Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-11-14

were az follows:
producer and the insurance of an ade.
quate future supply.
Ihese foreign riders are placed
upon the basis Of cost OF hogs to the
packers.
AS the result of long negotiations
be'Weeii this body and the Packers
Committee, representing the As to 80
pacsers participating in foreign or
ders. together with the Allied buyers.
az under the Craftsmanship Of the
FOOD Administration. the following I'M.
dertak'ng has been given by the pack
ers:
In view Of the undertakings on the
part OF the Food Administration with
Iegara 10 the co-ordinated purchases
OF pork products, covered In the at.
iached. II Is agreed that the packers
participating In these orders will un-
dertake not to purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed minimums
Tor the month Of November, that Is a
daily minimum OF $3.50 per hundred
POUNDS on average OF packers droves,
excluding throw-Outs "Throw-outs"
TO be- defined as pigs under 1870
pounds, stays. b0ars, 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 given day. All the above
TO be based on Chicago.
We agree that committee shall ~.
appointed ny the Food Administration
tn cheek the daily operations In the
various markets with view to super
vision and demonstration Of the carry
ing out of the above.
ihe abl!ty Of the packers to carry
out this arrangement viii depend on
there being normal marketing OF
hogs based upon the prop0rtionate in
crease over the receipts Of last year
The Increase In production appears to
he maximum Of about Is per cent
and we can handle such an Increase.
If the producers Of hogs should, a.
they have In the past few weeks. pre-
mnturely market hogs In such ncrens-
Ing numbers over the above II Ia 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 IL a physical
tinpossfbility for the capacity Of the
packing houses to handle a similar
over-f'ond 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 tn see that producers receive fair
price for their products.
| (SigneD THOS. +. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
| The plan embodied above was adopt
ed by the conference
The Food Administrators has appoint
ed committee. comprising Mr. Thomas
Il. Wilson, chairman Of the Pack
ers' Committee: Mr. Everett Brown,
president Of the Chicago Livestock Ex-
| change: Major Ro, Of the Food Adj
ministration. Mr. Louis u. HILL Of the
Bureau of Markets, to undertake the
supervision OF the execution Of the
plan In the various markets. Commits.
sion men are asked tn 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-
iished above Is not fair. either to the
producer or the participating packers
Mr.. Brown has undertaken on behalf
States tina, they will loyalty support
the plan.
1t Is believed by the conference that
this new plan. based as II IL upon
positive minimum basis. will bring het-
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 SIS 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 Ia 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 tho
conferences II they will do their mark
citing In as normal 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 declared
policy Of the Food Administration
to use every agency in Its control to
secure Justice to the farmer.
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