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INDEX 



83; letter to Producers' Convention, 

 130 note 2; appoints railroad commis- 

 sioners, 136. 



Panic (1857), effect on railroad construc- 

 tion, 9. 



Panic (1873), effect on agriculture, 20; 

 effect on railroad regulation, 101; 

 ascribed to Granger laws, 232 note 4. 



Parks, member Illinois constitutional 

 convention, 129. 



Parsons, master Minnesota State Grange, 

 address, 163 note i. 



Patent rights, abuses, 18; reforms de- 

 manded by Grange, 119. 



Patron of Husbandry (Columbus, Miss.), 

 289, 326. 



Patron of Husbandry (Memphis, Tenn.), 

 328. 



Patrons 1 Advance (Batavia, O.), 328. 



Patrons' Benevolent Aid Society of Wis- 

 consin, 273. 



Patrons 1 Bulletin (Georgetown, Ky.), 



325- 



Patrons' Centennial Encampment Asso- 

 ciation, 300. 



Patrons' Cooperative Bank (Olathe, 

 Kans.), 271. 



Patrons' Cooperative Corporation (Port- 

 land, Me.), 266. 



Patrons' Gazette (N. Y.), 327, 350. 



Patrons' Gleaner (Emporia, Kans.), 324. 



Patrons' Helper (Des Moines, la.), 324. 



Patrons' Mutual Aid Society of Elmira 



(N.Y.),2 7 2,35i. 



Patrons' New York Business Directory, 357. 



Patrons of Husbandry, see Grange. 



Patrons of Industry, 305, 307, note i. 



Patrons' Parliamentary Guide, 318. 



Paul, G. H., Wisconsin railroad com- 

 missioner, 1 86. 



Pearson, J. M., Illinois railroad commis- 

 sioner, 145 note 3. 



Peck, G. W., ed., Wisconsin, 334. 



Peik t;. Chicago and Northwestern rail- 

 road, 210. 



Peffer, W. A., Farmer's Side, 332; " Far- 

 mers' Alliance," 338; " Farmers' De- 

 fensive Movement," 338. 



Pennsylvania, agricultural condition, 4; 

 Grange statistics, 45, 51, $8ff., state 

 grange organized, 63; railroad legisla- 

 tion, 200; Grange stores, 266; bibliog- 

 raphy, 320, 326. 



People s Independent party (Calif.), 98, 

 99, 197. See also Independent party 

 movement. 



People's Paper (Chicago), 323. 



People's party, 309. 



People's Reform party (Wis.), see Inde- 

 pendent party movement. 



Periam, Jonathan, Groundswett, 74 note 



2,317,339. 



Periodicals increase in circulation, 287. 

 See also Newspapers. 



Peters, A. H., " Depreciation of Farming 

 Land," 332. 



Peto, S. M., Resources and Prospects of 

 America, 332. 



Philadelphia (Pa.), Greenback conven- 

 tion, 98 note 3 ; Centennial Exposition, 

 120; session National Council Sover- 

 eigns of Industry, 306. 



Physiocrats, fanners hold similar theo- 

 ries, 16. 



Pierson, C. W., " Granger Movement," 



339- 



Platform, National Grange, 63-65; Inde- 

 pendent parties, 86, 90, 94,95, 100, 101. 



Politicians, join Grange, 71. 



Politics, in South, 5; railroad influence, 

 13; and farmers, 34-36; effect on 

 economic problems, 36; reform party, 

 advocated, 53; discussion in Grange 

 prohibited, 58; at dose of Civil War, 

 80; recent, 309-312. 



Pomona granges, provision for, 65; 

 establish cooperative stores, 240. 



Pontiac (111.), 87. 



Pope, C. C., Railroads are Private Prop- 

 erty, 348. 



Population, increase in West (1860-80), 

 25; surplus after Civil War, 25, 26. 



Populist party, origin, 309, significance, 

 310; bibliography, 332, 333. 



Portage (Wis.), state grange reorgan- 

 ized, 54. 



