their creditors, III. -Indebted; steps to be taken for payment or -Indebted; they are hurt by worry more - Indebtedness of; largely incurred for land -Insist on payment of debts due to them- Farmers Institute; the, 55. Aims and methods, 59. - Difficulty of obtaining good non-profes- - Farmers who say they can learn nothing Gets farmers to thinking and talking, 55. - Importance of enlisting local talent, 56. On Pacific Coast, 57. Nature of topics discussed, 56. - Professional vs., non-professional instruc- - Requirements for non-professional instruc- - Supported by state funds, 56. Farmers; largely mortgaged, 109. -likely to engage in cooperation without - List of books for, 566-575. - - environment, 21. to their changing Must learn to reduce costs, 33. Proper course of with regard to banks, Should vote to strengthen the Interstate Sources of the most valuable information - Unrest of American, 33. – Value, to farmers, of the habit of writing Farm Products, home prices of, 636-638. Farms; unprofitable unless actually worked Farming; books (see Book Farming), 69. Fit, the survival of, 21. Flattery; employed to influence farmers, 114. Freights (see Railroads). - Rates per ton per mile, 646. Fruit Exchange, California (see California - Santa Clara County (see Santa Clara - Fruit Exchange, Southern California (see - Public; result of wasteful expenditure, 187. - National and state, 288. Objects of, 285. The; position in regard to speculation in Rise and progress of, 286. Subordinate, work of, 288. Granger cases the, 287. Grange's dealings, with tradesmen, 184. IMMIGRATION, European; its effect on Income, farmers', affected by causes beyond · Vary in ratio of definite facts known, 22. - Best available standards for estimating Institute, Farmers' (see Farmers' Institute) 55. loans, 377- Interest, rates in U. S., 647. Interstate Commerce Commission, 168. (NOTE.-The decisions of the Interstate Interstate Commerce Commission, Extracts Issues National; less important to farmers LABOR, claim of that the judiciary unduly Labor contests, arbitration in, 390. ployed in strikes, 391. Organized, at variance with unorganized Organized demands of, 385. Labor, physical; how it clashes with de- - Physical, not possible while acquiring Labor Question, definition of, 385. Relations of farmers to, 385. - Short hours of not desirable, 430. Land, agricultural; now as dear as it is - - Not economically cultivable by capitalistic Sanction of society for ownership of, 430. Unearned increment of, 429. Values, taxation of, 340. Worth less than improvements on, 429. Law, judge made; ignorant legislators re- Learning, great, no assurance of happiness, Legal tender, 348, 351. Legislation, direct. (See Direct Legislation and Referendum.) Legislators, dishonest, influence of, 418. Life Insurance, as affected by change to sil- - - Actual; uses of, 349. Actual value imparted to it by making it As a measure of value, 350. - As a measure of value; essential qualities -As a medium of exchange not a question - Bad; can not be forced to circulate with Bad, may do the work of good, 343. Fiat, use of not desirable, 348. Gold and silver always used for, 356. Ideal, 347. Increase of raises prices, 352. Irredeemable; theoretically may be made Loans of by government to the people, 148. Non-exportable, 348, 353- - Of the world must be considered as one Per capita, 349. Power, control of our gravest problem, 149. Representative not international, 343. Standard of deferred payments, 367. Supply of, as affecting prices, 367. Will always be found where desired pro- Monetary Systems of the world, 624. -Introduces second act for endowment of Mortgages; banks dislike to foreclose them, III. NAFTZGER, A. H., Letter from, 514. Nature; does not consider abuses but condi- Law of, 127. Man can conquer only by cooperation, 128. Relentless and remorseless, 20. - Study (see agriculture in common schools), -What she requires of man, 23. OFFICIALS, Public; can not practice private - Usually personally honest, 113. Offices, appointive, 118. The most important to a farmer, 115. Early administration of, 163. Entitled to no secrets from the public, 173. - Folly of indiscriminate attacks upon, 159. - Freights; cost of, 165, 646. Freight tariffs of; how constructed, 166. -Government ownership of, 172. -Interests usually identical with communi- Interstate Commerce Commission, 168. - Officers of; some honorable and some Railroads, officers of, will seek to get a rev- Perjury by officials of, 168. - Problems concerning, very complicated, - Problems of control of, 173. - Questions concerning; should be studied Railroad questions; usually contests between Railroads, receipts of, in 1896, 162. Statistics of, in U. S., 599. Tariffs of; must be reasonable, 163. - True functions of state commissions of, stocks of, 161. Will carry all freight which yields any Raisin Association, of California (see Cali- Raisins, early methods of sale, 459, 461. Difficulties of, in marketing, 459. Ratio of silver to gold never has been per- Rational enjoyment; a proper end of life, 98. Recreation, does not consist in hoeing pota- Referendum, 415, 417. Reform, social (see Social Reform). Reforms, always first advocated by extrem- Rent, economic, in Great Britain, 328. Economic, tends to be absorbed by labor, Roads, country; cost of moving freight on, - Country, effect of good, in European coun- Country, large expenditure on, 196. Good country; effect on value of land, 199. Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange, Success Santa Clara Valley, fruit marketing societies Sauerbeck, A., index table of, 641. What it has effected, 31. - Work of the different professions, 33, 34. Scientific Men; the only really practical men, 20. Their patience in the study of detail, 20. Service, civil, 192-194. Civil; not an aristocracy, 194. - Public; abuses in connection with, 190, 191. -Lead to no degree, 51. - No special preparation required, 51. - Students at least learn how much they do - Students must be mature, 51. Silver, a commodity, 368, 632. Changes of legal ratio in U. S., 357, 621. Free coinage of, 363. Free coinage of; argument for, 376-382. - Free coinage of; proper method of study- - Justice of free coinage of, 376. - Legal tender for U. S. bonds and private - London price of, 624, 633. -Purchases of, 623. Questions concerning not fairly discussed - Results of free coinage of uncertain, 382. - See ratio and coinage. Standard, effect on Life Insurance, 375. Value of; must be restored by inspiring World's production of, 617. World's stock of, 616. Single Tax, as a means of social reform, 329. As a fiscal measure, 335. - As it would work on the basis of Califor- nia assessments, 336-340. Claims of its advocates, 324-326. If just should be adopted, 329. Lack of data for estimating result of, 327. - Reply to arguments for, 325. - Result of, to farmers, 327. - Similar to one of the doctrines of Social- Good it has accomplished, 425. -If established must be based on rural and Not reconcilable with rural life, 433. - Reply to claims of, 426-427. Some of its aims favored by non-Socialists,. Ultimate aims of, 423. -What it necessarily implies, 424. Socialistic Labor Party, demands of not Social Reform, discussion has centered about Discussion of not unprofitable, 422. Social Reforms, many proposed overlook in- Social Intercourse, an important economic Difficulties attending it in rural districts, Essential to a happy life, 96. How best promoted in rural districts, 98. Lacking in farm life, 96. -Should be enjoyed by young and old to- The labor falls mostly on women, 98. - The lack of it one cause of the farmer's The young must and will have it, 97. changes, expenses of organization of, 486. Southern California Fruit Exchanges (Cit- -Beginning of business of, 512. Conditions leading to organization of, Difficulties of, 513-514. -Organization of, 510. Soil, analysis of; its use and value in agri- - Drainage of, 87. - Importance of physical condition of, 87. Should be kept constantly covered with Special Agricultural Schools, 51. How conducted on Exchanges, 178. In farm products; results to farmers, Its effects on American farmers, 107. Most effective method of suppressing, 181. -A study as the author would conduct it, 78. Consists in finding out the essential things It involves a study of costs, 78. It is the waste of effort that kills, 81. If a good farm does not pay, the fault is - No two men would proceed in the same -The farm the only place to learn farming, - Party platforms on, 295.. Problems of, how complicated in U. S., 302. Opinions on, how formed and changed, 302. Protective, summary of arguments against, 309, 310. Protective, summary of arguments for, Protective, usual argument for, 304. - Reply to the reasoning of free trade econo- -The kind we all really desire, 302. Retail; everywhere infected with fraud, Tradesman, country, must charge high Tradesmen; danger of debt to them, 185. - Dealings of Granges with, 184. How farmers should deal with them, 183. Retail, economic value of to farmers, 183. Trade Unionism, aims of, 385, 428. Transportation, cost of, 646. - Study of problems in, 158. Transportation System; affect of its develop- ment on land prices and speculation, 108. - A permanent feature of civilization, 397. - As originally conceived not now existing, - Can not be prevented without paralyzing Causes leading to their formation, 399. - Danger of inflammatory methods of treat- -Debauching politics, their most serious - Desirable, if controlled, otherwise not, 408. Entitled to have no business secrets, 408. - Fear the people more than the people fear them, 412. - First step towards their control, 406. How formed at present, 397. - Improper use of money to control political Industrial, how enabled to thrive, 406. - Legislation for control of, 408. |