The Arvada enterprise., 1918-11-21

were - follow: =
producer and The Insurance Of an ads-
quats future supply.
These foreign orders are placed
upon the basis q cost Of hogs to the
packerA z
Az the result Of long negotiations
between this body and the Packers'
Committee. representing the IS to 80
packers participating In foreign or
derf together with the Allied buyers.
all under the Chairmanship Of the
Food Administration, the following un.
dertakins has bssn given BY the pack
srs: !
In view Of the undertakings on tho
part Of the Food Administration with
regard to the co-ordinated purchases
OF pork products, covered In the at
tached, It 10 agreed that the packers
participating In these orders will un-
dertake not to purchase hogs for less:
than the following agreed minimums'
for the month Of November, that 10 q
daily minimum Of $3.50 per hundred
pounds o. average Of packers dsoves,
excluding throw-outa '"Throw-outs"
to bs dsdnsd q pigs under l0o
pounds. stags. boars. khin sows and
skips Further that NO hogs Of any
kind shall b bought, except throw.
outs. at less than &165O per hundred
pounds. The average Of packers
droves to'bs construed a. the averags
Of the total sales In the market Of all
hogs for q given day. All the above
to be based on Chicago.
We agrSs that q committees shall b.
appointed By tie Food Administration
to check the daily operations In the
various markets with Q view to super.
vision and demoostratioa Of The carry.
ing out Of the above
The ability Of the packers to carry
out this arrangsmsat will depend o.
there being . sesnal marketing Of
hogs based upoa tAs psoportjonats in-
crease over ths rsesipts q bast PEAR.
Ths incrsass II production Appears to
b q maximum Of about Is per cent
and ws can handle such aa Increase. g.
n tAs prUducsss 1t hogs should. -
they have h the past few weeks. pre-.
n,atursiy uarkst Aees II such incrsas-
ink numbers over the above II 10 co.
tireiy beyoed ths ability Of the pack.
err to maintain thsss nininums. and
therefore ~ must have the eo-opera.
tios sf The produess hlunssif to main.
tals thess resultA Il b physical
impoSsibllity 6se ~ capacity Of the
packing houses b handle similar
ovss.6ood ef hoGs and to And Q market
foe The output The packers are anx.
ious 70 co-opsrats With tAs. producers
in maintainlas Q stabilisatiea ef price
and to sse that producers ssssive .
fair price tor their ,productA
(slgned) THOS. e. WILSON.
Chairman Paekert Committee.
Ths plan embodied shove was adopt.
Cd BY the conference.
The Food Administrator has appoint.
- q committee. comprising Nr. Thom-
- e. Wilson, chairman Of the Pack.
sr1 Committss: Nr. Everett Brown,
prssident ef the Chicago Livestock Ex.
change: Major Roy Of the Food Ad-
nlaistration. Mr.. Louis d. Hall Of the
Bureau Of Narksta to undertake the
supervision Of the execution Of the
plan in the various markstA Commis-
sion nsa are asked to eo-operats in
earrylag out he plan embodied in the
packsss' agrssmsnt. II must be evi.
deat that oafsfs ~ eommiaslon men 10
sell hogs below the ninimum estab-
lished above 10 not fair, either to the
producer a. the participating packers.
Nf. Brown has u06estaksa % behalf
OF the co0nissieo 0sa 10 ths Uuitsi
States that tAey VII leyaiiy saSpsst
the plan.
II b bslisvsd b The eoafsrsoes hat
this ssw p,aa. bassd - Il u upoa q
positive minlmum basis. WIN bring bet.
ter results to the prsduess than avee.
aes prices Tor the month. Il does not
limit top prices and should narrow
the margins nscsssasy 70 country buy.
ers 10 more variable maetstA u 10
believed that the plan shouid wort ost
.ioss 10 % avssa0A
Swias produesss OF the country Will
:ootributs to thsir own Interest By
not Aoedias the market. for II must b
svident that u ~ excessive over per.
eenta0s Of hogs y marketed 10 any
enc meath psies stahilisatioa and con.
troll cannot succeed. and Il h csrtate
that producsrs themselves csn contri.
butte materially to the efforts Of the
confereucss II they will Do their mart.
stins ID - sormal way % possible.
The whole. .situatisa - sxtstins at
present dsaanas . frank aud explicit
assurance from The eeafsfsse repre-.
ssntsd-sansiy. hat every possible
p6ost viii - ua6e . 0aiataia Q live
bog price eo0ooo0ssate With swise
productioa eoees aad Feasooebie seil.
ius values 10 sxseutioe Of the declar.
q policy q ~ reed Aanlnistratlon
y uss ersry aessey 10 10 esatFe, 70
soeuss justies - ~ farmer.
TAe stabllilat3oo ostAede adopted
~ November sspesssat ~ hssa q!
eeess Of the coafsrenes. eoncurred in
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