Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-29

were as follows:
producer and tx insurance of an ade
quate future suynly.
lhese foreig'! orders are p!ace(
upon the basis Of cost of hogs tn til,
packers.
AS the result Of long negotiation.
between this body and the Packers
committee, representing the IS to Sc
packers participating in foreign or
uers' together with the Allied BUYERS
al under the Ftairmanship of the
FOOD Administered ion, the following IN
dertaklng has be, il given by the pack
ers:
Id view of the undertakings on the
part OF the Food administration with
regard 10 tie ro-Ordinated purchases
OF pork products covered in tho at
'acileo' IL is agr~"d that the packers
participating in ;.:ese orders will I'M
uertake not to r,I:chase hogs for less
than the fOllOWi,.:: agreed mininuns
lor the month OF November, that is a
daily minimum o. $3.50 per hundred
pounds on avera-t Ct packers drovas
eAclut!ng throwouts. "Throw-outs"
TO be defined as pigs under 1870
pounds, stays, boars, thin sows and
shlps. Further that no hogs of anv
kind shall be bought. except throw
outs, at less than $3.50 per hundred
pounds. The average of nackars,
groves 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 he
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 normal marketing Of
hogs based upon the proportionate in.
crease over the receipts of last wear.
Inc increase in production appears to
De maximum Of about Is per cent
ana we can handle such an Increase
II the producers Of hogs should. as
they have in the past few weeks nre.
maturely market hogs in such increas.
ing numbers over tie above it is en-
tlrely beyond the ability of the pack
ers TO maintain these minimums. and
therefore we must have the co-opera-
tlon OF the producer himself to main
tain these results. 1t is a physical
lmpossibility for the capacity of the
packing houses to handle a similar
over-f1ood of hogs and to find market
for the output. The packers are anx-
ious to cooperate with the producers
In maintaining sterilization of price
ana TO see that producers receive q
fair price for their products.
(Signed) THOS. e. WILSON.
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt.
cd by the conference.
The Food Administrator has appoint-
"a committee, comprising Mr.. Thorn.
as =. Wilson, chairman of the Pack
7rs' Committee; Mr.. Everett Brown.
president Of the Chicago Livestock Ex.
'hange; Major Roy Of the Food Ad-
Mr.. Louis D. Hall of the
3ureau of Markets, to undertake the
supervision Of the execution of the
)lan In the various markets. Commits
sion men are asked to cooperate in
out the plan embodied in the
packers agreement. 1t must be evil
lent that offels by commission men 10
ell nogs below the minimum estab-
lshed above is not fair, either to the
PRODUCER or the participating packers.
dr. Brown has undertaken on behalf
Il the commission men in the United |
states that they will loyalty support
he plan
1t is believed by the conference that
MS new plan, based as it is uDon q
osltlve minimum basis, will bring bet
er results to the producer than aver |
ge prices for the month. It does not
init top prices and should narrow
ne margins necessary to country buy |
RS In more variable markets. It is
elleved that the plan should work out
lose to $1S average.
Swine producers Of the country will |
ontrlbute to their own interest bv
OF flooding the market, for it must be
vident that If sn excessive over ner-
entage of hogs is marketed in anv
ne month price sterilization and con-
rol cannot succeed, and it is certain
nat producers themselves can cOntri-
ute materially to the efforts of the
differences if they will do their mark
ting in as normal way as possible.
The whole situation as existing al
resent demands frank and explicit
ssulunce from the conferees repre-
ented-namely, that every possible
tort will be made to maintain live
og price commensurate with swine
reduction costs and reasonable sell
lg values in execution of the declar-
q policy of the Food Administration
use every agency in it's control to
acure justice to the farmer
The sterilization methods adopted
'r November represent the best ef-
'rts of the conference, concurred in
Z the Food Administration and the
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