INDEX 



371 



early correspondence, 50; attempt to 

 establish grange at Boston, 52; statis- 

 tics, 58 ff.; troubles of Boston Grange, 

 62; state grange organized, 63; decline, 

 70; business agencies, 254; coopera- 

 tive stores, 266. 

 Massachusetts Ploughman (Boston), 52, 



325- 



Matteson, C. S., Wisconsin, 334. 



May, C. S., Farmers' Movement, 345. 



Maynard, M. E., Patrons of Husbandry 

 in Wisconsin, 341. 



"Memorial to the Cotton States," 

 urges limitation of cotton crop, 296. 



Memphis (Tenn.), Grange agency, 253. 



Merchants, credit system in South, 6; 

 relations with farmers, 16-18; in- 

 fluence in politics, 34; opposition to 

 Grange in South, 55; join Grange, 71. 

 See also Commission men, Middle- 

 men. 



Merrill, Governor (la.), urges railroad 

 legislation, 167 note 3. 



Messer, Alpha, The Grange, 338. 



Meyer, B. H., Railway Legislation, 345. 



Meyer, H. R., Government Regulation of 

 Railway Rates, 345. 



Michigan, political situation (1865), 80; 

 National Reform party, 94; railroad 

 legislation, 201 ; Patrons of Industry, 

 305; bibliography, 320, 325, 341, 



351. 



Michigan Farmer and State Journal of 

 Agriculture (Detroit), 325. 



Michigan Patrons of Husbandry, attack 

 patent swindles, 19, 119; early 

 granges, 54; growth, 55, 59, 67; statis- 

 tics, s8ff.; business agency, 248; 

 cooperative stores, 263 note 2; schools, 

 291. 



Michigan State Grange, organized, 63; 

 advocates: uniform text-books, 104; 

 tariff on wool, 115; railroad regula- 

 tion, 223 condemns appropriation 

 for Centennial Exposition, 120; estab- 

 lishes agency, 248. 



Middlemen, 9; lack of competition, 17; 

 extortions in California, 59; de- 



nounced by Grange, 64. See also 

 Commission men, Merchants. 



Midland Farmer (St. Louis, Mo.), 326. 



Milwaukee (Wis.), political conventions, 

 89, 90; Grange agency, 249. 



Milwaukee Journal of Commerce, on rail- 

 road commissioner, 186. 



Minnesota, increase in population (1860- 

 80), 25; political situation (1865), 80; 

 Anti-monopoly party, 89-91, 99; Re- 

 form party, 99; governor recommends 

 federal control of railroads, 218; 

 Farmers' Alliance, 305; bibliography, 

 320, 325, 334, 349. 



Minnesota Monthly (St. Paul), 326. 



Minnesota Patrons of Husbandry, early 

 granges, 46, 49; growth, 50, 54; statis- 

 tics, 58 ff.; decline, 67, 165; connec- 

 tion with Anti-Monopoly party, 89; 

 influence on railroad regulation, 160, 

 165; business agency, 242, 243. See 

 also Minnesota State Grange. 



Minnesota railroad regulation, attitude 

 of Anti-Monopoly party, 96, 162; 

 early legislation, 159; rate and com- 

 missioner laws (1871)., 160; attitude 

 of railroad companies, 160-162; litiga- 

 tion, 161, 213; Grange agitation, 161; 

 Granger laws (1874), 162; dissatisfac- 

 tion, 163; moderate law (1875), 164; 

 results, 165; case in United States 

 Supreme Court, 213. 



Minnesota State Grange, organized, 46; 

 appoints purchasing agent, 46; annual 

 session (1871), 50; circulates anti- 

 monopoly letter, 53; annual session 

 (1873), 162 note 2; favors Grange 

 cooperation, 241; business agency, 

 242; receives donations from National 

 Grange, 283, 284. 



Mirror and Farmer (Manchester, N. H.), 

 326. 



Mississippi, Grange statistics, 51, 55, 

 58 ff., 59; Grange agency, 253; bib- 

 liography, 320, 326, 335 See also 

 Mississippi State Grange. 



Mississippi River, levees, 120; Grange 

 advocates improvement, 112. 



