grange & populist
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Farmers and Populist Party
The Grange Aw
akening the Sleepers
Oliver Kelley
1826 Boston 1849 Minnesota
1864 Clerk US Dept. of Agriculture
1867 Patrons of Husbandry (the Grange)
The Grange
Panic of 1873 (rise in popularity)
Granger Laws (Munn v Illinois
1876)
Cooperative Purchasing
Pooling of Savings (early Credit
Union; no banks)
Cooperative Grain Elevators (storage)
Manufacture farm equipment
Mary Elizabeth Lease
“Raise less corn and more hell”
The True cause of farmers problems?
Role/Result of the Grange
The Grange (1875)
The Farmers’ Alliances (1880’s)
The Populist Party (1890’s)
Populist PartyJuly 4, 1892
Increase in money supply
Graduated income tax
Election of Senators by popular vote
8 hour work day
Labor
Farmers
Populist Party
Founding 1896 Cross of Gold
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