economic conditions of farmers by regulating railroad rates.
A direct response to the Granger Movement was Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois set maximum rates for grain storage and shipping. The Granger Movement took place in the 1800s.
eliminate the abuses of the railroads
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formed from frustrated farmers in the agricultural belts of the West and South. The Populists demanded inflation through free and unlimited coinage of silver. They also called for a graduated income tax; government ownership of the railroads, telegraph, and telephone; the direct election of U.S. senators; a one-term limit on the presidency; the adoption of the initiative and referendum to allow citizens to shape legislation more directly; a shorter workday; and immigration restriction.
the granger laws were legal
economic conditions of farmers by regulating railroad rates.
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The Granger Movement was the first part of the Farmers Movement introduced in 1867 to advance the social and economic needs of farmers. The outcome of the Granger movement was ruin.
A direct response to the Granger Movement was Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois set maximum rates for grain storage and shipping. The Granger Movement took place in the 1800s.
A direct response to the Granger Movement was Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois set maximum rates for grain storage and shipping. The Granger Movement took place in the 1800s.
Oliver H. Kelley
The Granger laws were a series of laws passed in western states of the United States after the American Civil War to regulate grain elevator and railroad freight rates and rebates and to address long- and short-haul discrimination and other railroad abuses against farmers . The laws were passed a great deal in part to the Populist group. When several Granger laws were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, the federal Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 was passed to secure the same reforms. The Granger laws were so called because they were passed in response to the Granger movement. The granger laws were started by the Farmers' Alliances that brought about anti-Railroad pools and rebates. It was an intensely debated issue within the United States. Granger Laws were the deciding point of two very important court cases in the late 19th century, Munn v. Illinois and Wabash v. Illinois.
The Supreme Court case that overturned Munn v. Illinois was Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad Co. v. Illinois (1886). In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that states could not regulate rates for interstate railroad traffic because it violated the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, which grants Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce. This decision limited the ability of states to regulate certain aspects of interstate commerce.
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