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To the Methodist people in Ontario: The Ontario group of the Depart- ment of y and Moral Re- it to every phase of social service, urge upon you the fol- lowing con tions: 1. The Methodist church and tem- ~The attitude of the Metho- dist chureh towards the liquor tra-| fie has always been relentless oppo- | sition. We Rave never compromised with ] in strong drink. We | have ever heen determinedly aggros- sive mm the g struggle to! destroy this enemy of the health, happiness, homes and hopes of the people. Our readiness to participate | in this great reform is demonstrated | in our resolutions in general and an | nual 'conferences and other church | courts, and our hearty co-operation in every community every legal san- | ction of a trafic which knows no law, | nor sacred any fireside, nor any ' age, nor sex, and is the principal cause of e, the occasion of much ; poverty, ering and sorrow, an the test factor in much of the de- gradation of humanity and destruc- tion of. our race. 2. The issue is upon us.--The pre- a A Ih Ihc Torah tor fety Is largely favoral 0- wards abstinence. This attitude ¢ 'advanced Jegislation to at. fectually curtail the operations an ! the evils of the liquor traffic, Ve ed to prodiice this attitude, It is our unquestioned responsibility unfalteringly upon our well- to secure the no- known to fa- it prohibition, and to use our fie a solemn trust to elect, such candidates. 3. The tunity is upon us.-- We are in the midst 'of a provincial election, "first place in the cam- paign has been given to the cause of temperance. Other issues are import- ant, but the dominant note is: (1) The abolition of the bar, including therein the abolition of all hotel and club licenses; and therewith the treat! ing system; (2) The enactment of such other restrictions upon the re-! sidue of the traffic as will limit its 9] tions and remedy its evils; (3) removal 'of the three-fifths clause from the local option laws of the province, and the use of that law for . sof all shop. licenses ny any muniefpality. mn, in view of our 6 to secure the pro- i all legislation favoring in strong drink, that it is As portrayed by. the London Sphere artists, side of the Empress just before she and platform have many times en- dorsed this declaration. We must sup port this policy to consistently meet our responsibility. 5. Let us agt strongly and united- ly, now!-- Believing there is no other issue of such importance hefore the people in this election, and in view of the increasing anxiety of the lea- ders in commerce, industry, and so- clely to destroy this greatest menace fort of the people, we earnestly urge hearted effort in every possible way to secure the election of such repre- sentatives as will secure for us the most advanced temperance legisla- tion that may be within the jurisdic- tion of the legislature. Let us fight as independently and earnestly for our principles, as the liguor interests will fight for their li- censes, and the next legislature will surely "Abolish the Bar-Room." Signed on behalf of the Ontario group of the department of remper- ance and moral reform. A, CARMAN, Chairman, T. ALBERT MOORE, Secretary: ; Liberals Inaugurated Local Option. Sir James claims his party is the our d as citizens and as Chris- tians 10 do our utmost to secure the | temperance nomination and election of members of the | | tnency, will in the legislature | fairly t us in regard to these issues w portance. i 4. "responsibility is upon us.-- With great earnestness, we urge on our people to stand loyally by these pri preferring them to politi- cal partnership, and in every possible | way (0 use their influence to elect | as members of the legislature those candidates who, regardless of party' affiliations, will undertake, if elected, | to {ntrod! and support such legis- | lation. Thik is the more importa,' because we are fo a large extent res- for this movement to abio-| lish bar. In 1902, subsequent to the reférendum, we united with oth- ture from every consti- [¥iping out 1,800 licenses. only party that ever did anything in reform. In Mowat's time the Crooks Act was introduced, The late iberal government inaugurated local option. In its original form it was are of such supreme im- Mot compulsory for a municipality to submit such a measure on obtaining the signatures of twenty-five per cont. of the ratepayers. . Like a cow that gives good milk and then kicks over the bucket, the Whitney government remedied this, but immediately away the effectiveness hy the addi: tion of the three-fifths clause. Some say this tends' to stability. Tt does, but to the liquor interests. The net results of the three-fifths clause are: Four hundred bar-rooms in Ontario would. had it not been for the three-fifths clause. been put out of business. THE SINKING OF I'assengers standing on the | to the prosperity, happiness and com- ! all our people to united and strong- | took | (sank. The vessel, after being struck carened over to' the starboard. That gide of the vessel soon became wholely submerged. The port side became AlN PN Nl ANNE Sr NOTED LORD MERSEY THE GREATEST MARINE JUDGE IN BRITISH EMPIRE. | He is a Martyr to Gont--Reluctant Find Witnesses Themselves in Dread of Him. Lord Mersey, who is presiding over the government inquiry at Que- bee, into the loss of the Empress of Ireland in the St. Lawrence river, is (credited with knowing more about maritime law. than any other judge «on the English bench past or pres- ent. 3 Strictly speaking, he has retired from the bench, with a pension of $18,000 a year for life. But he re - mains one of the law lords of the up- per house of the imperial legislature, and as such is call ed upon to exer- cise judicial functions whenever cas- es are appealed to the House of lords, as the Nighést tribunal of the realm. His knowledge of maritime mat- ters which led the British govern- ment two years ago to trust him with ithe presidency of the court of inquiry into the wreck of the Titanic, was acquired, partly as presidént of the admiralty division of the High Rour: {of justice, and more especially ito his accession to the bench, firs\ of (all, during the 12 years that he sppnt 0. the Liverpool offices of 'his fatfier, bne of the leading shipowners of thar | (port, and afterwards as 'standing! counsel for very many years of the White Star Steamship company. Lord Mersey is not particularly { imposing to look at, being a rather | { short. clean shaven, rosy faced man, | with brown eyes, and a touch of (} e| sportsman about him. He is passion- | ately fond of dogs, and used to have #- couple of pedigree bulldogs, who rejoiced in the strictly legal namos of "Fee" and *'Brief," who when he Iwas still on the bench, would ac-| tcempany him to the law courts, and if they .got tired of waiting, would! t RINGHIV THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND. ap flatter and tier until, as the sur- vivors, from the liner state, thev walk- ed down the side of the vessel as on a sloping shore. Mr. Rowell is Quoted, Brantford Expositor The London Free Press, which ought to be above using such tittle-tattle, | declares that at a Methodist class ! meeting which she attended in Toron- | to Mrs. N. W. Rowell declared that her husband would not again appeal | to the people on an "'abolish the bar" policy. It is doubtful if she said any "w : Y The portion shown | in this diagram is jist the forward part of the vessel at the point where the navigating bridge above the forward deck. AA i nit thing of the kind, but if she did she certainly could not have done so in the sense which the Free Press urges. temperance people did not on this oc- casion show by their votes, that they were sincere in asking for the aboli- tion of the bav--the . liberal leader would not bring up the matter again. | 'Nor could 'do so. he to fairly be expected rises high | Belleviile Oatarto. ampe---- = There's & Reason. Hamilton Times The hotel keepers i for Whitney. There's a Flectiona are not but this pray, This Means Yon, Guelph Mercury. What are you going to {the open bar? It ma {boy some day. Your (on June 20th. duty, you | responsibility on yourself. Careless of the Producer. { Toronto Star |: The | viculture. Peaple chief producer. | | {not getting any | vantage. The {does ditions. Rowell and Labor. Beerlin Telegraph | In Woodstock speech his J Taco the supreme issue like and decent citizens. workiag reason. -------------- Vote as They Pray. Port Arthur Chronicle, ; won bv prayers, election will be won if tem- perance conservatives vote as they de. get with your ADCO comes If you fail in your are taking a tremendous lief interest of Omtario is ag- in cities and towns {may warp themselves up in their va- | fous occupations, but it is the farms of Qutario that produce the annual f wealth that counts. and of all t the provinces of Canada, Ontario is the r The cost of living is advancing at an alarming rate, people on the farms as well as * to {People in towns and cities, and those who do the work of production correspondi Present government c not know, does not even j What she meant would be that if the hibit any curiosity as to the underlying these nnsatisfactory to are ad- ex- cause Lidl ® TO CAMPAIGN COMMENT isabili af injuries i promptly attended to. It wodifhive ; benefited the manufacturer 1 hy: shortening the duration: of his, diss ability. As it was now, many ork: men could not secure the & in addition to the amount of %& pensation he vould be entitled 16 ye ceive, it wou adoustedly the efficiency of the new "ile proposing this, the ° il wan following the experience of of tries where there was no aid provisions, and regarded its A as 8 delect in the compensation aw. The experience of Germany, where there was such a provision, was that it was of more value than the': peusation clauses. : Other ls affecting labo, which the Iibernl party stands, voted down hy the government jority, These related to the tablishment of a government 18bor exchange to rojues anemploY ion and the ulation the child Toman labor in fu and shops. : The workingmen of Ontario | which of the two co i TO THE PUBLIC: HE State of New York, through its Department 'of Insurance, has completed the examination of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com which it is required by law to make every three years. Examiner, in concluding the report, said: "The treatment by this Sophy of its in the voluntary payment of mil ons of dolldYs. in bonuses, and in it§ social has his true interests at The Chief licy-holders in the prompt payment ne Re : features of the Company's business which deserve commendation." The Superintendent of Insurance, the Hon. William Temple Emmet, in approving the report, wrote an extended review from which we make extracts: THE COMPANY'S GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT. "The administrative officers of the Company * * ' Company as to make these equal the resources of many states and even nations. * have so increased the assets of the They have at the same time steadily cheapcncd the cost of insurance to policy-holdess, both by direct means and by the distribution of bonuses." [The report shows that the Company has to' Industrial palicy-holders in nineteen years.) "They have extended the Conipeny's business to such an extent as to b _ with approximately one-eighth of the population of the United States." given back $35,367,293 in bonuses ' ring it into contact now [The number of policies outstanding December 31, 1913, was 13,957,748.} "That this notable growth has involved no sacrifice of efficiency in the hand of administrative details, but, on the contrary, has been the direct result of constantly increasing efficlancy, is shown by the comparatively small losses sustained by the Company in proportion to the large . iny estments made." he government | J A ent or. law for| At a meeting of the grand lodge Rauder out, jump into the fins hans "The abolition of the'public bar, the Manitoba Masons. Blake B. Ralladay 50 cab on the stand, so mantably treating m, and drinking in | (formerly of Athens) was elected [TTRFOUES ith ie cushions clube, avd 8 mpasition of Such St {distriol deputy grand master for Win- | "up 0") ther would either end bv, » e liquor tra : Eh ther end by ae Sh moet effectually curtail its| Muskoka defeated the Canada Tem. (['¢!' Be|UE recognized by Some Soliee iA: ad remedy ita evils." [perance act by a majority of 400; lor in the discovery of the driver of ER courts, our pulpits, press returns: not complete. i their master's name on the collars | wherentpon the cabman would drive | iA l ITS POLICY-HOLDERS SATISFIED. "The {ict that the percentage of lapses due to the abandonment of their insurance by policy-holders is constantly decreasing, speaks eloquently to the same effect." [Tire lapse ratio of Thdustriai policies has decreased 31.7 por cent. in eight years.} "This last mentioned development is perhaps the most convincing evidences which could be offered that the Company's policy«holders are, broadly speaking, very well satisfied indeed with what they get in return for the premiums they pay. A very remarkable showing altogether." ITS SOCIAL - SERVICE. "This Company waited for no changes in existing law before striking out as a pioneer among insurance companies along the pathway of social service on a huge scale. : "For years it has maintained for its policy-holders a nursing service pon a great scale 3 this has latterly become a veritable marvel of efficiency and practical helpfulness. [Metropolitan nurses made 1,127,022 visits to sick ~holders in 1973, for which the Company paid the bills.) 4 "Leaving out of consideration the mere numbers of those who have been directly benefited by these activities, I think that the example which the Metropolitan has set to other great business organizations by its early recognition of the new respaasibilities aitaching to all business enterprises which Hit | Jliained a Satta size, is one ol, the most Beneficia 'wholesom ishi rences in the of American business. For years i Ni) Ry nourishing food. o RD Urasions when the question of health conservation bén serving multitudes of people as & Tey sort of University of beneficial instruction upon this most important subject." v od Kg Cat x " in a HEhibe et ilenta, apd \ 1 ting at the truth, Those who give s fiir evident reluctantly. or irs 1s ABREAST OF MODERN THOUGHT. : - rs A of Dian Seveiop: "This great institution, having $0 very recently been under our critical scr atin, "ind presenting , When he wags those glasses at §0 many admirable illustrations of what an efficient and enlightened modern tasin ra 4 : y them---those glasses without which on a large ccale can do in the way of keeping abreast of modern thought, sets tc be in a position Bs in Completely Jpat=-they re am where I may properly use it as an illustration * * * that private initiative and. n erprise are at Though 'bluff, he is very careful In. their best still capable of doing the finest possible work in fields from which, 'atterly all the'talk has deed in his speech. He does not call been that these agencies should be compelled to retire. Trane os Bil Ao : witness riur Pi 3 ¥ . ; eae yer. romarke, in Yalioty ascents. 1 wont : Assets, $117,820,220.00 Liabilities, $414,244,.327.51 ieve a word yon say." H ; : 3 y 2 ; Largest amount of insurance in force of any company in the world $2.816,504,462.00 Our them to the judge's home in Kenain- | glen, where the dogs would alight, | as if greatly enjoying the joke, walt-| ing while the cabman rahg the hell and collected the fare, Lord Mersey is a martyr te gout, due to the fact that he is descended | from several generations of Liver-| "i pool shiposvners and merchants who, | {having been members of the city! i Council, and of the Mersey dock and harbor board, knew something ahout good living. Perhaps it is due to this hereditary allment that he has a ten- dency to impatience. Very quick himself, he does not like to see time wasied through stu: ipldity or dullness. A thorouga mun he is articalarly and No Work That's the way a vacation should be, isn't it? With no time for cooking, yet the pleasures and activities of vacation--the rebuilding time--demand + Its delicate sweet, delicious flavour 4s particu- - larly appealing during the hot months when the ap- - petite . ts s I Made of whole wheat and barley, Grape-Nuts contains the essential elements for re-building * the jody--especially brain and nerve centres. ~ Grape-Nuts is partially pre-digested--the starch cells broken down to, aid quick, easy diges- | tion. And you know one feels cooler and more com- | fortable in hot weather on easily digested food. + It's easy to serve Girape-Nuts. Just pour what 'wanted direct from the package, add epcam or Why He Was Reconciled. ji Shortly after the first rumors were i circulated that secretary of the trea- sury. McAdoo might wed President Wilson's daughter, a friend of Me- Adoo remarked to him that it mus: be extremely annoying to both par- ties to have such rumors floating 'about when there was, of course, (mot a word of truth in the report. * "Well, there is just-one thing thai reconciles me to heaving such § Aion going around," observed M.- Rd what ; (5 HAL!" the friend natural. TEE Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | ; JORN R. Fpl DECEIT 1 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 3 =