INDEX 



579 



Taber, L. J.: master of national Grange, 423; 

 on F.F.B. activities, 423; questions trade 

 agreements, 529 



Taft, William Howard, attends farmers' 

 convention: 225 



Tariff reform: "Iowa Idea," 46; opposition 

 to Payne-Aldrich schedules, 54; farm-bloc 

 policy on, 328; Woodrow Wilson on, 329; 

 Fordney-McCumber Act, 334, 349; La 

 Follette on, 366; Republican opposition to, 

 373, 387; increase in butter rates, 393; dif- 

 ferences on, 394, 396; unlikelihood of, 453; 

 trade agreements, 527; farmer proposals, 



552 



Taxation: rising rates, 106-7; League pro- 

 gram on, 193 



Taylor, Henry C.: on agricultural economics, 

 68; studies farm conditions, 380 



Teague, C. C., member Federal Farm 

 Board: 409 



Teigan, H. G.: Nonpartisan Leaguer, 201, 

 207; on relations with Socialists, 209; 

 favors third party, 214-15; Minnesota 

 congressman, 282; calls conference, 355 



Tenancy: prevalence of, 14; types of land- 

 lords, 15; rentals, 16; character of, 18; 

 criticisms of, 20; combated by New Deal, 

 509; in Missouri "boot heel," 515 



Tennessee, Equity activities in: 121-26 



Terminal elevator: see Elevators 



Thatcher, Myron W.: Equity leader, 147; 

 lobbyist, 254; on "cost of production," 

 534; proposes certificate payment plan, 535 



Third-party movements: in 1912, 54; in 

 1924, 356; farm orders on, 551 



Thomas amendment, opens A.A.A. to infla- 

 tion: 470 



Thompson, S. H.: Farm Bureau president, 

 387; supports F.F.B., 423 



Thorne, Clifford: Iowa railroad commis- 

 sioner, 44; counsel for Grain Dealers' As- 

 sociation, 279 



Thornthwaite, Warren, writes on Great 

 Plains: 512 



Tittemore, James N., Wisconsin reformer: 



142 



Tobacco growers: Equity appeal to, 118; 

 organized by Equity, 122; in Wisconsin, 

 119, 127; Wisconsin cooperatives, 316; af- 

 fected by A.A.A., 468; under ever normal 

 granary, 518 



Tolley, H. R., A.A.A. administrator: 521 

 Townley, A. C.: early career, 152-54; ac- 

 tivities in North Dakota, 161; supports 

 Frazier, 165; as campaigner, 166; urges 

 new state constitution, 173; on World War 

 I, 179; on farmer-labor alliance, 180; on 

 League program, 191-92; jailed for dis- 

 loyalty, 215; resigns as president of 

 League, 216; urges farmer-labor unity, 

 343-44; urges paper money issues, 450 

 Transferable-rights plan, proposed: 453 

 Transportation Act of 1920: opinions on, 

 283; supported by Cummins, 346; repeal 

 demanded, 363; opposed by La Follette, 

 366 



Triple A: see Agricultural Adjustment Act 

 Trovatten, A. A., Equity Exchange leader: 



137 



Tubbs, M. W., Equity leader: 119 

 Tuberculosis testing: opposed in Iowa, 437; 



constitutionality upheld, 440 

 Tugwell, R. G.: interest in domestic allot- 

 ment, 455; on Jones bill, 462; differences 

 with Peek, 487 



Turner, Dan W., Kansas governor: 459 

 Turner, F. J.: quoted, 32; on American in- 

 dividualism, in 



Twitchell, Treadwell, North Dakota poli- 

 tician: 151 



United States Chamber of Commerce: criti- 

 cized. 398; on F.F.B., 415, 421 



United States Grain Growers, Incorporated: 

 Farm Bureau agency, 278; activities, 295; 

 failures of, 296-99 



University of Minnesota: emphasizes agri- 

 cultural economics, 68; extension division, 

 246 



