The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-11-21

over-food of hogs and to find 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.
tSigned) THOS. r. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt
ed BY the conference
The Food Administrator has appoint
ed 4 committee, comprising Mr-Thomas
e. Wilson, chairman Of the Pack
ers' Committee; Mr. Everett Brown,
president Of the Chicago Livestock Ex-
change; Major Roy Of the Food Ad-
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 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 II is upon
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. II is
believed that the plan should work out
close to S1S average.
Swine producers of the country will
contribute to their own interest by
not flooding the market. for II 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 II is certain
that producers themselves can contri-
butte materially to the efforts Of the
conferences II they will do their mark
citing In as normal way a. possible.
The whole situation as existing at
present demands a 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 declared
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
by the Food Administration and the
Livestock Subcommittee of the Agri-
cultural Advisory Board, together
with special swine members and the
representatives of the packers, 10 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 most difficult task.
The members of the Conference
were:
Producers-H. C. Stuart, Elk Gar
den. Va. Chairman Agricultural Adj
visory Board; w. NJ. McFadden, Chi
cagO. III A. Sykes, Ida Grove, la.
John NJ. Evvard, Ames, la. J. ii. Mer-
Ger, Live Stock Commission for Kan
sas; J. G. Brown, Monon, Ind. +. @.
Brown. President Chicago Livestock
Exchange; n. H. Gentry. Sedalia, Mo.
John Grattan, Broomheld, Colo. Eu-
gene Funk. Bloomington, ILL., Isaac
Lincoln, Aberdeen, S. d.. c. w. Hunt,
Logan, Ia; G. L. Yancey, w. II. bod
son
Food AdministratiOn-He Herbert Hoo
Yer. +. 5. Snyder Major T.. l.. Roy, G..
H. Powell.
Department OF Agrlculture-Lo
ID. Hall. +. II. Marshall.
The packers present and others
in foreign orders were repre-
scented by the elected packers commit
tee. Those represented were:
Packers Armour 4 Co, Chicago.
H. ; Cudahy Packing Co. Chicago, Ill.,;
Morris 4 Co. Chicago, H. Swift n
Co, Chicago. Ill., Wilson & Co, Chica-
go, IN. John Agar Co.. Chicago, Ill., ;
Packing Co, Dallas, Tex. F;
Boyd Durham 4 Co, Chicago, III. ;
Brennan Packing Co, Chicago, Ill.
Cincinnati Abattoir Co. Cincinnati.
o.. Cleveland Provisions Co, Cleye-
land, o.; Cndahv Bros Co, Cudahy