Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-11-19

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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 10 80
/ 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
regard to the ce-Ordinated purchases
Of pork products, covered In the at
tached, 1t is agreed that the packers
| participating in these orders will IN
dertake not to purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed minimums
for the month Of November, that is
daily minimum Of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average OF packers drovea,
| excluding throw-outs. 'Throw-outs''
to be defined as pigs under 100
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
droYes to be construed as the average
of the total sales In the market of all
hogs for 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 Cd
there being q 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 10 per cent
and we can handle such an increase.
If the producers Of hogs should, as
| they have in the past few weeks. pre-
maturely market hogs in such tncreas-
ing numbers over the above It 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
| impossibllity for the capa city OF the
| packing houses TO handle a similar
| over-hoOd Of hogs and to find market
for the output. The packers are anx.
| iOus to cooperate with the producers
In maintaining sterilization Of price
and to see that producers receive a fair
price for their products.
(Signed) THOS. f. 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
r. Wilson, chairman Of the Pack
ers' Committee; Mr. Everett Brown,
president Of the Chicago Livestock Ex-
change; Major Roy Of the Food Ad,
mnlstration, 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 I'm
CARRYING out the plan embodied IN the
packers agreement. 1t must be evil
dent that offers by commission men 10
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.
II is believed by the conference that
this new plan, based as It IS upon 8
positive minimum basis, Will bring bet.
ter results to the producer than aver
age prices for the month. II does not
limit top prices and should narrow
the margins necessary to country bny
ers in more variable markets. II Is
believed that the plan should work ont
close to S18 average
Swine producers Of the country Will
! contribute to their own interest by
: not flooding the market, for 1t must bt
! evident that II an excessive over per
, centage Of hogs is marketed In any
one month price sterilization and con
troll cannot succeed. and 1t is certain
/ that producers themselves can contri
butte materially 10 the efforts of the
2 conferences If they will do their mark
: citing in as normal way as possible
, The whole situation as existing al
= present demands a frank and explicit
/ assurance from the conferees repre-.
sented-namely. that every possible
I effort will be made to maintain a live
! hog price commensurate with swine
production costs and reasonable sell
Il ing values in execution of the declared
policy OF the Food Administration
: to use every agency in its control K
| secure justice TO the farmer,
The sterilization methods adopted
; for November represent the best eff
r forts Of the conference, concurred IL
: by the Food Administration and thu