The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-11-21

producer and the insurance OF an ade-
quate future supply
These 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
Committee, representing the 45 TO 80
packers participating In foreign or
ders. together with the Allied buyers
al under the Chalrmanship OF the
Food Administration, the following I'M
dertakins has been given by the pack
ers:
In view OF the undertakings on the
part OF the Food Administration with
-gard to the co-ordlnated purchases
Of pork products. covered IN the at
1ched, II IS agreed that the packers
Participating IN these orders will IN
dertake not 10 purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed minlmurns
for the month Of November. that IS a
daily minimum Of S1T.5O per hundred
pounds on average Of packers drOveS.
excluding thrOw-Outs Throw outs
10 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
cuts. az less than sl65O per hundred
pounds. The average OF packers
droyes 10 be construed as the average
OF the total sales IN the market OF all
hogs for given day. All the above
10 be based on Chicago.
We agree that q committee shall be
-
20 check the daily operations In the
various markets with a view 10 super
vision and demonstration Of the carry
Ing out OF the above.
The ability OF the packers 70 carry
out this arrangement viii depend on
there being q normal marketing OF
hogs based upon the prOportionate In
crease over the receipts OF last year.
Tie increase I'm production appears to
be q 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 II IL en-
tirely beyond the ability OF the pack
ers 70 maintain these minlmuns. and
therefore we must have the cO-opera-
ton OF the producer himself 10 main
tain these results. II r. n physical
impossibillty for the capacity OF the
packing houses to handle a similar
over-food OF hogs ard 10 find a market
for the output The packers are anx-
Ious 10 cooperate with the producers
IN maintaining a sterilization OF price
and 20 see that producers receive fair
price FOR their products
(Signed) THOS. Z WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt
ed by the conference.
The Food Administrator has appoint
ed a committee. comprising Mr. Thomas
r. Wilson. chairman Of the Pack
ers' Committee: Mr. Everett Brown.
president OF the Chicago Livestock Ex-
change: Major Roy OF the Food Adj
ministratIon. Mr. Louis ID. Hall Of the
Bureau OF Markets, 20 undertake the
supervision Of the execution OF the
plan IN the various markets. Commits
sion men are asked 10 cooperate I'm
carrying out the plan embodied In the
packers agreement II must be evil
dent that offers by commission men 10
sell hogs below the minimum estab-
llshed above is not fair. either 10 the
producer or the participating packers.
Mr. Brown has undertaken on behalf
Of the commission men In the United
States that they viii Loyalty support
the plan
n ls.believed by the conference that
this new plan. based as II Is upon
posltfve minimum basis. viii bring bet
ter results 10 the producer than aver
age prices for the month II does not
limit top prices and should narrow
the margins necessary 10 country buy
ers In more variable markets II Is
believed that the plan should work out
close TO SIS average.
Swine producers Of the country win
contribute to their own interest by
not flooding the market. for II must be
ev,denf that n an excessive over per-
centage of hogs Is marketed In any
one month price sterilization and con-
troll cannot succeed. and II Is certain
tha, producers themselves can confrf-
bu.e materially TO the efforts OF the
conferences II they win do their mark
citing in as normal a way as possible
the whole situation ms existing at
cresens demands a frank and explicit
assurance from the conferees repre-
sented-nameiy. that every possible
effort viii be made 10 maintain live
hog price commensurate with swine
production costs and reasonable sell
inc values I'm execution OF the declared
noi,cv Of the Food Administration
- use every agency In its control 70
secure Justice to the farmer.
The sterilization methods adopted
FOR November represent the best ef