The Morning Bee _ MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE, Publisher. B. BREWER, Gen. Manager. MEMBER OK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The associated Press, of which The Bee is a member. Is eieluslretr wauled to the use fur rupubllcalioa of all hews dispatches credited la it or not otherwise credited In ttue paper, end also the local new, published herein, dll rights og republieeuuas of our special dispatches ere also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department {antic or Pereon Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.s , nn Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. luUO OFFICES Main Office—17th and Famam Co. Bluffa - a - la Bcott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington • 4?2 Star Bldg. Chicago - . 1720 Steger Bldg. Paris. France—420 Rue St. Honors KEEP NEIHARDT IN NEBRASKA. How much do the people of Nebraska appreciate the genius of John G. Neihardt? The ceremony by which he was declared the poet laureate of this state was not much more than a gesture. There are many lovers of literature who feel that something more substantial should be forthcoming. The new3 that Carleton college, at Northfield, 1 Minn., is trying to take Neihardt away from his na tive state and attach him to its faculty is a challenge to those who look to the development of a typical Great Plains culture. Frank Judson, chairman of the hoard of regents of the University of Nebraska, has hit on a practical plan. His announcement that he will propose to make Neihardt a member of the faculty of the university at Lincoln shows the proper spirit. Other great universities, such as Michigan and Miami, have brought great poets to their campus, rot primarily to teach classes, but to influence and inspire the students by contact with them. Robert Frost at Ann Arbor, and Percy Mackaye in Ohio, have made a place for themselves in the college en vironment. Neihardt is engaged in the writing of an epic which some literary critics compare to the works of Homer and Vergil. It deals not with the adventures nf ancient Greek and Roman adventurers, but with the life of our own prairie country. It requires three years to complete a work of this length. During that time Neihardt will have but the slenderest income. Surely if a college in Minnesota appreciates him so much as to consider making a place for him, the great state of Nebraska can do no less than match the offer. __ * WHAT WILL THE CHANGES DO? President Harding has nominated Dr. Hubert Work, postmaster general, to be secretary of the interior, succeeding Albert M. Fall, who retires on March 4. For a postmaster general the president has sent to the senate for confirmation the name of Harry S. Ne’e/, retiring senator from Indiana. The flection of Dr. Work for the Interior de partment will probably bring satisfaction to those who were disturbed by the policies of Secretary Fall. Dr. Work has shown great capacity in the Postoffice department, over which he has presided since the retirement of Will H. Hayi. His long life in the west has made him familiar through as sociation with many of the big problems that will confront his department. Having lived in a region where irrigation worked its wonders, he will be ready to aid in all legitimate reclamation endeavors. His attitude towards cer tain other phase* of his new department’s adminis tration must be developed. Among these are the question oT forestry, which was one of the subjects of disagreement between Mr. Fall and Secretary Wallace, and in which the president declined to ■ take sides with the retiring secretary. Another is \ the handling of the Pueblo Indian lands. Dr. Work is personally familiar with the inside of this fea ture of the government, and it should be unfair to assume that he lacks sympathy with the Indians nr fails to see the injustice of the attack that was made on their rights by the Bursum bill, so happily dispatched. Senator New’s selection will be listed as a “lame ■ duck’’ selection, although he will enmr the Post office department with a record of service in the senate and in business that justifies the expectation that he will carry on the mail service at the high afandard it has attained, and give it auch improve ment and extension as will meet with growing de mand*. WHEN FATE STRIKES BLINDLY. A little home on the edge of the dty, ju»t where the town merges into the country, a haven of hope •nd a source of courage—that is a place where brave hearts, sustained by love, have faced the world in the beginning of life’s battles. And when the little snes come, their childish prattle adds to the picture, j and makes the prize all the more worth striving for. What an unspeakable horror it is to discover that little home, on which so much of life and loving ef fort had been expended, wrapped in flames, and to know that inside it were the two little children, the babies who had brightened it by their lives, exposed to the most awful of deaths? Omaha was profoundly shocked at reading of the t tragedy at the Hildebrand home on Sunday night. | Nothing more terrible has ever been experienced in ! ell the history of the. city. Two little ones trapped in the blazing wreck of the home they had made so , bright and beautiful, caught in the bed where their parents had left them but a little time before—and v atchers of the fire unaware of their presence. What element of pathos, of trrror, is larking in this picture of a complete tragedy? Father and mother are heart broken; their grief ' is heavy and their souls are sore. Out of the depths they will lift themselves, for they must have courage, and can front disaster with stout hearts to press on. They will know that human sympathy is not in vain, for the great heart of Omaha will open to them In their sorrow and distress. Wc are reluctant to use so sad and distressful an event to illustrate a lesson, or to point a moral. What ever it touches is as complete as its tragedy. Only the utmost of watchfulness, of self-sacrifice on part of parent will secure the absolute safety of the child. Here there is no possible doubt that the parents felt they were leaving all in perfect order, but something beyond their control or knowledge set off the fire that wrought the awful damage. Homes are darkened and lives are saddened in many ways, by a curious procession of things we. can not foresee or guard against. Fate is blind, and so deals terrific blows, lighting on those who least de serve to be afflicted Yet seldom has fate directed »uch a stroke of dire misfortune as that which fell Upon the Hildebrand’s. It leaves dumb the most lo quacious, and dries up words that usually express condolence. RAINBOW IN THE FARMER’S SKY. A very definite and determined effort is being made to get through congress some form of legisla tion to facilitate further extension of credit for car Tying on farm operations. The senate passed two measures, the Capper and the I.enroot-Anderson bills, each containing much of merit, but ma terially varying in form and even containing some contradictory provisions. Attempt to harmonize these measures has resulted in the formulation by the house committee on banking and currency of a new bill, which has been reported, and for which a determined effort will be made to secure favor able consideration this week. The bill contemplates the establishment of twelve regional banks, to be located in the same cities with the Federal Reserve banks, each to have a capital stock of $5,000,000, or a total of $60, 000,000 to be held by the federal government. These banks will have permission to issue debentuie bonds to a total sum of $600,000,000 for the pur pose of carrying on business. Intermediary agencies are provided for, in the form of corporations with a minimum capital of $250,000 to deal in agricul tural paper having a maturity of six months or longer, and discount corporations, having a mini mum capital of $1,000,000, to handle such paper for the loaning banks. Under this method it is ex pected to provide almost double the amount of cap ital furnished by the War Finance corporation for agricultural uses. Of the earnings 10 per cent will go surplus and the residue to the federal treasury. On tho surface the plan seems to be workable and should provide the relief that is needed. One of the great problems of recent years has bean tho proper financing of farm operations. Resouices of private banking institutions have frequently been strained, and recent experiences have shown that many of these were unable to stand the strain. Ample capital at a rate that will enable the farmer to carry on and realize a profit on his efforts at production should come from the institutions that are to be set up to supplement the work of the gov ernment in providing through the federal reserve system relief for other industrial and commercial undertakings, but which relief was not available to the farmer. It may lead to that condition where, as was pro posed by a Nebraska authority lately, that the farmer can secure his working capital at a rate around 2 per cent. In time the government will be reimbursed for its investment, and the institutions left standing on their own. Experience with the Federal Reserve banks shows this can be achieved in a short time, if that is the end sought. The real purpose, however, should be to give to the agri cultural interest the assistance it deserves, and i which will come best in the form of capital at a low interest rate. NOW A CENSORSHIP OF SCHOOL BOOKS. A bill introduced in the state legislature by James Auten of Boone would prohibit the University of Nebraska from using any textbook written by a member of its faculty. The proposal is far from flattering in the implication that there is anything that savors of graft in the use of such books. It would, moreover, drive out of the institution some of the best members of its staff. When a man becomes expert in any subject, it I is natural for him to write a book on it. There is an advantage, too, for his students in having his point of view thus set before him. One of the prime functions of a university staff ia the conduct of scientific investigations. These results are usually published in the form of books. In fact, many men write books for their own classes berauso they know best what sort, of text they can use most effectively. If a law of the sort proposed had ex isted in the past, such great figures as Dr. Bessey, j ' the famous botanist, and Dr. Edgren, the noted Scandinavian scholar, could never have exerted the influence they did on the mind* of their students. Not only would professors be barred from using \ their own books, but no other instructor in the school could use them. From this it might be in ferred that the productions of Nebraska professors are not up to standard; as a matter of fact many of them possess World-Wide reputations. Their books are in use at Harvard, and even abroad. Fur thermore, in other universities, a textbook is not i condemned because it was written by a member of | the staff. There have been few instances in which this ! right of teachers and scholars has been abused. I House Roll 611 is at best an attempt to remedy evils ! that do not exist; at worst it is a petty maneuver by a suspicious and bigoted critic of higher educa ! tion and particularly of the university. We admire Rodolfo Valentino’s high soul. Ha is down to where he is only getting $7,500 a week, but refuses to sully his talent by appearing in person for I a film firm that “turns out pictures like savages.” i Wc know it is tough to try to live on $1,000 a day, I but we rely on Rudy to keep his oath. Mary Garden says her American season was “in I tense,” but we have not as yet heard of her basing 1 spent a million dollars presenting another opera like “The Love of Three Oranges.” Old King Tut will be spared watching the box scores for another season. Mr. Harding knows how to keep the senate talk ! ing. Homespun Verse Ry Robert. Worthington Davie DREAMS OF LONG AGO. How they flutter falry-llke— Dream* of blooming Long Ago, Nec tax-dipped and phantomllke Scene* we u*«d to live and kno',> A( % golden wand they atrtkg Memory. Sweet and Tow .Melodies me iiung and played • tf the faded land of Shade. Where the withered hud* are lam Red In vividness they seem To u*. bringing puro dellghl In the halo of our dream As wo wander back tonight. Bliss and boauty are aglnam In a darknesa that Is white faded sweetnesses beguile— There Is hidden In our'While All that graced the other While ttur eslelenee would he dark. And the virtues would he glutm If we could not view a spark In thnt candle-lighted room! To the linnet-carols hark. Prtnk the daffodil perfume And be young again nnd fr<< In the magic minstrelsy Kaahlonod out of Mtmory I I “The People’s Voice’’ ESttoriait Irem ruden •( The Monies Baa. Header! of Ike Mernla* Baa art IsvfleO ta uia tails ralun’ft freely far aiiraialan aa matter! ar subtle tateraat. Praise for Nebraska's Pool. Omaha.—To the Editor of Tho i Omaha Bee: "If I here Is another liv ing poet who has written a poem : equal to Noihardt'a 'Prairie htomi Rune' I have not read his poem!" The above Is quoted form a letter which appeared in your columns from another poet, since you have been publishing the poems of John G. Neihardt. To me this man’s reaction to the "Prairie Storm Rune" is very tdg niflcant. It is ever true that all that is necessary to convert a discerning man or woman, into a life long devotee of Neihardt is to get that person just once to read Neihardt. An eminent scholar and college pro fessor told mo recently that he had gone along in tho classroom for twen ty years believing that all the great poetry had been written in the past centuries and that nothing great was being done today, until someone by hard work and much persuasion had induced him to read Neihardt’* "Tho Poet’s Town." Then he told me he fairly leaped out of his chair and de clared that big things ore being done lit verse today and that the man doing them is Neihardt. He eagerly sought Neihardt a works to gee what else he had done and found so many magnificent things that he lias be come devoted to Neihardt’* works as few critics ever become devoted to the works of any one author. Yes, The Omaha Bee is doing some thing worth while In seeking to make Nebraska acquainted with its bard. The whole English speaking world knew him. and the leading critics Mumped him as a giant in American literature ten years before more than a score of people in his own state recognized his genius. There are poets of the past per sistently worshiped In the claes room : whose works were mere child's play : compared to the works of Neihardt. As for "The Prairie Storrn Rune” mentioned by your correspondent s ! few days ago, there can be no douht j that Is one of the very' greatest I lyrics ever cast, in the English tongue. I say It without fear of successful contraditlon that he w ho cannot agree with this is either prejudiced or he has not yet been able to grasp all the technical points of excellence in that poem. I note your correspondent, after reading this lyric, hastened to com pare it with Tennyson’s "Come Into the Garden, Maud," as he said he had always regarded that, the greatest English lyric, up to this time. I was glad to hear that, because he Is a man after my own heart. No doubt tliat selection of Tennyson’s Is one the most magnificent of lyric flights. I stand as your correspondent stands, a little undecided whether to give the laurels to Tennyson or to Neihardt, but on the whole l should he inclined to give them to Neihardt. for his poem Is just as suggestive of what it is trying to portray, is a little more musical. I think, if possible, and shows a technique in many details i that stireiy surpasses Tennyson. That is a big statement to make. ! No one realiz-s that. Kite- than I do. I most hasten here also to say that I mean no discredit to Teitny- I son, for l ant a devote-* of Tennyson myself. Now, to eo Just a little farther, one need not stop at Nelhardt’s "Prairie Storm Rune." Why rot con sider his "Poet's Town.” his "Woman Wine," that amazing lyric which is a veritable pageant of womankind; “That Battle Cry," that shout of courageous defiance that has gone j round the world in five languages; j "The W. avers." "Break of Bay." " I TU. 'oey," "And t(io Little Wind." that lilting, half jesting, eon- | ' .101 to -ockdogy, "The Child's' Heritage, "Lullaby." and many others? And yet, when all these ape consid ered, great as they are, Neihardt has only begun. For he finished these years ago, and now for the past ten years has b-cn devoting all his time to n cycle nt five great epics. Here he hag used his great poetical power in interpreting ho mighty westward avalanche of civilization, until he is recognised as being to the American frontier what hlr \\ litre Scott was to the borderland of S. otJatnl. No! oth- . American poet has ever tinder taken such « task, and already tin! 1 verrillOH throughout tho t'qited States are constantly «ngaging Mr. Neihardt to con jo before the students and i faculty nud read from these works Ye*, indeed, congratulations are due The Omaha Be© for seeking to make its own people of Nebraska see what It is that is causing other states ! to call this Nebraska hard from sea 1 to sea to read his works A. E LONG. | AcrMetifs—Their Cause and Preven tlnn. Omaha.—To th» Editor of The Omaha Bee: Accidents may he classed under two general heads: (11 , Inevitable or unavoidable accidents: J (?) avoidable accidents. In the first j class are those accidents which are • Mused by tile act of God or the eie menu, such as lightning, wind, storm, i flood, or which take place without Daily Prayer | Th# Lord l©***th th# rrl*©r*r* Th* Lord ©p*n*ih th* • •** ©f th* Mind th* ford r*l»*th th*m thn* »r* bowed dnwn th* tdlrd tovoth th* rtght#ou«. th* l.ord l’,'***rv*th th* stranger*: H* r*ti«v#th ttis father]*** ard widow; but th* way 1 of th* wtck*d II* turusttl upside down Th# Lord *h#ll r*l*n for #v*r, #v#n thy find. O Zion, unto all generation#. Praia* ys ih# Lord.—P*. 14*: 7 10, Oh God, our Father! How pro | ©loti* to us tg the privilege of having 1 Thy Name linger on our lips, giving u* new aMUrance of th# fact that wr are In the cirri* of Thy love and car, Mr.y this confidence rlrlv© away nil f"ar and anxiety, ind help *o keep out of Hill day all other enemies of our souls. In lh# moment of our tompM lion, may we realign Thy promiso and Thy presence. When burdens corns ! heavy, may we find the **r*»ngrth | necessary In Thee. In face of all . Out of the black Into the blue. Where are the great winds bearing you? Never port shall lift for m« Into the sky, out of the s»-a* Into the blue or into the bla* k, Onward, outward, never back I Something mighty and weird and dim Call* me under the ocean rim! Pallor under sun and moon, 'Tls the ocean's fatal rune Under yon far rim of tky Twice ten thousand others lie Love is aweet and home Is fair. And your mother valla you there Onward, outward I must go Where the mighty currents flow Home Is anywhere for me On this pui pie-tented sea. Star and Wind and Sun iny brothers Ocean one of my mothers. Onward under sun and etar Where the weird adventures are! Never port shall lift for me— I am Wind and Fky and Sea! one'* foresight or expectation and which could not have been anticipa ted. But the xi cat majority of acci dent* and casualties happen through negligence and carelessness upon the part of the injured person or another, and are preventable by the use of reasonable foresight and care. Negligence is the failure to do that which a reasonable and prudent per son would ordinarily have done un der the circumstances, or doing that which such a person would not have done. It may result from acts of emission or commission. The test of negligence Is whether the person who caused the accident or injury to another ought to have foreseen the injurious consequences of his act. If the injury could not have le en reasonably anticipated or foreseen, then the act is not consid ered negligent. On the other hand, j if by the use of reasonable care and foresight the accident could have been prevented, then the person causing , the accident is to blame for not fore- | seeing and taking steps or changing his course of conduct so as to pre- j vent the accident. It will thu* be seen that foresight ’ and anticipation are the main elements j in determining whether an act is negligent or not, and therfore it be hooves everyone to endeavor to use foresight in order to avoid causing accidents. The greatest number of accidents ar-i now caused in connection with the use of automobiles; the next largest number are accidents occurring at and about the home. Most of them could be avoided if people would use I a little Imagination, foresight and judgment In considering the eondi- ] Uom» under wich they are acting and pursue a course of conduct with a view to prevent accidents. It Is not necessary to cite examples < of the thousand* of ways in which ac cident * occur, from tlie terrible rail road and automobile accidents to the simple accidents occurring evrry day at the home. Our purpose is to di- j rect attention to the essential, pri- ' mary cause of accidents, and to im press upon the, mind* of ait men, wo men an-i children the need of using their faculties in foreseeing and an ticipating accident*, and th»n taking steps to prevent them. We must learn this fundamental principle— keep this fact In mind at ail times— we must eultivat* the habit of think ing about accident* and u*ing our imagination before the accident* oc cur. In short: Anticipate accidents ami prevent them. W. H. H. ' ' ' " 1 ■' Common Sense You should Demonstrate Your Ability. Perhaps the reason why a certain , ability which you hat e Is not bringing you m money lies In the fact that you have not done any gratuitous i work to demonstrate that ability How can you expect recognition If ■what you po*ses» 1* known to your- I self alone? After !!*tenlng to a man who was j paid 1100 end expenses for making a 1 to minute after-dinner speech at a rJub, one of the members, said: "I could do as well as ho did." He w is told that tl members of the club did not km v of hla ability and that ho had refused opportuni ties to appear before tho club on the plea that ho was "not giving his serv. ices for nothing ” Ho yas told by n friend tliat t be could give ehterUiiiiing talks ho nhould advertise the fact. Ho followed this advice and now receives several hundred dollars each year as an after-dinner speaker. If you have something people will pay for. you rnuet make the fact known, even if thi* require* donating yonr service* for awhile. (Copyright. The Spice of Life Monday Behoni Tsachar: "* roast, who d*f*at«d th* Phlttetlasg?'' Erneat (rouaM from day-dr#wm>. • Dunno. f don't follow non* o’ thorn both leagu* taama."—Th* Paaaing Bhow. "Did you ktU th* raoalsr for tomor row* dinner?" "No, Ma._J went out th*r*. bnt I •bought it would b* b*H*r it the poor #*l ; low get % good night’s rear flrat 'cau** h* r got au**h * hard day b*for* him ts ; morrow."—Llf*. I!*r-"1VM you *\*r pinched for going too feat*" Hir* l ut I v* been •larned.'*— Tim Tlm^s of Cuba. Did Your Car Start Hard This Morning?, I >V|th At < arbnn Proof I Pines the ms • tooth edges of the lileh tem perature ftns do n<>t pern.lt the carbon to iicenmulnlo over the entire surface, as there thin edees heat np rapidly and huru away the root before It Inmr to carbon. This effec tively breaks np short circuits, makes for easier startlae and a lielter runnlne engine. The tC 1(176 Is the best pine for ford engines. AC spark Plug company PUNT MfcMgdo “trom State and -Nation” editorials from other newspapers. The Bandit's System. From the Nebraska City Press. Our present day method of tax col lecting is called by an expert on eco- j ; nomles a bandit's system of exacting I "dues" from the public. The asser | lion may not b<- strictly true, hut as j : liarsh as the allegation is it cannot j l>e denied that w e have for years -.-one on the theory that each man l shall be taxed for all the traffic will ' oear. The property tax the most Inequit able and unfair method of raising ! revenue known to civilized man. Is at | the bottom of our troubles, but it is ! not likely to he improved on until | there Is a better understanding among ! the people as to just how the ex | penses of government shall best be met. . | Students of the tax question realize that the single tax. which places the I burden on the source of ail wealth, | ts the best way out, but tho single 1 tax theory Is unpopular, principally j because It jh bo little understood. And ho we go on fining those who are ! thrifty and enterprising by Imposing ! a property tax and refusing to believe that we are doing so. The single tax. buttressed by a graduated Income tax, will eventually |je adopted by all enlightened nations of the earth, including our own. In the meantime we shall keep on, through our legislatures and congress, building crazy quilts, blindly striking out at visible forms of wealth, for ever changing, amending, repairing and patching—without arriving any where. The tax Issue will be with us as , long as civilized peoples dwell to- j get her, hut it need not be a terrifying Issue, nor an unfair one, if we will only rememlier that there is but one honest way to raise taxes—imposing the tax at the source of all wealth— the soil. | College Courses and Maturity. Frctm th« Minneapolis Journal. A. Lawrence Lowell, prealdent of Harvard university, in his annua! re port. takes Issue with parents who feel that their sons cannot get the moat out of colle?- before they are 18 or 19 years old. President Lowell ad vises that youth go to college as early as may be, for he finds that those who enter late are often tempted to shunt the cultural courses In order to take up vocational or professional work. It remains true that without a grounding In certain essential subjects no student should be permitted to take up vocational or professional work. The technical roof of education can hardly be built until a solid foun dation has been laid in a mastery of the Lr.gllsh language, and a fair pro ficiency In mathematics, history and the elements of science has been ac quired. After these essentials are possessed by a student there is no reason why the college course should not be shortened and speeded up, with a saving of time to youth and a saving of money to parents. Full maturity is not i.ecf-.ury to sc. much out of a college course. The idea that it Is, has been made the excuse for much loitering and waste of time. Peace Is Such a Bore. 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