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tion of North Dakota for encouraging home owner- 

 ship. 



6. Control of state-owned financial and commer- 

 cial industries was assigned to an industrial 

 commission, consisting of the Governor, the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, and the Attorney General. 



In addition to this program of agrarian legisla- 

 tion, a number of other acts were passed that had 

 been advocated previously by the People's Party. 

 For example, a graduated tax upon incomes, the 

 creation of a workman's compensation commission, 

 provision for assessments against employers for the 

 purpose of providing funds for sickness and accident 

 insurance for industrial employees, and the regula- 

 tion of the hours and conditions of labor for women, 

 were included in the program of social legislation. 



The Nonpartisan League in Other States 



The Nonpartisan League attained its greatest 

 success in North Dakota, but its influence was ex- 

 tended to a number of other states. However, in 

 no other state was the League successful in gaining 

 control of the machinery of the government. 



The national activities of the organization began 

 in January, 1917, and headquarters were opened in 

 St. Paul. A vigorous campaign was inaugurated to 

 enlarge the scope of activities of the League. The 

 agrarian program of the League appealed to great 

 numbers of farmers in Minnesota, South Dakota, 

 Idaho, Colorado, Montana, and Nebraska. While 



