The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28

were as follows:
producer and the insurance of an ade-
quate fusure 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,
all 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-ordinated purchases
OF pork products, covered In the at
tached, 1t is agreed that the packers
participating In these orders will IN
dertake not &c purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed mlnimutns
for 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 40
pounds, stays, boars, thin sows and
skips. Further, that no hogs of any
kind shall 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 a given day. All the above
to be based on Chicago.
We agree that q committee shall be
appointed by the Food Administration
to check the daily operations iii the
various markets with a 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 a maximum Of about IS per cent.
and we can handle such an increase.
IL the producers Of hogs should, as
they have In the past few weeks, pre-
maturely market hogs in such increas-
ing numbers v the above 1t is en-
tirely beyond the ability of the pack
ers to maintain these minlmums, and
therefore we must have the co-opera-
ton of the producer himself to main
tain these results. 1t is a physical
impossibility for the capacity of the
packing houses to handle a similar
Over-flood Of hogs and to find a market
for the output. The packers are anx-
iOus to cooperate with the producers
In maintaining d sterilization of price
and to see that producers receive a fair
price for their products.
tSigned) THOS. p. 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 Adj
m~inistration, Mr.. Louis d. 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 in
carrying out the plan embodied In the
packers agreement. 1t must be EVIL
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 In the United
States that they will loyalty support
the plan.
It Is believed by the conference that
this new plan, based as 1t Is upon d
positive minimum basis, will bring bet
ter results TO the producer than aver,
age prices for the month. It does not
limit top prices and should narrow
the margins necessary to country buy.
ers In more variable markets. It is
believed that the plan should work on,
close to SIS average.
Swine producers of the country will
contribute to their WI interest by
not flooding the market, for 1t must be
evident that II an excessive over per
centage OF hogs Is marketed In any
one month price sterilization and con
troll cannot succeed, and ii Is certain
that producers themselves can contri
butte materially to the efforts of the
conferences II they will do their mark.
citing In as normal a way as possible.
The whole situation as existing al
present demands a frank and explicit
assurance from the conferees repre-.
sented-nameiy, 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 the Food Administration
to use every agency In It's control to
secure justice to the farmer.
The sterilization methods adopted
for November represent tie best cS
forts of the conference, concurred II
by the FOOD administration su0 II;
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