Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-06

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 a 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 15 per cent
and we can handle such an Increase
If the producers Of hogs should, as
they have in the past few weeks, pre-
matureiy market hogs in such increas-
ing numbers over the above 1t 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. 1t is a physical
impossibility for the capacity of the
packing houses to handle a similar
over-food of hogs and to find a market
for the output. The packers are anx-
ious to cooperate with the producers
in maintaining a sterilization of price
and to see that producers receive a
fair price for their products.
(Signed) THOS E. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt.
ed by the conference.
The Food Administrator has appoint.
ed q committee, comprising Mr.. Thorn
as E. Wilson, chairman Of the Pack
ers Committee Mr.. Everett Brown,
president of the Chicago Livestock Elk.
change; Major Roy Of the Food AID.
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 1t must be evil
dent that offers by commission men to
sell hogs below the minimum estab
lished 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 it is upon a
positive minimum basis, will bring bet
ter results TO the producer than aver
ace prices for the month. 1t does not
limit top prices and should narrow
the margins necessary to country buy.
ers in more variable markets. 1t Is
believed that the plan should work out
close to SIS average.
Swine producers of the country will
contribute to their own interest by
not flooding the market, for 1t must be
evident that If an excessive over per.
centage of hogs is marketed In any
one month price sterilization and con-
troll 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 at
present demands q frank and explicit
assurance from the conferees repre-
sented-namely, that every possible
effort will be made TO maintain live
hog price commensurate with swine
production costs and reasonable sell
ing values in execution of the declar-
ed policy of the Food Administration
to use every agency in its control to
secure justice to the farmer.
The Sterilization methods adopted
for November represent the best eff.
forts of the conference, concurred in
be- the Food Administration and the
Livestock Subcommittee Of the Agri.
cultural Advisory Board, together
with special swine members and the
representatives of the packers, to i'm
prove the present unsatisfactory stu
alton, which has unfortunately result
ed because of the injection Of uncon-
trollable factors.
We ask the producer to cooperate
with US in a most difficult task. III
The members of the Conference
We're:
Producers-H. c. Stuart, Elk Gar
den, Va, Chairman Agricultural Ad-
visery Board; W. NJ McFadden, Chi
cago, H.; A. Sykes, Ida Grove, Ia.
John NJ. Evyard, Ames la. /; ]. 81. Mer-
Ger, Live Stock Commission for Kan.
sas; ]. G. Brown, Monon, Ind b G.
Brown, President Chicago Livestock
Exchange; N. Fl. Gentry, Sedalia, Mo.
John Grattan Broomfleld, Colo. /; Eu.
gene Funk, Bloomington, nj Isaac
Lincoln, Aberdeen, S. D.; G. w. Hunt
Logan, Ia; G. e Yancey, W. B. bod
son.
Food Administration-He Hoo
yer, F. S. Snyder, Major 3. L. Roy, G.
H. Powell.
Department Of Agriculture-Louis
D. Hall, F. R. Marshall.
The packers present and others
sharing in foreign orders were repre-
sented by the elected packers commit
tee. Those represented were:
Packers-Armour & Co., Chicago,
Ill. Cudahy Packing Co., Chicago, H.;
Morris & Co., Chicago, Ill; Swift 4
Co.. Chicago, Ill. Wilson & Co., Chica-
go, ILL.,; John Agar Co., Chicago, H.;
Armstrong Packing Co., Dallas. Tex;
Boyd Durham & Co., Chicago, H.;
Brennan Packing Co., Chicago, ILL.,;
Cincinnati Abattoir Co.. Cincinnati,
o.; Cleveland Provisions Co., Cleve-
land, o.: Cudahy Bros. Co, Cudahy,
Wis; ]. Dold Packing Co., Buffalo, N.
Y. Dunlevy Packing Co., Pittsburg.
Pa; J. e. Decker & Sons, Mason City.
Ia; Evansville Packing Co.. Evans
vile, Ind. East Side Packing Co., East
St Louis, Ill; Hammond Standish &
Co., Detroit, Mich; g. 4. HORNED 4
Co., Austin. Mimi; Home Packing &
Ice Co., Terre Haute. Ind: Independ-
snt Packing Co., Chicago, H.. Indian
spolis Abattoir Co., Indianapolis, Ind !;
international Provision Co.. Brooklyn.
n. Y; Interstate Packing Co.. Winona,
Mimi. Iowa Packing Co. Des Moines
Ia; Powers Begg Co., Jacksonville, |,
H.; Kingan & Co.. Indianapolis, Ind. !; |
Krey Packing Co, St Louis. Mo. Lake
Erie Provision Co.. Cleveland, O.; Lay
ton Co., Milwaukee. Wis; Oscar Mayer
& Bro, Sedgwfck and Beethoven
streets ChicaaA uLs J. r Mcmillan
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