INDEX 



367 



note 3; advocates currency expansion, 

 114; supports Illinois railroad law, 

 155; opposes federal railroad legisla- 

 tion, 223; attempts cooperation, 245; 

 officers establish Industrial Age, 288. 



Illinois State Grange, organization at- 

 tempted, 48; reorganized, 54; sup- 

 ports railroad law, 155; urges federal 

 regulation of railroads, 220; establishes 

 agency, 245; condemns use of tobacco, 

 298. 



Immigration, increase (1862-82), 27; 

 encouraged by Grange, 297. 



Independence day, Vermont Grange 

 celebration, 56; proposed Grange 

 celebration at Centennial Exposition, 

 300. See also Farmers' Fourth of 

 July. 



Independent, title of Illinois papers, 322, 

 323- 



Independent (N. Y.), railroad articles by 

 Hatch, 53. 



Independent party movement, connec- 

 tion with Grange, 72, 82, 89, 91, 92, 

 308; effect on Illinois State Farmers' 

 Association, 76; causes, 80, 82; re- 

 lations with Greenback party, 81, 95, 

 98, 101; Democratic affiliations, 83, 

 88, 89, 90; Illinois State Farmers' 

 Convention, 83; judicial elections in 

 Illinois (1873), 84; criticism, 85; plat- 

 forms, 86, 90, 94, 100, 181; enthusiasm 

 worked up, 86-88; local elections in 

 Illinois (1873), 88; state parties or- 

 ganized, 89, 94, 97; campaigns, 89- 

 98; decline, 98; political results, 100; 

 purposes, 100; causes of failure, 101; 

 newspapers support, 322-324, 326, 328. 



Independent Reformer (Springfield, 111.), 



323- 



Indian Territory, Grange statistics, 58 ff. 



Indiana, fanners organized, 78; political 

 situation (1865), 80; Independent 

 party, 93; railroad legislation, 201; 

 Patrons of Industry, 305; bibliog- 

 raphy, 319, 324, 351. 



Indiana Farmer (Indianapolis), 324. 



Indiana Granger (Muncie), 324. 



Indiana Patrons of Husbandry, early 



granges, 47, 49; growth, 51, 54, 59 J 



statistics, 58 ff.; density of granges, 67; 



business agency, 248; cooperative 



stores, 263 note 2; manufacturing, 269. 



See also Indiana State Grange. 

 Indiana State Farmers' Association, 78. 

 Indiana State Grange, organized, 54; 



opposes state aid to colleges, 104; 



opposes Canadian reciprocity, 115; 



demands railroad legislation, 201; 



establishes state agency, 248. 

 Indianapolis (Ind.), grange established, 



47; convention of Independents, 93; 



National Agricultural Congress, 78, 



219, 220; Greenback convention, 98 

 note 3. 



Indianapolis Sun, 324. 



Industrial Age, on Wisconsin railroad 

 legislation, 183 notei; established, 

 288; bibliography, 323, 329. 



Industrial education, advocated by 

 Grange, 290-293. 



Industrial Press (Galena, 111.), 323. 



Insurance companies, denounced, 53; 

 Grange cooperative, 271-273. 



Intellectual conditions among farmers, 

 37- 



Interest, high rate in California, 60; 

 Grange resolutions, 105. 



Internal improvements, Grange advo- 

 cates, in. 



Internal revenue, and farmers, 22; the 

 Grange and the tobacco tax, 116. 



Interstate commerce, act (1887), 122, 

 133, 212, 230; state control, 152, 152 

 note 6, 208, 210, 212, 213; need of 

 federal legislation, 214; President 

 Grant recommends investigation, 216; 

 Windom committee, 217, 220-222, 

 agitation for federal regulation, 218- 



220, 223, 226, 228-230; McCrary bill, 

 222, 224-226; Regan bill, 227-230. 

 See also Railroad regulation. 



Iowa, political situation (1865), 8> Anti- 

 Monopoly party, 89-91; legislature 

 favors federal railroad regulation, 218, 

 223; republicans favor federal railroad 



