Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-14

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
1t 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. Ii does not
limit top prices and should narrow
the margins necessary to country buy
ers in more variable markets. 1t is
believed that the plan should work out
close to S1S average
Swine producers Of the country will
e:n:s ::,''.- 70 their own. interest by
not flooding the market, for II must be
evident that II an excessive over per-
/ centage OF hogs Is marketed in any
one month price sterilization and con
i troll cannot succeed, and it 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 at
present demands frank and explicit
assurance from the conferees repre-
sented-namely, that every possible
/ effort will be made to maintain 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 its control to
secure Justice to the farmer.
The stabillzatIon methods adopted
for November represent the best ef-
forts of the conference, concurred In
by the Food Administration and TIM
Livestock Subcommittee Of the Agrl.
cultural Advisory Board, together
with special swine members and .the
representatives Of NE packers, to i'm.
prove the present LHSatl- lactory situ-
ntion, witch has unfortunately result.
ed 'o ,se OF the injection Of uncon-
t.r.iable factors.
We ask the producer To cooperate
with us in most difficult task
The members Of the Conference
were:
Producers--H. c. Stuart, Elk Gar.
den, Va, Chairman Agricultural Ad.
visory Board; W. NJ McFadden, Chi.
cago, H.; A. Sykes, Ida Grove, Ia, (;
John NJ. Evvard, Ames,. la. j. Fl. Mer-
GER Live Stock Commission for Kan.
sas J. G. Brown, Monon Ind; L. c.
Brown, President Chicago Livestock
Exchange; n. II. Gentry, Sedalia, Mo !;
John Grattan Bloomfield, Colo. Eu-
gene Funk, Bloomington, Ill Isaac
Lincoln, Aberdeen, s. d. c. W. Hunt,
Logan, Ia. (; c. f. Yancey, W. K. bod
son.
Food istration-Herbert Hoo
yer, f. s Snyder, Major Il. l.. Roy, G..
II. Powell.
Department Of Agriculture-Louls
D. Hall, F. r. Marshall.
The packers present and others
sharing in foreign orders were repre-.
sented by the elected packers commit.
tee. Those represented were:
Packers--Armour & Co, Chicago,
H. Cudahy Packing Co., Chicago, ILL., ;
Morris & Co., Chicago, Ill.,. Swift &
Co., Chicago, I'll. Wilson X Co., Chica.
CO. III. John Agar Co, Chicago, ILL., |;
Armstrong Packing Co., Dallas, Tex. ;
Boyd Durham 4 Co., Chicago, Ill, ;
Brennan Packing Co., Chicago, H. ;
Cincinnati Abattoir Co., Cincinnati,
O.; Cleveland Provisions Co., Cleve.
land, o.. Cudahy Bros. Co, Cudahy,
Wis. ]. Dold Packing Co, Buffalo, N.
Y; Dunlevy Packing Co, Pittsburg,
Pa; !. +. Decker & Sons. Mason City,
Ia, Evansville Packing Co., Evans.
vile. Ind. East Side Packing Co., East
St. Louis, Ill.,. Hammond Standish &
W. h'l'"', "iNh' W. "a Ai"tihtl
Co.. Austin, Mimi; Home Packing K
Ice Co, rerre Hautc. Ind; lndepcnd-
ent Packing Co, Chicago, Ill.,. Indian
apolis Abattoir Co, Indianapolis, Ind
international Provision Co., Brooklyn
n. Y; Interstate Packing Co., Winona
Mnn Iowa Packing Co, Des Moines
Ia; Powers Begg Co., Jacksonville