16 CONTENTS. 



PART III. 

 THE FARMERS' WRONGS. 



CHAPTER XV. 



THE AGEICULTUEAL CLASSES AND THEIE WEONGS. 

 Detailed Statement of the Agricultural Wealth of the United States, and 

 of the Strength of the Agricultural Class The American Farmer His 

 Defects and Virtues His Character as a Man and a Citizen The Su- 

 perior of the Old World Farmer He should be the most independent 

 and contented Man on Earth The actual State of Affairs Hard Lot 

 of the American Farmer Difficulty of making the Farm pay A real 

 Grievance Wrongs of the Farmer The Effect upon the Young Men 

 Driven from Home Sad Story of a Farmer's Daughter Not an iso- 

 lated Case Cause for Apprehension A Remedy needed 283 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 THE MIDDLE-MEN. 



A Leading Cause of the Distress of Farmers Working at Starvation Prices 

 High Price of Bread Who is responsible, for it How the Middle- 

 Men grow Kich at the Expense of the Farmer An Unequal Division of 

 Profits The Farmer receives too little Comparison between Agricul- 

 tural and Manufacturing Profits The Story of Two Brothers A Lesson 

 for Farmers Profitable and Unprofitable Labor Contrast between the 

 Middle-Men and the Farmers Where the Profit on Grain goes A 

 Palace and a Farm House Who pay for the Splendors of the Large 

 Cities Need of the Farmer for Eeady Money How this Necessity is 

 taken Advantage of The Local Grain Dealers How they plunder the 

 Farmers The Excess of Western Production The Eeal Cause of it.... 294 



CHAPTER XVII. 



THE EAILEOADS AND THE FAEMEES. 



Opportunity of the Eailroads to plunder the Farmers Extent of the Wheat 

 Production of the United States Amount consumed at Home The 

 Western Surplus Amount of Corn produced The System of High 

 Freights The West shut out from Market Effect of the Civil War 

 Burning Corn for Fuel Greed of the Eailroad Companies The Cost of 

 getting Grain to Market Facts for Farmers Combination of the Eail- 

 roads and the Middle-Men The Story of a Car Load of Corn Mr. 

 Walker's Views The Farmers' Complaint Eailroads disregard the 

 Law Futile Efforts of the Western States to protect their Citizens 

 How High Freights are arranged The Dependence of the Farmers upon 

 the Eailroads The Effect of High Freights upon the Value of the Farm 

 A Startling Exhibit 333 



