The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-11-14

b industry, on October "a there was
the Live Stock Subcommittee Of the
'ecial members representing the swine
hog market.
70. and during this time met with the
3 firms participating in foreign orders
Of the Food Administration directing
we're 40 follows:
producer and the insurance Of an ade-
auete future supply.
These foreign orders are placed
Upon the basis Of cost Of hogs to the
packers.
A. the result Of long negotiations
between this body and the Packers'
Committee, representing the As 70 so
packers participating In foreign or
dexA together with the Allied buyers,
oil under the Chairmanship OF the
Food Administration, the following un-
oertaking has been given BY the pack,
ess:
In view Of the undertakinns o. the
part Of the Feed Administrators VIII
regard - he eo-ag61nstsd pu1eAases
ct pork DnedsstA. eevaFed h the ~
tAaAed. It y as1ae1 that TIE poehezs
pexoeipatng b tleso eVaess WA ~
osetaks lot - IsssAoan hsgs for No.
thaA the 1sllswiag aGyssd ninaunauo
~ - NanEA AZ Nsvonbes, Ihat = q
s&y >ahann e &1z0o pr A1naDsd
[psoads - ovsrage 81 paeAeI4 drsves,
esalla9lns o1se-suA sMeewGuaae
- - e6sa . peDs uaoR ~
po0& senoa bses4 Tin ssws ana
sk1pa Aazshss Tat - AsUs e sny
I'D sAaa b bsught enseok tA.sv-
sstA It lsss tAaa $10oe Der hsnarsd
posnda. TIE average Of pachssI
AReves - b Construed a. tAe averars
Ct TIE tetaa sales IN Tie market Of IN
hogs for q given day. All tie abovo
to Be based - Chicago.
We agree that q eennittes shall b
appointed By the Fed Administrators
to cheek The daily operations in IL
various markets With q view b super-
vision and demonstration Of ths cary.
ANo W. Va w 0VVV~
The ability Of IL PACKERS to carry
out this arranSsHeDt win depend o.
there being . Dormal marketing Of
hogs based upon the proportionats In
crease over the receipts Of last year.
The increase in production appears to
be maximum of about Is per cent
aad We can handle such an increase.
II the producers Of hogs should, AZ
they have IN the past few weeks, pre-
maturely market hogs in such incIeas-
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-
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-fo0d of hogs and to find market
for the output. The packers are arx-
ious to cooperate with the producers
in maintaining Sterilization of price
and to see that producers receive {
fair price for their prc1a::s.
(Signed) THOS. L. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt.
ed by the conference.
The Food Administrator has appoint
ed committee, comprising Mr.. Thorn
as e. Wilson, chairman Of the Pack.
ers' Committee; Mr.. Everett Brown,
president of the Chicago Livestock tx
change: Major Roy Of the Food Adj
ministrati0n, 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 a
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 out
close to $18 average.
Swine producers Of the country will
to their own interest BY
not flooding the market. for it must be
evident that II an excessive over per-
centags Of hogs 10 marketed in any
one month price Sterilization and con-
troll cannot succeed, and it IL certain
that producers themselves can contri-
butte materially to the efforts of the
conferences IL they will do their mark.
citing in 90 normal way a. possible.
The whole situation % existing at
present demands q frank and explicit
assurance from the conferees repre-
sented-namely, that every possible
effort viii 30 made b maintain q live
hoG Price commemorate with swine
graduation costs and reasonable eell-
ise values In exseutSaa Of ths asehy.
ID policy q IL yood Adminissrafson
- ~ every sgs1ey u ~ seDtyel y
soeuve Justice % the 1AyusA
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