The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-11-19


producer and the insurance of IN 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 As to 80
packers participating in foreign or
ders. together with the Allied buyers,
all 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 purchases
Of pork products, covered In the at.
tnched. It IL agreed that the packers
participating In these orders will un.
dertake not to purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed minlmums
for the month Of November that Is d
daily minimum Of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average Of packers droves
excluding throw-outs. "Throw.outs"
to be defined rs pigs under 1870
pounds, stays, boars, thin sows and
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
of the total sales in the market Of all
hogs for a given day. All the above
to be based on Chicago.
We agree that committee shall be
appointed by the Food Administration
to check the 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 pr0poytlopate In
crease over the receipts Of last year.
The increase In production appears to
be a 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 It is en-.
tirely beyond the ability Of the pack.
ers to maintaip these minimums, and
therefore we must have the co-opera.
tiOn Of the producer himself to main.
tain these results. Il Ii a physical
impossibilIty for the capacity Of the
packing houses to handle q similar
over-flood Of hogs and to find market
for the output. The packers are anx
ious to cooperate with the producers
In maintaining sterilization Of price
and to see that producers receive a faii
price for their productA
(Signed) THOS. q. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above wasadopt.
ed by the conference.
The Food Administrator has appoint.
ed committee, comprising 3ir. Thomas
e. Wilson. chairman Of the Pack.
ers' Committee.' Mr.. Everett Brown.
president of the Chicago Livestock En-
change; Major Roy Of the Food Ad.
ministration. Mr.. Loul4 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 co-opernte IN
carrying out the plan embodied In the
packers agreement. II must be evi.
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 on behalf
of fhe commission men In the United
States that they will Loyalty support
the plan.
It is believed by the conference that
this new plan, based MS II Is upon q
positive minimum basis, will bring bet
age prices for the month. 1t does not
limit top prices and should narrow
the margins necessary to country buy.
ers In more variable markets. II Is
believed TINT the plan should work oui
close to SIS average.
Swine producers Of the country will
contribute to their own interest by
not flooding the market, for 1t must bC
evident that II an excessive over per
centage of hogs Is marketed In any
one month price sterilization and con
troll cannot succeed, and II Is certain
that producers themselves can conhi
butte materially 10 the efforts of the
conferences II they will do their mark,
citing In as normal way as possible.
The whole situation rs existing al
present demands frank and explicit
assurance from the conferees repre-.
sented-namely, that every possible
effort will be made TO malntaln-a live
hog price commensurate with swine
production costs and reasonable sell
ing values In execution of the declared
policy OF the Food Administration
TO use every agency in Its control Il
secure Justice to the farmer
The sterilization methods adopted
for November represent the best Of
forts OF the conference, concurred II
by the Food Administration and thu