The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-01

empires ana neutral countries WOult
Immediately upon peace result in ad
ditional demands for pork product
which on top of the heavy shipments
to the allies would tend materially
to INCREASE the American exports in
as much as no considerable reser
voir of supplies exists outside Of the
United States 1t seems probable
that the present prospective supplies
would be inadequate to meet this
world demand with the return to
peace So far as II is possible to in.
terpret this fact it appears that there
should be even a stronger demand
for pork products after the war, and
thereafter any alarm Of hog produc.
ers as to the effect Of peace is un-
warranted by the outlook
In the light Of these circumstances
1t is the conclusion of the confer
ence that attempts to hold the price
Of hogs to the price Of corn may
work out to the disadvantage of pork
= oducers. It is the conclps'or tAat
any Interpretation of the formula
should be broad gagged policy ap.
piled over long period. 1t Is the
opinion OF the conference that in sub
stitution of the previous plans Of sta
billzation the live stock subcommIt-
tee of the agricultural advisory board
together with the specially invited
swine representatives. should accept
the invitation of the food admins.
tration to join with the administra-
tion and the packers in determining
the price at which controlled export
orders are to be placed. This will
be regularly done The influence Of
these orders win be directed to the
maintenance of the common object,
namely, the stabilization of the price
Of live hogs so as to secure as far
as it is possible fair returns 10 the
producer and the insurance Of an
adequate future supply. These for.
eign orders are placed upon the ba-
sis Of cost of hogs to the packets
AS the result of long negotiations
between this body and the packers
committee representing the As ana
to 80 packers participating in for.
eign orders together with the allied
buyers all under the chairmanship
Of the food administration the fol
lowing undertaking has been given
by the packers
IN view Of the undertakings on
the part o fthe food administration
with regard to the corodinated pur.
chases OF pork products covered in
the attached it is agreed that the
packers participating in these orders
will undertake not to purchase hogs
for less than the following. agreed
minimums for the month of Novem-
ber that is a daily minimum of $3.50
per hundred pounds of packers
droyes, excluding throwouts.
"Throwouts' to be defined as pigs
under 1870 pounds, stags. boars, thin
sows and skips. Further that no
hogs of any kind shall be bought,
except throwouts 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 q given day
All the above to be based on Chlca
go. We agree that a committee
shall be appointed by the Food Ad.
ministration to check the daily opera
tlons nthe various markets with a
view to supervision and administra-
tion Of the carrying out Of the above.
The ability of the packers to carry
out this arrangement will depend on
there being a normal marketing of |
hogs based upon the proportlonate |
increase over the receipts Of last !
year. The increase In production ap-
pears to be a maximum Of about fif.
teen per cent and we can handle such
an increase. If the producers of hogs
should as they have in the past few
weeks, prematurely market hogs at
such increasing numbers over the
above it is entirely beyond the abil
ity Of the speakes to maintain these
and therefore we must |
have the cooperation of the produc
er himself to maintain these results.
1t is a physical impossibility for the
capacity of the packing houses to
handle a similar overflow of hogs
and to find market for the output
The packers are anxious to cooper
ate with the producers in maintain
ing a stabilization of price and t
see that producers receive a fair
price for their products"
"(signed) Thomas E. Wilson,
.