659 



Offices, which should seek the man, 117. 



— Which the man may properly seek, 117. 



Orange-growing in southern California, 505. 



Orange-growers; miscalculations of, in 

 southern California, 506. 



Orange-marketing; early cooperation in, 508. 



Orators, political ; what they aim to accom- 

 plish, 114, 



PAPERS; The daily paper a nuisance on the 



farm, 70. 

 Parties, political ; usefulness of, 116. 

 Party, political; poverty the most honorable 



condition of, ti8. 

 Patrons of husbandry (see Grange). 

 Personal equation, 2c6. 

 Platforms, political ; how usually constructed, 



114. 115- 

 Politician, and the farmer, 113. 



— Honesty of, 113. 



— May become a statesman, 113. 



— Meaning of the term, 113. 



Politicians ; opposed to reform in eivil serv- 

 ice, 194. 



Political speakers; do not present questions 

 fairly, 114. 



Precious metals, stability of value of, 368. 



Prices, as affected by money supply, 367. 



— Course of, 625. 



— Fixed bv credit more than by monev sup- 



Plv, 555- 

 Produce ; cost of, not generally known bv 



farmers, 35. 

 Production, art of; generally well understood 



by farmers, 35. 



— For the home market different from pro- 



duction for the world's market, 36. 

 Products, agricultural ; farm costs but little 



reduced, 377. 

 Protection (see TariiT). 

 Prune-growers' Association, Pacific, 487. 

 Public questions; always involve economic 



problems, 115. 



RAILROADS, Abuses by, 168, 



— Best controlled through Interstate Com- 



merce Commission, 175. 



— Can be controlled by the people, 173. 



— Capitalization of, in United States, 161, 599. 



— Capital honestly invested in entitled to pro- 



tection, 165. 



— Circumstances making discrimination 



proper, 169. 



— Competition among, 169. 



— Different kinds of competition among, 170. 



— Difficulties which they meet, 158. 



— Discriminations by, 167. 



— Dividends of; problems concerning, 163- 



165. 



— Early administration of, 163. 



— Entitled to no secrets from the public, 173. 



— Farmers' true policy regarding, 175. 



— Folly of indiscriminate attacks upon, 159. 



— Freights; cost of, 165, 646. 



— Freight tariffs of ; how constructed, 166. 



— Fundamental principle underlying effec- 



tual control, 173. 



— Government ownership of, 172. 



— Interests usually identical with communi- 



ties served by them, 159. 



— Interstate Commerce Commission, 168. 



— Interstate Commerce Commission reports 



best source of information concerning, 174. 



— Largely built on borrowed money, 108. 



— Not always wisely managed, 159. 



— Officers of; some honorable and some 



otherwise, 171. 



Railroads, officers of, will seek to get a rev- 

 enue somehow, 171. 



— Perjury by officials of, 168. 



— Problems concerning, very complicated, 



160. 



— Problems of control of, 173. 



— Questions concerning; should be studied 



without passion, 158. 

 Railroad questions ; usually contests between 



localities, 160. 

 Railroads, receipts of, in 1896, 162. 



— Regulation of, 160. 



— Slati.stics of, in V. S., 599. 



— Tariffs of; must be reasonable, 163. 



— Tariffs of, really a tax, 162. 



— True functions of state commissions of, 



175- 



— " Watered " stocks of, 161. 



— Will carry all freight which yields any 



profit, 170. 



Raisin Association, of California (see Cali- 

 fornia Raisin .Association). 



Raisins, early methods of sale, 459. 461. 



Raisin-growers, condition of, in 1S97, 461. 



— Difficulties of effecting cooperation among, 



462. 



— Difficulties of, in marketing, 459. 



— Early cooperation among, 460. 

 Raisins, methods of production. 458. 

 Ratio, changes in legal, in U. S.. 357. 

 Ratios of gold and silver, 3.16, 360. 618-622. 

 Ratios of gold and silver, greaterthan 16 to i, 



.367. 



Ratio of silver to gold never has been per- 

 manent, 357. 



Rational enioyment ; a proper end of life, 98. 



Recall, power of not desirable, 416. 



Recreation, does not consist in hoeing pota- 

 toes, 46. 



Referendum, 415, 417. 



Reform, social (see Social Reform). 



Reforms, alwavs first advocated bv extrem- 

 ists, 414. 



Rent, economic, in Great Britain, 328. 



— Economic, meaning of, 324. 



— Economic, tends to be absorbed by labor, 



431- 

 Roads, country; cost of moving freight on, 

 196. 



— Country, effect of good, in European coun- 



tries, 197. 



— Country, large expenditure on, 196. 



— Country, method of computing what can 



profitably be expended on them, 198, 199. 



— Country, question of state aid to, 200.' 



— Country ; wisdom of incurring public debt 



for depends on circumstances, 200. 



— Farmers can stop waste of money on, 200. 



— Good country ; common sense must be used 



in expenditure for, 197. 



— Good country ; effect on value of land, 199. 

 Rural effort, essential to existence of the race, 



422. 



SALARIES, Large, the price paid for great 

 knowledge, 23. 



— Of cooperative managers, 606. 



— Public, often not high enough, 192. 



— Public, wastefulness in, 189. 

 Satisfactions; economic definition of, loi. 

 Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange, begin- 

 nings of. 477. 



— Begins business, 480. 



— Benefits of, to growers. 481. 



— Cost of organization of, 479. 



— Difficulties in organization, 478. 



— Experience of, 482-484. 



— Relations of, to local trade, 479- 



