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INDEX 



Hill, W. H., Ohio Grange agent, 248; 



Confidential Price List, 350. 

 Historical Paper, showing the aims and 



objects of the order of Knights of Labor, 



337- 

 History, Description and Resources of 



Darlington County, South Carolina, 



320. 



History of the Grange in Canada, 341. 

 Hittell, T. H., California, 335. 

 Hoar, W. M., consulted on Potter law, 



187. 



Home and Farm (Louisville), 325. 

 Homestead Law, 26. 

 Honey Creek (Ind.), grange established, 



47- 



Booster Patron and Lady Granger (In- 

 dianapolis), 324. 



Hopkins, Judge (Wis.), upholds Potter 

 law, 1 88. 



Howe, J. H., Statement in Behalf of the 

 Northwestern Railroad, 348. 



Rowland, Marie, " Patrons of Husban- 

 dry," 337- 



Hoyt, J. W., Wisconsin railroad com- 

 missioner, 1 86. 



Hudson, J. F., Railways and the Republic, 



344- 

 Hudson, J. K., editor Kansas Farmer, 



324; Patrons' Handbook, 337. 

 Huntington (Ind.), Grange store, 263. 

 Husbandman (Elmira, N. Y.), 327. 



Idaho, Grange statistics, 58 ff.; organiza- 

 tion of granges, 66. 



Illinois, public aid to railroads, 22 note 

 3; occupations of legislators, 35; an- 

 tagonism to railroads, 48, 53; agricul- 

 tural discontent, 74; farmers' clubs, 

 74-76; extent of agricultural organi- 

 zation, 76; political situation (1865), 

 80; Independent party movement, 82, 

 84-89; State Farmers' Convention, 

 83, 146; judicial elections (1873), 84; 

 county elections (1873), 85-89; Inde- 

 pendent Reform party organized in, 

 94; general election (1874), 95; Legis- 

 lative Farmers' Club, 131; legislature 



favors interstate commerce legislation, 

 218, 223; bibliography, 317, 319, 322, 



324, 333, 340, 347, 35 1- 



Illinois Central railroad, suits against, in 

 Illinois, 140, 150, 151; accepts Iowa 

 railroad law, 1 76. 



Illinois Granger (Macomb), 323. 



Illinois Patrons of Husbandry, attempt 

 to establish grange at Chicago, 45; 

 early granges, 47, 49; growth, 51, 54, 

 59; statistics, 58 ff.; relations with 

 State Farmers' Association, 75, 76; 

 decline, 77; oppose increase of judicial 

 salaries, 106; business agencies, 244- 

 247; cooperative stores, 263 note 2; 

 manufacturing, 269. See also Illinois 

 State Grange. 



Illinois railroad and warehouse regula- 

 tion, constitution (1870), 125-131; 

 passenger act (1871), 132; act regu- 

 lating freight rates (1871), 133; act 

 regulating warehouses, 134; act es- 

 tablishing railroad commission, 135; 

 difficulties of enforcement, 136-138, 

 i4O-'i43; proposed legislation (1872), 

 138-140; commission sues companies, 

 140-143; freight act (1871) uncon- 

 stitutional, 142; warehouse law up- 

 held, 143; influence of farmers' organ- 

 izations; 143-145, 146, 158; proposed 

 laws (1873), US; Granger law (1873), 

 147-149; litigation over Granger Law, 

 149-152; commission prepares sched- 

 ule of rates, 150; attempt to repeal 

 law, 153-158; arbitration of disputes, 

 153; farmers support law, 155; at- 

 tacks on commission, 156; proposed 

 legislation (1874), 156; influence on 

 other states, 162, 194, 198-202; cases 

 in United States Supreme Court, 207- 

 209, 211-214; influence on agitation 

 for federal law, 216, 225. 



Illinois State Farmers' Association, or- 

 ganized, 75, 144; rapid growth, 76; 

 friction with Grange, 76; political 

 activity, 82-84; resolutions on rail- 

 road regulation, 83; platform, 94; 

 connection with Greenback party, 98 



