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INDEX 



St. Joseph, Missouri, marketing center: 305, 



3i8 



St. Lawrence-Great Lakes Waterway, 

 favored by farm conference: 333 



St. Louis, marketing center: 318 



St. Paul, Minnesota, entertains farm con- 

 ference: 400 



Sapiro, Aaron: proposes marketing plan, 

 275-76; promotional activities, 288 



Sargent County v. State of North Dakota, 

 Nonpartisan League case: 195 



Sayre, F. B., Assistant Secretary of State: 

 528 



Scandinavian-American Bank (Fargo), in- 

 solvency: 197 



Schall, Thomas D., U.S. senator: 428 



Schilling, W. F., member Federal Farm 

 Board: 409 



Sconce, Henry J.: Illinois farmer leader, 258; 

 opposes radicalism, 267 



Seligman, E. R. A., quoted: 561 



Shafer, George F., North Dakota governor: 



459 



Sharecroppers, in Missouri "boot heel": 515 



Sheldon, George L., Nebraska reformer: 52 



Sherman Anti-Trust Act: used against co- 

 operatives, 63; unenforcement charged, 

 362 



Shipstead, Henrik: Minnesota politician, 

 197; supports progressive bloc, 336; elec- 

 tion to Senate, 342, 347; earlier career, 

 345; favors "cost of production," 533; farm 

 spokesman, 550 



Silver, Gray: Farm Bureau leader, 270; ac- 

 tivities as lobbyist, 323; attends farm con- 

 ference, 379 



Silver coinage, favored: 467 



Simpson, John A.: Farmers' Union presi- 

 dent, 230; opposes Barrett, 237; opposes 

 F.F.B., 430; favors price fixing, 433; 

 names committee, 442; urges "cost of 

 production," 452; mentioned for Secretary 

 of Agriculture, 465; opposes Farm Board, 

 556 



Sioux City, Iowa: livestock market, 84, 304; 



hearings on packers, 327; farm-strike con- 

 ference in, 444 



Smith, A. E., nominated for President: 403 

 Smith, Earl C., Farm Bureau leader: 507, 



548 



Smith, Ellison D., on Jones bill: 462 

 Smoot-Hawley tariff, criticized: 528 

 Socialist party: influence on Nonpartisan 

 League, 149; activities in North Dakota, 

 155-57; as handicap to League, 169; re- 

 pudiates League, 206-9; i election of 

 1920, 344; in election of 1924, 363, 370 

 Soil conservation: Soil Erosion Act, 504; Soil 

 Conservation and Domestic Allotment 

 Act, 505; conservation program, 517; 

 under A.A.A. of 1938, 519 

 Soule, George, New Republic writer: 455 

 South Dakota: reforms in, 51; business fail- 

 ures, 108; Equity program in, 140-41; 

 Nonpartisan League in, 186, 189; election 

 of 1918, 190; election of 1920, 198; Farm 

 Bureau Federation in, 213; Farmers' 

 Union in, 232; A.A.A. loans in, 486; 

 drought in, 494 



South St. Joseph, Missouri, cooperative ex- 

 change center: 241 



South St. Paul, Minnesota: livestock market, 

 84; Farmers' Union patronage, 234, 246; 

 terminal market, 265, 303, 304 

 Spillman, W. J.: promotes county-agent sys- 

 tem, 262; proposes domestic allotment 

 plan, 452-54 



"Stalwarts," in Wisconsin politics: 40 

 Stamp, Sir Josiah C., British economist: 391 

 "Standpatters," in Iowa politics: 47 

 Stewart, C. L., proposes export debenture 



plan: 390, 554 

 Stone, J. C., member Federal Farm Board: 



409 



Stone, W. J., Missouri politician: 51 

 Strivings, S. L., New York farm leader: 



266-67 



Stubbs, Walter R., Kansas governor: 51 

 Sullivan, Mark, predictions: 394 



