Granger Laws
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granger-laws-188-4137711
title:
Granger Laws
text:
The Granger Laws were a series of laws passed in several midwestern states of the United States, namely Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois, in the late 1860s and early 1870s. The Granger Laws were promoted primarily by a group of farmers known as The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. The main goal of the Granger was to regulate rising fare prices of railroad and grain elevator companies after the American Civil War. The laws, which upset major railroad companies, were a
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
US laws regulating fare prices
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granger_Laws
date created:
2005-02-27T16:06:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T01:10:02Z
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