The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-11-29

wv IN tOiliN >
d PRODUCER ard ne Insurance of nm adc-
gHaie fu5Hre SUPPLY.
These foreign orders are placed
! Lpop the basis of cost of hogs TO the
! packers.
As the result OF long negotiations
! between this body and the Packers
committee, representing the 10 to 81
ii7eEers participating in foreign or
! ders. together with the Allied buyers.
ar under The Craftsmanship of the
Food Administration, the following un.
ieriaking has been given by the pack.
4 crS.
IN view Of the undertakings on the
part or the Food Administration with
egard To the co-ordinated purchases
oi pork products. covered In the at
'nehcd, IL Is agreed that the packers
( participating Ia These orders will UNI
dcrtakc not 10 purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed minimums
for the month of November, thni Is a
daily minimum Of $l7.50 per hundred
pounds on average Of packers droyes,
excluding throw-outs. "Throw-Outs"
10 he defined as pigs under 1870
pounds, stays, bears, thin sows and
! skips. iuriEer. thai no hogs OF any
Kind shah be bought. except throw
| outs, at less than SlG.5O per hundred
pounds The average OF packers
iraves % be construed as the average
of The total sales IN the market of all
hoes for Il given day All the above
10 lee based ON Chicago.
We agree thai Il committee shall be-
appointed by The Food Administration
10 check thr daily operations In the
rarious markets with view u super
VISION and demonstration of The carry
inr oui ~ the above.
The ability Of the packers To carry
on, this arrangement will depend on
| ,le.r being . Norman marketing az
hogs based upon the pIoportiouatc ln-
crease over the receipts OF last year.
The Increase in production appears Ia
> n maximum az about - per cent.
l'iJN W6acnn handle such an Increase
II tm producers OF hogs should. as
they have IN the past few weeks. pre-
iAaiurcly market hogs ia such lncrras-
Mg numbers over the above IL Is on.
tlrely beyond the ability Of the pack
ers 10 maintain these minlinums. aud
therefore we must have the co-oprra-
Ion VI the producer himself "a main
tain these results II Is u physical
lmpassihill'y for The canecity of the
packing houses 10 handle similar
- III.
for die OUTPUT. The packers are anX.
i"us 10 "o-onerate with the producers
In maintaining u sinbiiization of price
aud 10 see that producers receive fair
price for their products.
(Slgncd) TIiOS. T.. WILSON.
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt
cd by the conference.
The Food Administrator hns appoint
ed n committee. comprising Mr. Thomas
l.. Wilson. chairman Of the Pack
crs' Committee Mr. Everett Brown.
president Of the Chicago Livestock Ex-
change: Major Roy If the Food Adj
ADMINISTRATION. Mr.. Louis d. Hall Of the
BUREAU Of Markets. TO undertake the
super, iSion of the execution ~ the
plan in the various markets. Commits
sion mcn are asked Ia cooperate In
carrying ont the plan embodied In the
hackers agreement. n must be evil
dent That ogcrS 10y commission men to
son hogs below the minimum esiab-
,Ished above IS not fnir. either 10 the
producer or The parIlc..ra. iii ,salcci,,ey-S
Nr Brown - undertaken GA bchalf
~ he commission men IN the United
SEAS that they will loyalty support
The plan
II Is believed by the conference that
his new plan. based rs II Is upon a
positive minimum basis. win bring bet
'cr results 60 the producer than aver
nre prlcA for the month. 1t docs not
iissli ton prices and should narrow
the uiar-ins nccc sslry to country buy
crs IN more variable markets. Il is
believed that the plan should work ont
close to SIS average.
Swine producers ~ the country VIII
contribute 20 their own Interest by
not Honlinc The market. for II must be
evident that IL an excessive over per-
ccutnrr - hogs Is marketed Ia any
one month price s'ahili7niion and con-
trol cannot sur,7ced. auH 10 u certain
trat prrlnrcrS Themselves can ccnfri-
hui. materially 20 The efforts of ne
conferences II they viii do their mark
.tfr- IN ~ normal way as possible.
The whole situation rs existing ut
p~rScui demands frank and explicit
ASSURANCE froln thc confsrc'rS REPRE-
srntc,i- uarlcl-. that every puSSihle
effort win b. t1adc 10 maintain live
10. price ccuInsrSursfc with swine
production coSfs and reasonable sell
Iur values in execution - The declared
policy - the Food Administration
% use ever, a-errv o. itS control 70
s.sru-,. frrsfi-n 10 .ns farmer
Tho sterilization meft''S adopted
r.r NstsHl,a- ref.r.Sru. t'.r s,>t Fl
forts ~ The cuug.r,Lcc. cor -urred 10
by The Tod ADMINISTRATORS ard the