The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-28

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Ihese foreign orders are placed
upon the basis Of cost of hogs to the
packers.
Az the result of long negotiations
pe'ween this body and the Packers
Committee, representing the As to 81
psckers participating in foreign or
ders' together with the Allied buyers
ali 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 co-ordinated purcha SEES
OF pork products. covered In the at.
iached, 1t Is agreed that the packers
participating In these orders will I'M
dertake not TO purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed mlnimums
for the month OF November, that is a
daily minimum Of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average Of packers droves,
excluding throw-outs. "Throw-outs'
10 be defined as pigs under 100
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
o!Sthe total sales in the market of all
hogs for given day. All the above
TO be based on Chicago.
We agree that q 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 10 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 maximum of about 10 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 is en-
tirely beyond the ability of the pack
ers to maintain these minimums. and
therefore We must have the ro-opera-
ton of the producer himself 10 main
tain these results II is physical
impossibility for the capacity Of the
packing houses 10 handle similar
over-food of hogs and TO lind a market
e. 81. al,
lous TO cooperate with the producers
In maintaining a stabilization of price
and to see that producers receive a 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 committee, comprising Mr.. Thomas
E. Wilson. chairman Of the Pack
ers' Committee Mr.. Everett Brown,
president Of the Chicago Livestock En-
change: Major Roy Of the Food Adj
ministration. Mr.. Louis D. Hall Of the
Bureau of Markets. TO undertake the
supervision OF the execution of the
plan In the various markets. Commits
sion men are asked TO cooperate In
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-
Iished above is not fair, either TO the
producer or the participating packers.
Mr.. Brown has undertaken on behalf
of the commission men In the United
States that they will loyalty support
the plan.
II Is believed by the conference that
this new plan, based as II Is upon
positive minimum basis, will bring bet
Ter results 70 the producer than aver
age prices for the month. II does not
limit top prices and should narrow
the margins necessary TO country buy
ers in more variable markets. Ii Is
believed that the plan should work out
close TO s1S average.
Swine producers Of the country will
10 their own Interest by
not flooding the market. for II must he
evident that II an excessive over per-
centage Of hogs is marketed in any
one month price Sterilization and con-
trol cannot succeed. and 1t Is certain
that producers themselves can contri-
bute materially to the efforts. of the
conferences If they will do their mark
citing in as normal a way as possible.
The whole situation as existing Mt
present demands frank and explicit
assurance from the conferees repre-
that every possible
,ffort Will be made to maintain live
log price commensurate with swine
production costs and reasonable sell
ng values In execution of the declared
policy OF the Food Administration
q use every agency in It's control to
,ecure justice to the farmer.
The sterilization methods adopted
or November represent the best T.
,orts of the conference. concurred IN
y the Food ADMINISTRATORS and ~