THE STORY OF THE NONPARTISAN LEAGUE 



1S92, CO; hampered by ridicule, 

 98. 



"Postdated" checks: necessarily 

 taken by League in lieu of cash, 

 200; used in attempt to injure 

 League through Scandinavian- 

 American Bank of Fargo, 310- 

 318. 



Railroad freight rates: basis of, 37; 

 "phantom," between Minot and 

 Minneapolis, 81; regulated by 

 Nonpartisan League legislature, 

 202. 



Railroad interests: power of, in 

 the Northwest, 0; national gifts 

 to. 37; report of committee of 

 national House of Representa- 

 tives eoncerning their relations 

 with the grain combination, 101. 



Railroads in polities, 99-100. 



Reformers in history uhvavs at- 

 tacked, 1S7-188. 



Scandinavian-American Bank of 



Fargo: closet! by state banking 

 board because it carried post- 

 dated checks of the Nonpartisan 

 League and farmers' paper, 311; 

 closure denounced by state su- 

 preme court, 31-1-317; reopened, 

 317. 



Screenings: value of. .50, 51-03; 

 .North Dakota's losses on, 87-88; 

 fertilizer value of, 88. 



"*MX-do]lar Suckers," 204-20.5. 



Society of Kquity: policy c.f. to 

 ci'iinteract the bribing tactics of 

 the "line" eli-vators, 129; career 

 of, an incessant fight, 130; or- 

 ganizes the Kquity Co-operative 

 F.xehange, 130; attacked in the 

 court-. 131; oppressed by the 

 ( hain!>er of Commerce, 132; 

 denied transfer rights and facili- 

 ties 132; courage of its ofrie-TS, 

 131: driven out of Minneapolis 

 bv the banks, moves to St. i'aul, 

 137. 



S;.:lc hail in.-urance: provided by 



Nonpartisan League legislature, 

 203; menace of, to vested inter- 

 ests, 285; practical workings of, 

 298-299. 



State-owned flour-mill at Drake, 

 North Dakota, practical opera- 

 tions of, 297. 



Sundahl, Adolph, experiences with 

 farm loans, 35. 



Superior, Wisconsin: grain trade 

 of, checked by corporation in- 

 fluence, 142-143; report of com- 

 mittee of North Dakota Bank- 

 ers' Association concerning, 142; 

 its public elevators made private 

 by the grain combination, 144. 



Switching charges, fraudulent, ori- 

 gin and nature of the practice, 

 05-09. 



Taxation in North Dakota re- 

 formed by legislature of Janu- 

 ary, 1919, 204-200. 



Terminal elevators: enforced ne- 

 cessity of state ownership of, 102; 

 first vote of North Dakota on, 

 103; second vote of North Da- 

 kota on, 10 i; recommendations 

 of committee of North Dakota 

 Bankers' Association concerning, 

 148; logic of, 149; provided for 

 by Nonpartisan League legis- 

 lature, 201. 



Thompson, W. E., chief clerk, 

 Minnesota Railroad and Y\are- 

 hou.-c Commission, report of. 

 54-55. 



Townley, Arthur C.: engage.s in 

 farming on a large scale at 

 Beach. North Dakota, 191; 

 planting flax, 191; ruined by 

 decline in market, 192; studies 

 conditions th'it make farming 

 unprofitable, 194; tours through 

 North Dakota, 190; meets with 

 F. B. Wood. 197; appearaiu e 

 and traits. 198; first success. 199- 

 2(H); launches the Farmer^' Non- 

 partisan league, 200; audacity 

 as leader, 201; speeches on K:c 



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