CONTENTS. 



DIVISION I. 

 AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTORY HISTORY i 



Agriculture before Christ, during the Dark Ages, and in Modern Times ; 

 The Burdens of the Farmer at the Present Time ; Unjust Laws. 



II. UNRECORDED HISTORY OF THE ALLIANCE 10 



Claims of the State of Kansas ; The Movement in New York ; The 

 Alliance in Texas ; The Question of Land Titles. 



III. HISTORY OF THE ALLIANCE IN TEXAS 20 



Original Records; First Meeting and First Officers; First Bond of 

 a Treasurer ; The Meetings at Jasper Creek, Goshen, and Friendship ; 

 Second Meeting at Peaster's Springs ; The First Charter ; The Secret 

 Work; The Meetings at Decatur and Waco; Demands by the 

 Alliance. 



IV. HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE 56 



Union with the State Farmers' Alliance of Texas ; Acts of Incorpora- 

 tion; The Meeting at Shreveport, Louisiana; Demands upon Con- 

 gress; The Meeting in Meridian, Mississippi. 



V. HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE continued 93 



The National Economist ; Union with the National Agricultural Wheel ; 

 The Meeting at St. Louis ; The Sub-Treasury Plan. 



VI. HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE concluded 133 



Offices opened in Washington, District of Columbia ; The Campaign 

 in the West; The Ocala Meeting; Constitution and Declaration of 

 Purposes ; Decrease of Circulation ; Increase of the National Debt. 



DIVISION II. 

 HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL. 



I. KINDRED ORGANIZATIONS 197 



The Agricultural Wheel; Its Original Constitution; The Meeting at 

 McKenzie, Tennessee, and its Demands ; Amended Constitution. 



II. KINDRED ORGANIZATIONS continued 216 



The Brothers of Freedom ; Declaration of Principles and Constitution ; 

 The Farmers' Union ; Constitution and By-Laws. 



III. KINDRED ORGANIZATIONS continued 225 



The Northwestern Alliance ; Declaration of Principles ; The Farmers' 

 Mutual Benefit Association; Origin of First Clubs; The Farmers' 

 Political League. 



