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against governmental policies that were regarded as 

 unjust and unfair to agricultural producers. The 

 American protective tariff policy has much to ac- 

 count for in stimulating discontent and dissatisfac- 

 tion among our farm population. In subsequent 

 chapters an effort will be made to analyze the form 

 which this protest has taken from time to time 

 throughout the last half-century of this conflict. 



