Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-22

prod ucer and the insurance Of an ade-
quate future supply.
Mese foreign orders are placed
upon the basis Of cost of hogs to the
packers.
AS the result Of long negotiations
between this body and the Packers
Con mittee, representing the 45 to 80
packers participating in foreign Or
ders, together with the Allied BUYERS.
all under the Craftsmanship Of the
Food Administration, the following un-
dertaking has been given by the pack
ers:
In view of the undertakings on the
part Of the Food Administration with
regard to the cc-ordinated purchases
| OF pork products, covered In the at
tached, 1t Ia agreed that the packers
participating in these orders will I'M
dertnke not to purchase hogs for less
thar the following agreed minimums
for the month Of November, that is q
daily minimum Of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average of packers droves,
excluding throw-outs. "Throw-outs"
to be defined as pigs under 100
pounds, stays, boars, thin sows and
skips. Further. that no hogs of any
kind shall be bought, except throw
outs, at less than $3.50 per hundred
pounds. The average of packers
droves to be construed as the average
of the total sales In the market of all
hogs for given day. All the above
to be based on Chicago.
We agree that committee shall be
appointed by the Food Administration
to check the daily operations In the
various markets with a view to super
vision and demonstration of the carry
ing out of the above.
The ability of the packers to carry
out this arrangement will depend on
there being normal marketing Of
hogs based upon the proportionate in
crease over the receipts of last year.
The Increase In production appears to
be a maximum of about IS per cent.
and we can handle such an increase
II the producers of hogs should, as
they have in the past few weeks, pre-
maturely market hogs in such increas-
Ing numbers over the above It Is en-
tirely beyond the ability of the pack
ers to maintain these minimums, and
therefore we must have the co-opera-
ton of the producer himself to main
tain these results. II Is physical
impossibility for the capacity of the
: packing houses to handle similar
over-food of hogs and to find a market
for the output. The packers are anx.
3 ious to cooperate with the producers
in maintaining a stabilization Of price
8 and to see that producers receive q fair
. price for their products.
(Signed) THOS f. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee
The plan embodied above was adopt
I ed by the conference.
The Food Administrators has appoint
3 ed a committee, comprising Mr.. Thomas
8 II. Wilson, chairman OF the Pack
Q ers' Committee; Mr.. Everett Brown,
: president of the Chicago Livestock Elk
' ministratlon, Mr.. Louis D. Hall Of the
q Bureau OF Markets, to undertake the
: supervision OF the execution of the
: plan In the various markets. Commits
e sion men are asked to cooperate IN
carrying out the plan embodied In the
: packers agreement II must be evil
j dent that offers by commission men ia
d sell hogs below the minimum estab
J. lished above is not fair, either to the
8 producer or the participating packers
s Mr., Brown has undertaken on behalf
y of the commission men in the United
J. States that they will loyalty support
# the plan.
d II is believed by the conference thai
e this new plan, based as It is upon 9
e positive minimum basis, will bring bet
d ter results to the producer than aver
II age prices for the month. II does no
, limit top prices and should narrow
a the margins necessary to country buy
s ers In more variable markets, 1t Il
n believed that the plan should work on
II close to $lS average.
Swine producers of the country will
Is contribute to their own interest b!
'e not flooding the market, for II must b.
IS evident that II an excessive over per
% centage of hogs Is marketed In an!
s. one month price sterilization and con
e. troll cannot succeed, and II Is certai
a that producers themselves can contri
a butte materially to the efforts OF thu
lie conferences II they will do their mark
Ie citing in as normal a way as possible.
lie The whole situation as existing a
i. tpresent demands frank and explicl
h assurance from the cOnferees repre-
A. sented- namely, that every possible
of effort will be made to maintain liv'
h hoo price commensurate with swim
In nrodnction costs and reasonable sell
n ~, oalues in execution Of the declares
d r,'cy Of the Food Administrator
n. ,sp every agency In Its control +
rr lrsiice to the farmer
re sterilization methods adopte
November represent the hest 81
% The conference con rlrred I
re Food Administration and IN