Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-11-15


upon The bass of cost Of hogs TO the
+ packers.
As The result of long negotiations
between this body, and tie Packers
/ Committee, representing the ~ Il 80
/ packers. participating In soreign or
g., ders. together with the Allied buyers.
+ AL under The Craftsmanship of tile
/ Food Administration, the following un-
,lertakIng has been given by the pack
ers: fHaf.
In view of the undertakings on the
part of The Food Administration with
/ regard 10 the. eO-ordlnated purchases
OF pork products. covered In The at
i tached, II Is agreed That The packers
: participating in these orders Will nn-
dertake not 10 purchase hogs for less
than The following agreed minlnnnis
for the month of November, that Is
daily minimum Of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average of packers droyes,
excluding tlirow,outs. "Throw-outs'
10 be defined as pigs under 10
pounds stays, boars, thin sows and
skips, Further that no hogs of any
| klud shall be bought. except throw
outs, at less than $3.50 per hundred
pounds. The average OF packers
droYcs 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 tfal n committee shall be
appointed by the Food Administration
TO check tbe daily operations in the
various markets With 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 proporlonate In
crease over the receipts of last year.
The increase in production appears 10
be n maximum Of about ID per cent.
and We can handle such an increase.
If the producers Of hogs should, as
they have IN he 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 10 maintain these mlnimums. and
therefore wc must have the co-opera-
ton of the producer himself 10 main
tain these results. Ii Is a physical
lmposslbilily for the capacity of the
hacking houses To handle a similar
oyer.nood of hogs and to find market
for the output. The packers are anx-
lous TO cooperate with the producers
In maintaining stabilIzation OF price
and to see that producers receive "A
fair price for their products,
(Signed) THOS. +. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt,
ed by The conference 8fH
The Food Administrator has appoint
ed a committee, comprising Mr.. Thorn
as +. Wilson, chairman of the Pack
ers' Committee; Mr.. Everett Brown,
president Of the Chicago Livestock Ex-
change, Major Roy of the Food All
mlnlstration. Mr. Louis -. Hall of the
Bureau of Markets, To undertake the
supervision Of tho execution of the
plan In the various markets. Commits
sion men are asked 10 cooperate in
CARRYING out the plan embodied IN the
packers agreement II must be cyl
!, dent that offers by commission men 10
, sell hogs below the minimum estab-
! llshed above Is not fair, either to the
! producer or the participating packers.
Il Mr.. Brown has undertaken on behalf
Of the commission men in the United
states that they VIII Loyalty support
= the plan.
1t is believed by the conference that
|. this new plan, based as II Is upon q
+ positive minimum basis, will bring bet
/ ter results to 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. 1t Is
, believed that the plan should work out
T close to SIS average.
Swine producers OF the country Will
contribute to their own interest by
o not flooding the market, for 1t must be
: evident that II 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 IL they will do their mark
a citing in as normal way as possible.
9 The wlssle. situation as existing a
J. present demands frank and explicit
h assurance from the confcrees repre-
i sented-namely, that every possible
# effort will he made to maintain liv'
h hog price commensurate with swine
n production costs and reasonable sell
!. ing values in execution OF the declar
|. ed policy Of the Food Administration
l. 10 use every agency in its control u
Il secure justice tn the farmer,
= This. sterilization methods adoptc'
- for November represent the best 'cf
r forts Of the conference, concurred II
eFby The Euvd ADMINISTRATION and tn