Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-11-22

were As follows:
+ producer and the insurance Of an ada.
qusl1 future supply.
These foreign orders are placed
upon The basis of cost VI hogs TO the
packers.
A. the result Of l0nx NEGOTIATIONS
o. weeh this body and the Packers
COMMITTEE, representing the 45 to ~
PAGERS participating in foreign or
ders, together with the Allied buyers
oil under The Craftsmanship OF the
Food Administration, The following un.
dsrtskihg has been siveu by the pack.
ers:
In view OF the undertakings 90 the
part VI the Food Administration with
iesard " the c0-ordinsted purchases
VI pork products. covered In the at.
tached. II IL agreed that the packers
participating IN these orders viii W..
dertske not ~ purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed miulmums
for the month Of November, that IL u
daily minimum Of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average Of packers drovss
excluding throw outs. Throw outs"
TO 10 defined us pigs under 1870
pounds, stays, b6ars, thin sSws aud
skips. Further. that Nc hogs VI any
Kind shall be bought, except throw.
outs. al less than $3.50 per hundred
pounds The average VI packers
Groves 10 t- construed az the average
VI the lotn sales In The market VI all
hogs Ter given day A the above
10 he based On Chicago.
We agree that II committee shall be
appointed by The Food Administration
10 check the daily operations In the
various markets with u view TO super
vision aud demonstration Of the carry.
Ing out OF ii. above.
The ability OF the packers to carry
out THIS arrangement will depend OH
there being normal marketing Of
hogs based upon the proporionate In
N'"""" wv NV io'flp's VI ln5t year.
The Increase IN production appears 10
be Il maximum Of about r. per cent.
and We eau handle such All increase.
II the producers VI hogs should, as
they have Ia HE past few weeks. pre-.
Inaturely market hogs Ia such increas.
lug numbers over the above II IL ell
iirely beyond The ability VI the pack.
ers To maintain these minImuns, aud
| therefore We must have the co opera.
ton OF the producer himself 10 main.
| tain these results Ii Is physical
impossiblllty for the capacity OF the
packing houses 10 handle similar
overt Hood of hogs and 10 nhd market
for the output. The packers are suI.
iOus 10 cooperate with the producers
In maintaining u Sterilization VI price
and to See hat producers receive 4 fair
price for their products.
(Signed) THOS Il. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above WAS adopt.
ed by the conference.
The Fe0d Administrator has appoint
ed committee. comprising Mr.. Thomas
H. Wilson, chairman VI the Pack.
ers' Committee Mr. Everett Brown,
president Of the Chicago Livestock Er.
change Major Roy OF the Food Ad.
mlnstratiOn. Mr. Louis ID. Hall Of tho
Bureau OF Markets, TO undertake the
supervision OF the execution OF Tho
plan In the various markets Commits
sion men are asked To cooperate III
carrying out the plan embodied Ia the
packers agreement. II must he owl.
dent that offers by commission men TO
sell hogs below The minimum estAb.
llshed above is not fair, either to the
producer or the participating packers.
Mr.. Brown has undertaken Oh behalf
Of the commission iuen In The United
States that they Will loyalty support
the plan,
II Is believed by the conference that
this new plan, based ~ II Is upon a
positive minimum basis, viii bring bet.
ter results 10 the producer Than aver.
| aye prices for the month II does not
! limit top prices and should marrow
the margins necessary 10 country buy.
prs In more variable markets. II II
! believed rhst The plan should work out
close Ia SIS average
az fhA (xkNIafFv III
cOnIr,i,uie 10 their own interest by
! uut noddllg HE market rri u must bs
evident MAI II an rArrSsi'e over per-
/ crNlusr ~ hur- Is marketed " any
! one nionlt price Solicitation and COZ
! ttul rnnhut SUE, rrd aud II IL crrtn't,
that producers themselves can c0hrl
Lut- MATERIAL, 10 The Efforts ot he
conferences II they viii do their mark
etins IN as normal u way as possible
The whole situation MS existing nj
prrs-ht demands Il trank AMI explicit
assurance from The cnhfere-s repre-
sentet namely, that every possible
effort viii be made Ia maintain live
hoy price commensurate with swine
production costs aud reasonable sell
Ing values IN execution VI the declared
policy VI the Food Administrator
10 use every sgenc, IN lis control
secure Justice 10 the farmer.
The stablllnation methods adop
! FOR November repre- seht The best
forts OF the conference, concurred
by the Food Administration AND