572 



INDEX 



Hillquit, Morris, New York Socialist: 363 

 Hirth, William: Missouri cooperative leader, 

 2 ^5> 35; attends Des Moines conference, 

 389; supports Corn Belt Committee, 432 

 Hoan, Daniel W., mayor of Milwaukee: 207 

 Hoard, W. D., Wisconsin journalist: 36 

 Hoosac Mills case: outlaws A.A.A., 501; rev- 

 enue involved, 537 



Hoover, Herbert: food administrator, 92; 

 "Hooverizing," 106; on cooperatives, 290; 

 on McNary-Haugen bill, 291, 379; opposes 

 farm conference, 332; on Bureau of Mar- 

 kets, 334; member cotton committee, 397; 

 opposition to, 402; elected President, 403; 

 calls special session, 404; message to Con- 

 gress, 405; opposes debenture plan, 406; 

 consults Legge, 417; opens campaign for 

 re-election, 445; final efforts for farm re- 

 lief, 456; speaks in Iowa, 459; on Jones 

 bill, 462 



Hope, Clifford R., Kansas congressman: 457 

 Hope-Norbeck bill, for agricultural relief: 



457 



Hoskins, A. J., on grain marketing: 75 

 Howard, James R.: Farm Bureau president, 

 258-59; urges farmer organization, 267; 

 at Chicago meeting, 268; salary, 272; calls 

 grain growers' conference, 274; appoints 

 Livestock Marketing Committee, 279; at- 

 tends farm conference, 379 

 Howe, Frederic C., on League program: 



191-92 



Howell, R. B., senator from Nebraska: 349 

 Huff, C. E.: Kansas Farmers' Union leader, 

 238; popularity, 248; on F.F.B. livestock- 

 marketing plans, 424; defeated for re- 

 election, 430 

 Hull, Cordell: defends trade agreements, 



527; addresses Farm Bureau, 530 

 Hull, Merlin, Wisconsin reform leader: 143 

 Hyde, Arthur: Secretary of Agriculture, 419; 

 tours winter wheat belt, 420; opposes 

 Jones bill, 462 



Illinois: enacts primary law, 52; livestock 



marketing in, 81; land boom in, 102; 

 Farmers' Union in, 223; Agricultural As- 

 sociation, 258; milk strike in, 310; A.A.A. 

 loans in, 486 



Independent Voters' Association: opposes 

 Nonpartisan League, 199; election suc- 

 cesses, 204 



Inflation: considered, 467; tendency toward, 

 480-81 



Insurgency, in Congress, 53-54 



International Equity Exchange, founded: 

 119 



Interstate Commerce Commission, slashes 

 freight rates: 332 



Iowa: loss in population, 24; reforms in, 40- 

 47; "Iowa Idea," 46; dairy cooperatives in, 

 69; elevator cooperatives in, 78; livestock 

 cooperatives in, 81; land boom in, 101; 

 Nonpartisan organizers in, 186; League 

 activities in, 189; Farm Bureau Federation 

 in, 212; Farmers' Union in, 229; Union 

 cooperatives in, 245; election of 1922, 349; 

 depression in, 388; election of 1930, 428; 

 farm-strike center, 435-46; financial con- 

 ditions in, 449; mortgage relief in, 499 



Jardine, William M.: on cooperatives, 290; 



Secretary of Agriculture, 392; member 



cotton committee, 397 

 Johnson, Hugh S.: war record of, 377; favors 



two-price system, 378; administers N.R.A., 



480 

 Johnson, John A., Minnesota governor: 47- 



50 



Johnson, Magnus: reform leader, 133; 

 elected senator, 342, 353; defeated for re- 

 election, 370 



Joint Commission for Agricultural Inquiry, 

 studies farm credits: 337 



Jones, Marvin, reports farm bill: 461 



Kahn, Otto, New York banker: 331 

 Kansas: reforms in, 51; livestock marketing 



in, 81; Nonpartisan organizers in, 186; 



League activities in, 188; Farmers' Union 



