INDEX 



Industrial Commission of North 

 Dakota, 260. 



Knutson, Olaf , experiences of, with 

 farm loans, 36. 



Kraabel, A. T., Lieutenant-Gover- 

 nor: indorsed by League, 211; 

 makes up committees against 

 League program, 222. 



Labor conditions in North Dakota 

 reformed by legislature of 1919, 

 266-270. 



La (id. Dr. E. F.: researches in 

 wheat values, 60; services to 

 the .farmers of America, 78 n.; 

 estimates of total losses to farm- 

 ers on the spurious "Feed" 

 grades, 86-87; estimates of 

 losses on screenings, etc., 87; 

 made inspector of grades, 

 weights, and measures for North 

 Dakota, 273; extent of his power 

 in that office, 274; results he 

 achieved, 275. 



Leiter wheat deal of 1898, 154. 



"Line" elevators: numbers and 

 the extent of their business, 41- 

 44; maneuvers to crush farm- 

 ers' competition, 124, 127; fa- 

 cility in obtaining cars from the 

 railroads, 126. 



Loans on warehouse receipts, prac- 

 tical workings of, 298. 



Lof tus, George S. : career and pub- 

 lic services, 135; compels Pull- 

 man Company to reduce charges, 

 135; made sales-manager for the 

 Equity Exchange, 136; experi- 

 ences with Minneapolis banks, 

 136. 



MeGrath, D. T.: employed as 

 scale expert by Doctor Ladd, 

 319; finds many false and manip- 

 ulated scales in grain trade, 319- 

 320; bills one elevator for $3,391 

 for false weighing of gram, 

 320. 



McHugh, J. J., secretary of Minne- 



apolis Chamber of Commerce: 

 testimony of, concerning false 

 switching charges, 65-66; testi- 

 mony of, concerning immunity 

 of the Chamber of Commerce, 

 70; testimony of, concerning 

 control of members, 71; indicted 

 at Winnipeg on charge of con- 

 spiracy in connection with ex- 

 pulsion of co-operative Grain 

 Growers' Grain Company from 

 Winnipeg Exchange, 139. 



Manahan, Hon. James: testimony 

 concerning grain-handling and 

 commissions, 45; testimony as 

 to effect of Chamber of Com- 

 merce on independent and out- 

 side millers, 46-47; confirmed 

 by committee of North Dakota 

 Bankers' Association, 51; exam- 

 ma tion of Secretary McHugh 

 on switching charges, 65-66. 



Market manipulations: table of 

 corn prices for one year, 153; 

 instances of, 153-154; famous 

 Leiter-Pillsbury deal an illus- 

 tration of, 154; "Dardanelles 

 Fake" created for this purpose, 

 156; losses to farmers in one 

 year by reason of, 156; Armour 

 wheat raid of 1915, 156-157; 

 Armour - Pea vey oats deal of 

 1906, 157-158. 



Millers' Association, the Minne- 

 apolis, forerunner of Chamber of 

 Commerce, 14. 



Millers, independent: unable to 

 get the kind of grain they need, 

 46, 145; testimony of Hon. 

 James Manahan concerning, 46, 

 47; statement of committee of 

 North Dakota Bankers' Asso- 

 ciation concerning, 50-51. 



Mill feeds, value of, 61. 



Mining laws, advanced nature of, 

 adopted by North Dakota legis- 

 lature of 1919, 269-270. 



Minneapolis : world's greatest gram 

 market, 13; great importance of, 

 in the financial world, 17, 18; 



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