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regulation, 226; Northwestern Far- 

 mers' Alliance, 305; bibliography, 319, 



324, 334, 349, 35. 



Iowa Homestead and Western Farm 

 Journal (Des Moines, la.), 49, 324. 



Iowa Patrons of Husbandry, early 

 granges, 46, 47, 49; growth, 50, 54; 

 beginnings of cooperation, 53; largest 

 number of granges (1873), 5 8 J statis- 

 tics, 58 ff.; decline, 67, 175, 177; con- 

 nection with Anti-Monopoly party, 

 89, 91 ; influence on railroad regulation 

 168-171, 175; business agencies, 243; 

 cooperative stores, 263, 263 note 2; 

 manufacturing, 268, 269; programs 

 for local granges, 286. See also Iowa 

 State Grange. 



Iowa railroad regulation, attitude of 

 Anti-Monopoly party, 96, 169, 176, 

 226; Republicans repeal Granger 

 law, 99; early agitation, 166; O'Don- 

 nell bill fails, 167; attitude of Grange, 

 168-170, 175; Granger law (1874), 

 170-173; attitude of railroads, 173, 

 174, 176; litigation, 174; amend- 

 ment (1876), 176; campaign against, 

 177; commission law substituted for 

 Granger law, 178; later legislation, 

 179; case in United States Supreme 

 Court, 210. 



Iowa State Grange, organized, 50; busi- 

 ness agent, 53; advocates: safeguard- 

 ing bank deposits, 106; patent 

 reforms, 119; state railroad legislation, 

 169; federal railroad legislation, 218, 

 223; arbitration of disputes, 285; 

 immigration, 297 session at Des 

 Moines, 169; strength, 170; upholds 

 railroad law, 175; manufactures ma- 

 chinery, 244, 268; receives donation 

 for grasshopper victims, 283. 



Ireland, W. M., " founder " of Grange, 

 41, 42; treasurer National Grange, 

 42. 



Irrigation, California State Grange 

 advocates, 107. 



Itasca (Minn.), home of O. H. Kelley, 

 41. 



Jacques, Colonel D. H., recommends 

 Grange deputy, 51; editor Rural 

 Carolinian, 328. 



James, E. J., " Agitation for the Federal 

 Regulation of Railways," 344. 



Jay County Granger (Portland, Ind.), 

 324. 



Jefferson City (Mo.), farmers' conven- 

 tion, 78. 



Johnson, E. R., American Railway Trans- 

 portation, 344. 



Johnson County (Kans.), Cooperative 

 Association, 263. 



Joining the Grangers, 336. 



Jones, E. M., organizes grange, 54. 



Journal of Agriculture and Farmer 

 (St. Louis, Mo.), 326. 



Kansas, increase in population (1860- 

 80), 25; farmers' association, 77; 

 political situation (1865), 80; Inde- 

 pendent party, 93, 97; railroad 

 agitation, 196; Farmers' Alliance, 

 303; bibliography, 319, 324, 334, 351. 



Kansas Farmer (Topeka), 324. 



Kansas Patron and Farmer (Olathe), 

 324- 



Kansas Patrons of Husbandry, early 

 correspondence, 50; deputies ap- 

 pointed, 51; growth, 58; statistics, 

 58ff.; decline, 67; lack interest in 

 railroad problem, 196; business 

 agency, 249; cooperative stores, 263, 

 264; revival, 264; manufacturing, 

 269; insurance, 272, 273. 



Kansas State Grange, organized, 55; 

 approves state control of railroads, 

 196; establishes business agency, 249; 

 receives donation for grasshopper 

 victims, 283, 284. 



Kasson, Iowa legislator, 168 note i. 



Kearney, Dennis, founds Workingmen's 

 party, 99. 



Kearneyite party (Calif.), 99; influence 

 in constitutional convention, 198. 



Keep, Albert, president Northwestern 

 railroad, opposes Potter law, 187; 

 Memorial of Railway Companies, 348. 



