The Robesonian., 1918-11-25

Us, and during this time met with the
3 firms participating In foreign orders
, Of the Food Administration directing
producer and the insurance of an ade-
quate future supply.
These foreign orders are placed |
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,
al! under the Craftsmanship of the
Food Administration, the following un-
dertaking has been given by the pack
ers:
In view of the undertakings on the
part Of the Food Administration with
legard to the co-ord1nated purchases
OF pork products, covered In the at
tached, 1t 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 q
daily minimum Of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average of packers droves,
excluding throw-outs. "Throw-outs',
to be defined as pigs under 190
pounds, stays, boars, thin sows and
skips. Further, that no hogs of any
kind shall be bought, except throw
outs, at less than $185O 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 a given day. All the above
to be based on Chicago.
We agree that 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 a 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.
II the producers of hogs should, as
they: have In the past few weeks, pre-
maturely 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-
tion. of the producer himself to- main
tain these results. It is a physical
impossibility for the capacity of the
packing houses to handle similar
over-food Of hogs and to find market
| for the output. The packers are anx-
tous to, cooperate with the producers
lin maintaining stabilization of price
and to see that producers receive fair
price for their products.
/ (Signed) .THOS. E. WILSON,
| Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt
ed by the conference.
The Food Administrator has appoint
ed a committee, comprising Mr. Thomas
e. Wilson chairman Of the Pack
ers' Committee; Mr.. Everett Brown,
president Of the Chicago Livestock Ex.
change; Major Roy of the Food Ad
ministration, Mr.. Louis D. Hall Of the
Bureau Of Markets, to undertake the
supervision of the execution Of thu
plan in the various markets. Commits
sion men are asked to cooperate IL
carrying out the plan embodied III thu
: packers agreement. It must be evi
dent that offers by commission men t.
! sell hogs below the minimum estab
lished above Is not fair, either to tn.
producer or the participating packers
Mr.. Brown has undertaken on behal
' of the commission men In the Unite,
: States that they will loyalty supper
1 the plan.
q 1t Is believed by the conference tha
e this new plan, based as it is upon
e positive minimum basis, will bring be-
q ter results to the producer than ave.
It age prices for the month. 1t does nc
} limit top prices and should narro,
a the margins necessary to country bu,
IS ers in more variable markets. 1t
N believed that the plan should work o,
'f close to $18 average.
Swine producers of the country wi
IS contribute to their own interest /
'e not flooding the market, for it must
rs evident that if an excessive over pc
to centage Of hogs is marketed in al
s. zone month price stabilization and co
e. troll cannot succeed, and it is certa
a that producers themselves can cont
q butte materially to the efforts of Il
ne conferences If they will do their mar
ne citing in as normal way as possible
he The whole situation as existing
r. present demands frank and, explit
tn assurance from the conferees repl
a sented-namely, that every possit
OF effort will be made to maintain a Ii
tn hog price commensurate with swi
In production costs and reasonable sc
IN ing values in execution Of the declar
ed. policy Of the Food Administrati
In to use every agency In its control
ed secure Justice to the farmer.
OBJ The stabilizatiOn methods adopt