INDEX 



377 



Poiter, R. P., West, from the census of 

 1880, 332. 



Portland (Me.), Patrons' Cooperative 

 Corporation, 266. 



Portsmouth Weekly (N. H.), 327. 



Potomac Grange No. i, established in 

 Washington, 43. 



Potter, Wisconsin legislator, 183. 



" Potter and His Law," 346. 



Potter law (Wis.), enactment, 183; terms, 

 184; upheld by courts, 188; agitation 

 for repeal, 193; repealed, 194; at- 

 tacked by railroads, 233. 



Pottsville (la.), grange established, 47. 



Powderly, T. V., Thirty Years of Labor, 

 339- 



Powell, R. D., organizes granges, 51. 



Prairie Farmer (Chicago), aids Grange, 

 45, 46, 47, 48; editor's letter on rail- 

 roads, 53; aids State Farmers' Asso- 

 ciation, 75; discusses railroad abuses, 

 126, 127; issues call for Producers' 

 Convention, 128; criticises appoint- 

 ments to Illinois railroad commission, 

 136; establishes departments for 

 Grange and farmers' clubs, 288; bib- 

 liography, 323. 



Prairie states, agricultural condition, 7; 

 increase of population (1860-80), 25. 

 See also North Central division, North- 

 west, West. 



Prescott, C. A., Minnesota Grange agent, 

 242. 



Press, see Agricultural press, Newspapers. 



Primary granges, 291. 



Princeton (111.), farmers' convention, 84. 



Producers' Convention (111.), 48, 75, 127, 



143- 

 Pullman Palace Car Company, 157. 



Quaintance, H. W., " Influence of Farm 

 Machinery on Production and Labor," 

 332. 



Quimby amendment (Wis.), 191, agita- 

 tion for repeal, 193. 



Quincy, Josiah, president National 

 Cheap Transportation Association, 

 219, 224. 



Railroad Evolution," 345. 

 Railroad Mystery," 345. 



Railroad regulation, failure of competi- 

 tion, ii ; effect of agitation on Grange, 

 52; demand for state, 81, 82, 89, 100, 

 103, 194; Illinois, 84, 123-158; Min- 

 nesota, 89, 96, 159-166; Iowa, 89, 96, 

 166-179; Wisconsin, 89, 96, 179-194; 

 importance of Granger phase, 123; 

 Missouri, 194-196; Kansas and Ne- 

 braska, 196; California, 197; Oregon 

 and Colorado, 198; Massachusetts 

 type of commission, 199; New Eng- 

 land, 199; New York and Pennsyl- 

 vania, 200; Ohio, Indiana, and Michi- 

 gan, 201; the South, 202-204; extent 

 of Granger influence, 204, 205; deci- 

 sions of United States Supreme Court, 

 206-214; principles established by 

 Granger decisions, 211; modifications 

 of Granger decisions, 212-214; neces- 

 sity for interstate commerce law, 214; 

 demand for federal,*2i6, 218-221, 223, 

 226, 228, 230; considered by Congress, 

 216, 220-222, 224-226, 227, 230; effect 

 on rates, 231; effect on railroads, 232- 

 237; indirect and political effects, 237. 

 See also Congress, Granger laws, In- 

 terstate commerce, and under various 

 states. 



Railroads, extension after Civil War, 9, 

 24; methods of promotion, 10; public 

 aid, 10, 22 note 3, 26, 113, 166; antag- 

 onism toward, 11, 12, 48, 52, 72, 73, 

 86; abuses in management, 12; cor- 

 rupt influence in politics, 13, 15; 

 abuses in rates, 13-15, 28; overcapital- 

 ization, 14; monopoly, 60; attitude 

 of Grange, 64, 105, 205; extensions 

 desired, 101; taxation, 105; special 

 rates to Grange, 205; bibliography, 

 315, 3i6, 341-349- 



" Railway Depotism," 342. 



"Railway Stocks and Stockholders," 

 342. 



Randall, D. R., Cooperation in Maryland 

 and the South, 351. 



Rates, see Railroad regulation. 



