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Loucks, Henry Langford

farmer, journalist, was born May 24, 1846, in Canada. He was president of the Dakota Territorial Farmers' Alliance, and South Dakota Farmers' Alliance from 1885 to 1892 inclusive. He has been president of the National Farm-- ers' Alliance, and also president of the:

National Farmers' Alliance and Indus-- trial Union, which was the largest farmers' organization that. ever existed. He was the permanent. chairman of the first national people's party convention, held at Omaha in 1892..

Since 1891 he has been editor of The Dakota Ruralist, and is the author of The New Monetary System; and also author of a work on Transportation in Government.

Ownership of Railroads. He resides on his farm at Altruria, one of the largest and best farms in South Dakota.

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