The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-21

producer and the insurance OF nm oda.
quate future supply.
Ihese foreign orders are ploced
upon the basis Of cost Of hogs to the
packers
AS the result of long negotiations
pe'ween this body and the Packers
committee, representing the As to so
packers participating in foreign or
oers' together with the Allied buyers,
az under the Chairmanship of the
tood administration, the following un-
oertaklng has been given by the pack
ers:
IN view Of tho undertakings on the
part of the Food decentralization WITH
legard to the co-ordinated purchases
OF pork products, covered in the at-
'ached, It, is agreed that the packers
participating in these orders will I'm.
uertake not to purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed minim,,ms
Tor the month Of November, that ia 81
dn1iy minimum Of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average of packers droyes.
excluding throw-outs ''Throw.outs''
10 be defined rs pigs under 13O
pounds, stays, boars, thin sows and
skips. Further, that no hogs OF any
Kind shall be bought, exccpt throw
outs, ut less than S105O per hundred
POUNDS The average Of packers
groves to be construed as the average
OIL the total sales in the market of all
hoss Tor a given day. All the above
to be based on Chicago.
| we agree that committee sholj bc
appointed by the Food Administration
10 check the daily operations in the
various markets With Il view to super
vision and demonstration Of the carry
ing out OF the above.
The ability Of the packers 10 corrv
out this arrangement will dencnd on
there being Il normal marketing of
hogs based upon the proportionatc in
crease over the receipts Of last wear.
The increase in production appears to
be n maximum OF about IS per cent
and we can handle such nm Increase
If the producers OF hogs should no
they have in the past few weeks nrr.
maturely market hogs in such increos-
ing numbers over the above It IS en-
tircly beyond the ability Of the pack
crs TO maintain these minimums, md
therefore we must have the co.onorn.
ton OF the producer himself to main
IL DnNSlCnl
impossibility for the capacity Of tho
packing houses to handle similar
ovcr-flood OF hogs and to find market
ior me output. The packers are anx-
lous TO cooperate with the producers
III maintaining stabiIizntion OF price
ana 10 see that producers receive fair
price for their products.
(Signcd) THOS. II. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt-
cd by the conference.
The Food Administrator has onno,nt-
ed a committee, comprising Mr.. Thomas
Il. Wilson, chairman Of the Pack
ers' Committee; Mr.. Everett Brown.
president Of the Chicago Livestock IIx-
change; Major Roy of the Food Adj
ministration. Mr.. Louis ID. 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 I'm
carrying out the plan embodied in the
packers agreement. 1t must be evi-
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 I'm the United
States that they will Loyalty support
the plan.
1t Is believed by the conference that
this new plan, based as 1t Is upon
positive minimum basis, will bring bet
ter results to the producer than aver
nge prices for the month. 1t does not
limit top prices and should narrow
the margins necessary to country buy
ers In more variable markets 1t Is
believed that the plan should work out
close to $18 average.
Swine producers Of the country will
contribute to their own interest by
not flooding the market, for It must be
evident that II mn excessive over per-.
centage Of hogs Is marketed in any
one month price stabilization ana con.
troll cannot succeed and It Is certain
that producers themselves can contri.
butte materially to the efforts Of the
conferences If they Will do their mark
eting In rs normal way rs possible.
The whole situation rs existing ut
present demands frank and explicit
assurance from the conferces repre-
sented-namely, that every possible
effort will be made to maintain a live
hog price commensurate with swine
production costs and reasonable sell.
ing values in execution OF the declared
policy OF tho Food Administration
to use every agency in It's control TO
secure Justice to the farmer.
The s.abilHation methods adoptcl
for Nov 81 nbCr rnnroSopt tho I>o.t c