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INDEX 



terminal agencies, 83; during World War 

 I, 94-96; Farmers' Union on, 233; activi- 

 ties in Nebraska, 242; through coopera- 

 tives, 265; Farm Bureau program, 279; 

 discriminations against cooperatives, 327; 

 F.F.B. proposals, 424; A.A.A. program, 

 474-77; during drought of 1934, 495 



Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of, in 

 election of 1920: 345 



Loewe v. Lawler (1908), discourages coop- 

 eratives: 63 



Loftus, George S.: reform leader, 133; in 

 Equity Exchange, 137; helps found Non- 

 partisan League, 151 



Lowden, Frank O.: on wheat pooling, 292; 

 opposes Grain Marketing Company, 300; 

 attends Des Moines conference, 389; pro- 

 poses farm board, 397 



Lubin, David: advocates rural credits, 85; 

 ideas on marketing, 275 



McAdoo, William G.: reply to farmers, 182; 



in campaign of 1924, 357 

 McCarthy, Charles, Wisconsin reformer: 62 

 McCumber, P. J., opposed by Frazier: 348 

 McGee, John F., opposes Nonpar tisan 



League: 181 



McGill, Charles, Kansas congressman: 523 

 McGill, George, U.S. senator: 525 

 McHugh, J. G., represents Minneapolis 



Chamber of Commerce: 138 

 McKelvie, Samuel: member Federal Farm 



Board, 409; urges grain storage, 418 

 McMullen, Adam, Nebraska governor: 396 

 McNary, Charles: works on McNary- 

 Haugen bill, 380; consults farm heads, 398; 

 chairman Senate Committee on Agricul- 

 ture, 457 



McNary-Haugen bill: origins of, 281; op- 

 posed by Sapiro, 288; principle fore- 

 shadowed, 334; La Follette's position on, 

 366-69: principles of, 372; relation to tar- 

 iff, 375; expounded, 378; first draft, 380; 

 endorsed by farm orders, 381; equaliza- 

 tion fee, 387; southern interest in, 391; 



opposition to, 392; second defeat, 393; 

 vetoed by Coolidge, 399; revised, 400; 

 contrasted with A.A.A., 470; indifference 

 to, 541 



Mahoney, William, at St. Paul convention 

 (1924): 360 



Manahan, James A., reform leader: 133 



Marketing: postwar problems of, 105; hold- 

 ing movement, 114; Kentucky tobacco 

 pool, 121-25; Equity criticisms of, 132; 

 Equity efforts at, 135; terminal-elevator 

 movement, 150; Farmers' Union coopera- 

 tives, 239-51; Farm Bureau methods, 278; 

 dairy products, 309-15; under A.A.A., 

 469; difficulties with wheat, 524; cam- 

 paign to reform, 551; see also Cooperative 

 marketing 



Meat-packing industry: criticisms of, 325; 

 investigated, 326 



Mellon, A. W.: opposes farm conference, 

 332; opposes McNary-Haugenism, 393; 

 member cotton committee, 397 



Meyer, Eugene, heads cotton committee: 



397 



Middle West: defined, 3; reforms in, 7; 

 mixed farming in, 12; tenancy in, 14; mi- 

 gration from, 16; Populist influence, 33; 

 promotes insurgency, 53; land boom in, 

 101-4; l ss f markets, 105; Nonpartisan 

 League, 185; interest in Farm Bureau 

 Federation, 212; Farmers' Union in, 222; 

 Farm Bureau, 265; supports farm bloc, 

 323; suports reform, 350; supports 

 McNary-Haugen bill, 383; on F.F.B., 423; 

 on Henry Wallace, 465; A.A.A. checks, 

 486; votes against Landon, 509; see also 

 Western Middle West 



Milk strike: in Chicago, 309; in southern 

 Illinois, 310 



Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce: unpop- 

 ularity of, 133; refuses seat to Equity, 134; 

 opposes Loftus, 137; sells seat to North- 

 west Wheat Growers, 293, 299; relations 

 with F.F.B., 432 



Minnesota: reforms in, 47-50; legislation on 



