small doses, "alcohol lengthens the time taken to perform complex mental processes." PUBLIC OPINION 'Can We Stand It? Guelph Mercury. There is an immigrant entering Uanada = every minute. of every working day in the year. Is our Can- adian national spirit strong enough to stand that strain? A ! Want It to Go Round. . Thomas Journal Thnk yi en the Whitney gov' | ornment estimated the. cost of natural 50, 006° vigve has been shown. | i Rt of Alberta, nt., 1857. mark. and there is every "prospect the cost will pass the million mark. How many tories are there in Toronto, anyway ? ; A ---------- 4 Notoriety Recipe. Degroft Tribur 18 Any man who thinks he douwsn't at- tract much attention in this world should get out a pair of old trousers and 'a blue Hanne! shirt and do a lit- tle. work on his front lawn Sunday morning. ; 23% Avail Ourseivés-of Chance, "Torontp Star "The land, the money, the which nourish Canadian railways come from the Canadian people, people of Canada have the right to control the railways Now is our chance ta, begin' with the Canadian Northern. : labor all The His Superintendent's Gramaphone London Advertiser. The education department unique section of the Ont: ario gov- crament. ~The ndminal minister seems to have virtually less power than one of his own back-benchers. He has been diseribed by an inspector as his superintendent's gramophone. is a Current Loyalty. © Montreal Mail Current Kaglish illustrated show pictures of thousands of children enthusiastically King George and Queen, Mary. The childish faith "in the monarch is a great bulwark of the British empire becanse it grows into a love and re- spect . forthe institutions of govern- went under which' Britons live and over which the king presides. -- papers school cheering Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. Cadets at Royal Military College are making arrangements for a trip to Port Hope, Toronto and Hamilton during July. Owners of property on Johnson street claim that as it is the only street" that stretches from the water's edge' to the city limite, it should re ceive extensive improvements and be called an avenue : \_A cow belonging to W. N. Bowen, Lansdowne, gave birth to a calf hav-H ing two perfectly formed heads. MONDAY, MAY FOURTH Sir Louls Davies, the oldest judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, who is sixty. nine years of age to-day, is a native of Prince 2 x Edward Island and prior to en- tering the House of Commons in 1882, was pre- mier of the Is- land province. He a4 most amiable gentle- man and posses. ges a wealth of | interesting rem- iniscences about the public life of Canada during the past thirty years. One of his best stories has to do with & . passage at arms between Sir John A. Mac- the then . leader of the Edward Blake, which' oc- in his Parliamentary career, Blake had spoken far into the night, attacking with bitter in- vective the premier and his adminis: tration. When he sat down after mid- night, Sir Louis "sdid, the House awaited with keen expectancy the reply of Sir John. Instead; however, of answering in kind the latter in his smoothest style congratulated Mr. Blake on his ecort and then turning to address the whole body of mem- bers said, "The honorable gentleman has told you his side of the case; it remains with you to decide whether you want old Sir John or Edward Hiake to run the count~v." He there- upon sat down amid immense ap- plause, undoing in two minutes the superb argument which his Spponent { had built up in several hours. Also born to-day:-- Hon. Gordon Hunter, chief justice of British Columbia, born in Beams- ville, Ont, 1863. Hon. - Nicholas Beck, puisne fudge is denald and Opposition, curred early DuBois Domine of the Supreme born in Cobourg, Hon. C. B. B. De Boucherville, for- mer premjer of Quebe¢, born at Boucherville, P.Q., 1822, Bibby's | Night Robes. - MEN'S HOSIERY GUARANTEED HOLEPROOF -- For every pair that goes wrong, we give you 2 pairs in exclfange; pure -ashmere. Ed 14 to 17 1-2; Workingmen"s Shirts, Special 50c. 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