CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 

 FUNDAMENTAL CONDITIONS 



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THE AGRICULTURAL SITUATION (BY SECTIONS) 3 



FARMERS AND RAILROADS ff$$ 



FARMERS, MERCHANTS, AND MANUFACTURERS 16 



FARMERS AND FINANCE 19 



AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND PRICES 24 



FARMERS AND POLITICS . . . *** 34 



SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL CONDITIONS 37 



CHAPTER II 

 ORGANIZATION 



ORIGIN OF THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY, 1867 40 



EARLY YEARS OF THE GRANGE, 1868-71 44 



RAPID GROWTH OF THE GRANGE, 1872-73 52 



THE ST. Louis SESSION AND THE CULMINATION OF THE ORDER . . 63 



DECLINE OF THE GRANGE, 1875-80 69 



OTHER AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS 73 



CHAPTER III 

 THE GRANGER MOVEMENT AS A POLITICAL FORCE 



INDEPENDENT PARTIES 80 



THE GRANGE AND STATE LEGISLATION 102 



THE GRANGE AND NATIONAL LEGISLATION . . 108 



CHAPTER IV 

 GRANGER RAILWAY LEGISLATION (ILLINOIS) 



EARLY AGITATION AND THE LAW OF 1869 ^ >/;-.> ... 124 



THE CONSTITUTION OF 1870 126 



THE LEGISLATION OF 1871 131 



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