INDEX 



375 



Northwestern Cooperative Association, 

 establishment attempted, 263 note 2. 



Northwestern Fanners' Alliance, 305; 

 organ, 324. 



Northwestern Farmers' Convention 

 (Chicago), 112; investigates Illinois 

 railroad law, 155; discusses transpor- 

 tation problem, 220; advocates hold- 

 ing farm products, 247. 



Noyes, George, attempts to establish 

 grange, 52. 



Nunda (111.), grange established, 47. 



Oberly, J. H., Illinois railroad commis- 

 sioner, 145 note 3. 



Ocala (Fla.), National Farmers' Affiance 

 session, 304. 



O'Connor, Charles, consulted on Potter 

 law, 187. 



O'Connor bill (Calif.), 197. 



O'Donnel bill (la.), 167. 



Ogle County Granger (Oregon, 111.), 323. 



Ohio, agricultural condition, 4; occupa- 

 tion of members of constitutional con- 

 vention, 35 note 2; political situation 

 (1865) , 80; farmers' and workingmen's 

 parties, 93; official salaries, 107; rail- 

 road legislation, 201; Patrons of In- 

 dustry, 305; bibliography, 320, 327, 

 328, 340, 350, 3Si- 



Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical Col- 

 lege, 292. 



Ohio Farmer (Cleveland), 328. 



Ohio Patrons of Husbandry, first granges, 

 45, 47, 49, 51; growth, 54, 59, 67; sta- 

 tistics, 58 ff.; business agency, 248; 

 cooperative stores, 262. See also Ohio 

 State Grange. 



Ohio Practical Farmer (Cleveland), 328. 



Ohio State Grange, organized, 63 ; advo- 

 cates: church taxation, 105; taxation 

 of railroads, 105; income tax, 117; 

 railroad legislation, 201 joins tem- 

 perance crusade, 121, 298; closes out 

 state agency, 248; investigates Agri- 

 cultural and Mechanical College, 292. 



Ohio State University, 292. 



Olathe (Kans.), Johnson County Coop- 



erative Association, 263; Patrons' 

 Cooperative Bank, 271. 



Olcott v. The Supervisors, 209. 



Order of Independent Grangers, 109. 



Oregon, agricultural condition, 8; politi- 

 cal situation (1865), 80; Independent 

 party, 97, 99; railroad legislation, 198; 

 bibliography, 320, 328. 



Oregon Cultivator (Albany), 328. 



Oregon Granger (Albany), 328. 



Oregon Patrons of Husbandry, first 

 grange, 56; statistics, 58 ff.; growth, 

 60; support Independent party, 97; 

 business agency, 251; demand rail- 

 road regulation, 198. 



Oregon Steam Navigation Company, 

 monopoly, 60. 



Organization, extends to all classes, 38; 

 bibliography, 335-341. See also Agri- 

 cultural organization, Labor organiza- 

 tions. 



Origin of the Grange, 318. 



Orton, H. S., Brief in Wisconsin vs. 

 Northwestern Railway, 348. 



Osborn, J. H., Wisconsin railroad com- 

 missioner, 1 86; address on Potter law, 

 190; editor Grange paper, 329. 



Oshkosh Times (Wis.), 329. 



Otken, C. H., Ills of the South, 332. 



Our Fireside (Baltimore), 325. 



Our Home Journal and Rural Southland 

 (New Orleans, La.), 325. 



Overproduction of agricultural staples, 

 6, 7, 24-34, 296. 



Owatonna (Minn.), Anti-Monopoly con- 

 vention, 89; transportation conven- 

 tion, 1 60. 



Owen, T. M., 293 note 3. 



Pacific coast, agricultural condition, 8; 

 increase of population (1860-80), 25; 

 growth of Grange, 59-61; bibliography 



34i. 



Pacific Rural Press (San Francisco), 322. 



Paine, A. E., Granger Movement in Illi- 

 nois, 340. 



Palmer, J. M., governor of Illinois, 

 speaks at State Farmers' Convention, 



