18 CONTENTS. 



Mercy of the Manufacturers Need of a free and cheap Market How 

 the Tariff works The Government protects the Manufacturers in their 

 Extortions from the Farmers The Farmer requires a cheap Market 

 What the Farmer pays for Staple Articles of Consumption The Far- 

 mers making the Fortunes of the Manufacturers A Tax upon Agricul- 

 ture "What a Dose of Quinine costs Necessities taxed more heavily 

 than Luxuries The Interests of the Farmer opposed to those of the 

 Manufacturer The Government hostile to the Farmers Food for 

 wholesome Reflection How the Farmer can be benefited by a Free 

 Market How to bring it about 389 



CHAPTER XXII. 

 THE REMEDY. 



Review of the Wrongs suffered by the Agricultural Classes A Minor . 

 Evil The Remedy The Farmer to receive a fair Return for his 

 Industry The Farmer's Interest that of the Nation The Duty of the 

 Country to protect the Farmer The Kind of Laws needed The Mo- 

 nopolists the Enemies of the Whole People A Free and Cheap Market 

 demanded Power of the Farmers of the United States The Extent 

 to which they control the Popular Vote Number of voting Farmers 

 The People in Sympathy with the Agricultural Class What the Farmers 

 can accomplish Necessity of Union A great and glorious Revolution 

 at Hand 400 



PART IV. 

 THE ORDER OF PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



ORGANIZATION OF THE ORDER. 



Mission of Mr. O. H. Kelley to the Southern States He discovers a 

 Remedy for the Farmers' Grievances Conferences at Washington 

 Formation of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry Organization of the 

 National Grange Subsequent History of the Order Increase of the 

 Granges The Grange in Iowa Strength of the Order The Weekly 

 Bulletin A Wonderful History Unprecedentedly Rapid Growth of 

 the Order Comments of the " Tribune " on the Increase of the Granges 

 The Order in Canada List of Canadian Granges 407 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

 COMPOSITION OF THE GRANGES. 



Objects of the Order Male and Female Members Division into Na- 

 tional State, and Local Granges Officers of the National Grange 



