INDEX. 



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standard of Life; the farmers', 123. 



— Essential nature of, 368. 

 Standard of Value, best available, 370. 

 Statistics, caution in regard to use of, 611. 



— Of currency, authorities for, 613. 

 Stores, Cooperative, 210. 



— How made successful, 214. 

 Strikes, causes and results of, 386. 



— Duty of society with regard to, 387. 



— Great seldom peaceful, 5S7. 



— Peaceful, a legitimate proceeding when 



necessary, 386. 



— Responsibility for riots in, 387. 

 Struggle, absence of is death, 127. 



— For existence, loi. 

 Study of the I'arm, 76. 



— A study as the author would conduct it, 78. 



— A study as Mr. Clinton would make it, 82. 



— Advantage of crops largely produced in 



the vicinity, 80. 



— Consists in finding out the essential things 



that are not already known, 77. 



— It involves a study of costs, 78. 



— It is the waste of effort that kills, 8r. 



— If a good farm does not pay, the fault is 



with the farmer, 78. 



— No two men would proceed in the same 



way, 76. 



— The'farm the only place to learn farming, 



76. 



— The farmer must be honest with himself, 



77- 



— The greatest of all means of self-improve- 



ment, 76. 



— The many things which all farmers know 



about their farms, 77. 



— The need of the capacity to see things, 77. 

 Subsistence, sufficient produced for all, 22. 

 Success, farmer who c oustantly changes his 



products cannot achieve it, S8. 



— Probable, best evidence unusual effective- 



ness, 92. 

 Survival of the 'Fit, 21. 



— Evidence of power of, 24. 



— Power of in American farmer. 24. 

 Syndicates, agricultural, 604. 



TABLES, Index (see Index Tables). 

 Tax, single (see Single Tax). 

 Taxation, ad valorem, can not be made just, 

 329- 



— At^ected by political action, 115. 



— A very difficult subject, 334. 



— Difl^culty of levying justly, 296. 



— Double, 333. 



— Extravagance in, 188. 



— Evaded by rich men, 329-331. 



— In America, 295. 



— In California, 336. 



— Incidence of, 300. 



— Inequalities of. 188. 



— Injustice of in U. S., 297. 



— In U. S. in 1890, 335. 



— Limit of, 187. 



— Men will lie to evade it, 188. 



— Methods of in highly taxed countries, 296. 



— Not adequately studied in U. S., 296. 



— Of Chicago banks, 330. 



— Of Chicago land, 334. 



— Of money, 331. 



— Of mortgages, 333. 



— Of personal property opposed by many 



who are not single taxers, 331. 



— Of stocks, 332. 



— Perjury to escape, 330. 



— Present system very unjust to farmers, 



329- 



Taxation, pressure of in U. S., 187. 



— Ratio of assessed on land and personal 



property, 335. 

 Taxes, export prohibited in U. S., 297. 



— Indirect, 298-301. 



Tender, legal jfsee Legal Tender). 

 Theorists, common errors in regard to them. 

 29. 



— Real meaning of the term, 29. 



— What some farmers suppose them to be, 



29. 

 Tillage, thorough, results of, 8g. 

 Tariff, as affected by conflicts of sectional 



interest, 302. 



— As a part of a revenue system, 295. 



— As a (luestion of the day, 294, 301. 



— Details are matters of expert knowledge, 



303- 



— For protection, 301. 



— Legislation in U. S. before and after Civil 



War, 297. 



— Party platforms on, 295. 



— Problems of, how complicated in U. S.,302. 



— Objects of the chapter on, 295. 



— Opinions on, how formed and changed, 302. 



— Position of extremists on both sides, 294. 



— Protective, nature of popular discussion 



on, 306. 



— Protective, summary of arguments against, 



309, 310- 



— Protective, summary of arguments for, 



307. 3oS- 



— Protective, usual argument for, 304. 



— Reasoning of most economists on, 303. 



— Relation of balance of trade theories to, 



310, 312- 



— Reply to the reasoning of free trade econo- 



mists, 304. 



— The kind we all really desire, 302. 

 Trade, balance of, 310-312. 



— Retail ; everywhere infected with fraud, 



185. 

 Tradesman, country, must charge high 



prices if he sells on credit, 183. 

 Tradesmen ; danger of debt to them, 185. 



— Dealings of Granges with, 184. 



— How fanners should deal with them, 183. 



— Retail, economic value of to farmers, 183. 



— Retail, profits of, 1S2. 



Trade I'liioiiisni, aims of, 385, 428. 

 Transportaiion, cost of. 646. 



— Study "f problems in, 158. 

 Transportation System ; affect of its develop- 

 ment on land prices and speculation, 108. 



Trusts, American, 648. 



— A permanent feature of civilization, 397. 



— As originally conceived not now existing, 



396- 



— Can not be prevented without paralyzing 



business, 411. 



— Causes leading to their formation, 399. 



— Danger of inllammatory methods of treat- 



ing them, .;ii. 



— Debauching politics, their most serious 



abuse, 406. 



— Desirable, if controlled, otherwise not, 408. 



— Doing nothing that farmers would not like • 



to do, 399. 



— Entitled to have no business secrets, 408. 



— Farmers should lead the campaign for 



their control, 412. 



— Fear the people more than the people fear 



them. 412. 



— First step towards their control, 406. 



— How ionncd at present, 397. 



— Improper use of money to control political 



action, 405. 



— Industrial, how enabled to thrive, 406. 



— Legislation for control of, 408. 



