Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-11-21

e were as lOnOWS.
is producer and the insurance of an ade-
1t quate future supply.
e These foreign orders are placed
j. upon the basis of cost of hogs TO the
G packers
q As the result of long negotiations
: between this body and the Packers
.. committee, representing the 40 to 80
=, pacBers participating in foreign or
u defs, together with the Allied buyers.
i all under the Craftsmanship Of the
e ROOD Administration, the following I'M
: aertaking has been given by the pack
ers:
, In view of the undertakings on the
, part OF the Food Administration with
regard to the co-Ordnated purchases
OF pork products, covered in the at
lached, 1t is agreed that the packers
participating in these orders will I'M
uertake not to purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed minimums
Tor the month of November, that is
daily minimum of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average of packers droves.
excluding throw-outs. 'Throw-outsr
to be defined as pigs under 13O
pounds, stays bOars, thin sows and
skips. Further, that no hogs of any
Kind shall be bought, except throw
outs. at less than $1e5O 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 given day. All the above |
to be based on Chicago.
We agree that a committee shall be |
appointed by the Food Administration |
to check the daily operations in 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 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 increas-
ing numbers over the above II is en-
tirely beyond the ability of the pack
ers to maintain these minimums and
therefore we must have the co-Opera-
ton of the producer himself TO main
tain these results 1t is a physical 1
impossibilty for the capacity of the
packing houses TO handle a similar
over-iood of hogs and to find a market
for the output. The packers are anr-
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. e. WILSON.
Chairman Packers Committee
The plan embodied above was adopt
I'd by the conference.
The Food Administrator has appoint
I'd committee, comprising Mr. Thomas
g. Wilson, chairman of the Pack
RS Committee; Mr. Everett Brown,
resident of the Chicago Livestock Ex-
Major Roy of the Food Ad-
Mr.. Louis D. Hall of the
bureau of Markets, to undertake the
upervisiOn of the execution of the
Ian in the various markets. Commits
arrying out the plan embodied in the
ackers agreement. II must be evil
ent that offers by commission men to
ell hogs below the minimum estab- w
shed above is not fair. either To the
roducer or the participating packers. m
Ir. Brown has undertaken on behalf
the commission men i'm the United
tates that they will loyalty support
le plan.
II is believed by the conference that
lis new plan. based as ii is upon
,sitive minimum basis, will bring bet
r results to the producer than aver
g prices for the month. II does not 6
nit top prices and should narrow :
e margins necessary 10 country buy y
5 in more variable markets. Ii is
ieved that the plan should work out
Dse to SIS average
Swine producers of the country will
to their own interest by
I flooding the market. for ii must he
ident that If an excessive over per- \
ntage of hogs is marketed I'm any i
Q month price sterilization and con- N
VI cannot succeed, and 1t Is certain III
II producers themselves can contri- a
te materially To the efforts of the g
lferences II they will do their mark a
ng in as normal a way as possible AZ
The whole situation as existing at IN
.Sent demands frank and explicit IL
urance from the confereeS repre-
that every possible
,rt will be made TO maintain a live WI
, price commensurate with swine
duction costs and reasonable sell twi
values in execution Of the declared
icy of the Food Administration
use every agency in It's control to II
ure Justice to the farmer ical
he Sterilization methods adopted rep
November represent the best ef- trea
IS of The conference. concurred i'm of
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