HISTORY 



OF THE 



GRANGE MOVEMENT; 



OB, THE 



FARMER'S WAR AGAINST MONOPOLIES: 



BEING 



A FULL AND AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE STEUGGLES OF THE 



AMEEICAN FARMERS AGAINST THE EXTORTIONS 



OF THE RAILROAD COMPANIES. 



WITH 



A HISTORY OF THE RISE AM) PROGRESS 



OF THE ORDER OF 



PATROIS OF HUSBANDRY, 



ITS OBJECTS, PBESENT CONDITION AND PROSPECTS. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED 



SKETCHES OF THE LEADING GBANGERS. 



BY 



EDWARD WINSLOW MARTIN, 



AUTHOR OF " BEHIND THE SCENES IN WASHINGTON," ETC., ETC. 



Illustrated with 6O Fine Engravings and Portraits of Leading Grangers, 



Issued by subscription only, and not for gale in the book stores. Residents of any Stat<* desiring 

 a copy should address the Publishers, and an Agent will call upon them. See pagu 545. 



NATIONAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 



CHICAGO, ILL. ; CINCINNATI, OHIO ; ST. LOUIS, Mo. ; 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. ; AND ATLANTA, GA. 



A. L. BANCROFT & CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



1874. 



