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INDEX 



A.A.A., 491; evaluation of, 547; as pres- 

 sure group, 549 



American Legion, extolled: 269 



American Society of Equity: interest in co- 

 operatives, 58; aids livestock marketing, 

 81; early history of, 113; principles of, 

 114-16; structure and control, 116; leader- 

 ship, 117; membership, 118; organizes 

 Kentucky tobacco growers, 122-25; 

 growth in Wisconsin, 126-31; "grain- 

 growers' division," 135; differences with 

 Equity Exchange, 136; later history, 147; 

 relations with Farmers' Union, 225; op- 

 poses Transportation Act (1920), 283; 

 support for, 543 



Anderson, John M., Equity Exchange leader: 



137 

 Anderson, Sydney, Minnesota congressman: 



332 



Bacon, Jerry, Nonpartisan League opponent: 

 169 



Baer, John: Nonpartisan League cartoonist, 

 173; votes to unseat Berger, 207 



Bank failures, during 1920*5: 104 



Banking: Federal Farm Loan Act, 86, 102; 

 North Dakota plans for, 192; League pro- 

 gram criticized, 200; Bank of North Da- 

 kota, 201-3; farmer demands for reform, 

 269; Federal Reserve credit policy, 330, 

 337; Intermediate Credit Banks, 339-40 



Barbed-wire combine, broken by Cummins: 



4i 



Barnett, C. M., Equity president: 121 



Barrett, Charles S.: member Country Life 



Commission, 62; heads Farmers' Union, 



221; attends St. Louis convention, 225; at 



Fargo meeting, 233; opposition to, 236; 



re-elected, 237; opinion of Farm Bureau, 



283; opposes F.F.B., 429; southerner, 541 



Baruch, Bernard M., advises cooperative: 



299 



Bates, Mark P., South Dakota politician: 189 

 Berger, Victor: Socialist congressman, 206; 

 re-elected, 397 



Berry, Tom, North Dakota governor: 483 

 Better Farming Association, of North Da- 

 kota: 263 

 Binghamton County, New York, pioneers 



Farm Bureau: 261 



Black, John D., Harvard economist: 453 

 Elaine, John J.: Wisconsin reform leader, 



143; elected governor, 198 

 "Boodlers," St. Louis grafters: 50 

 Borah, William E.: endorsed by Nonpartisan 



League, 190; threatens Republicans, 351 

 Bowen, A. E., Nonpartisan leader: 157 

 Bradfute, O. E., Farm Bureau president: 387 

 Brand, Charles J.: drafts McNary-Haugen 

 bill, 380; considered as head for A.A.A., 



47i 



Brandeis, Louis D., suggested for Vice-Presi- 

 dent: 363 



Brookhart, Smith W.: U.S. senator, 336; 

 significance of election, 342; opposes Cum- 

 mins, 345; defeats Hitchcock, 349; re- 

 elected, 370; endorsed, 394; views on 

 F.F.B., 412; on proposed acreage reduc- 

 tions, 419; opposes Hoover (1932), 446 



Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers: see 

 Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of 



Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen: see Rail- 

 way Trainmen, Brotherhood of 



Brown, Norris, Nebraska reformer: 52 



Bryan, Charles W.: Nebraska governor, 349, 

 428; attitude on milk strike, 444; on 

 wheat embargo, 483 



Bryan, W. J., attends farmers' convention: 

 225 



Bureau of Agricultural Economics, studies 

 dairy marketing: 478 



Burke, John, North Dakota reformer: 52 



Burley Tobacco Society, Kentucky coopera- 

 tive: 123 



Burnquist, J. A. A., Minnesota governor: 187 



California, marketing act: 289 



Canada: migration to, 16; reciprocity with, 



opposed, 54; Equity penetration into, 134; 



influence on North Dakota, 153; on Am- 



