The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-13

were as follows:
producer and the insurance of an ade
guate future supply.
These foreign orders are n1aced
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 so
packers participating in foreign or
ders, together with the Allied buyers.
all under the Chairmanship of the
Food Administration, the following nm
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
tached, it Is agreed that the packers
participating in these orders will nm
dertake not to purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed minimums
for the month OF November. that is a
daily minimum of S17.5O per hundred
pounds On average Of packers droves,
excluding throW-Outs. "Throw-outs"
to be defined as pigs under 100
pounds. stays, boars, thin sows and
sklps. Further that no hogs Of any
KIND snail 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 a 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 proportionate in
crease over the receipts of last year.
The increase in production appears to
be maximum of about Is per cent
and we can handle such an Increase.
If the producers Of hogs should as
they have in the past few weeks, pre-
maturelE market hogs in such increas-
| ing numbers over the above it 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. It is q physical
impossibility for the capacity of the
packing houses to handle similar
over-food of hogs and to find q 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 8
fair price for their products ~
(Signed) THOS. f. W.,-sU1v,
Chairman Packers Committee.
| The plan embodied above was adopt
ed by the conference.
The Food Administrator has appoint
ed a committee, comprising Mr.. Thorn
as L. Wilson, chairman of the Pack
ers' Committee: Mr.. Everett Brown
president of the Chicago Livestock Elk
change; Ma jor Roy Of the Food Ad
ministrat ton. Mr.. Louis y. Hall of til,
Bureau Of Markets, 10 undertake the
supervision Of the execution of the
plan in the various markets. Commits
sion men are asked to cooperate il
carrying out the plan embodied in thu
packers agreement. It must he eyi
dent that offers by commission men Il
sell hogs below the minimum estab
Iished above is not fair, either to thu
producer or the participating packers
Mr. Brown has undertaken on hehal
of the commission men in the United
States that they Will Loyalty supper
the plan.
I It is believed by the conference tina
this new plan, based as it is upon
positive minimum basis. will bring bet
ter results to the producer than aver
age prices for the month. 1t Goes no
limit top PRICES and should marrow
the margins necessary % country buy
, ers in more variable markets. 1t i
/ believed that the plan shov<5a work GU
{ close to SIS average. -
Swine producers of the country viii
J contribute 10 their own interest b.
, not flooding the market, for it must b
: evident that Il an excessive over pei
, centage 81 hogs is marketed IN an
one month price Sterilization and cor
: troll cannot succeed. and it IS certain
, that producers themselves can contri
. butte materially 70 the efforts OF tn
a conferences ii they will do their marx
? citing IN as normal 8 way as possible.
2 The whole situation as existing q
-{present demands 4 frank and exrlici
Il assurance from the corferees repre-
: sertetl-nan.ely. that every pcssIbl
+ effert will he naasle to maintain a liv
h hog price commensurate with swim
Q production costs and reasonable sci
+ ing values in execution Of the Gecla
l. &c POLICY Of the Food AdIninistratio
i to use every agency II IFS control I
& secure Justice To the fs-,rer.
> The sterilization meTEus.S a7orte
q for November represent he .esf g
r forts Of the coE feresce. Coz AFf q