The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-11-16

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producer snd the Insurance 81 an ade.
Quaie future supply.
These foreign orders are rlacetl
ujNfn tAe hasls * cost II hogs % We
packers.
As The resnlt cf long negotiations
hciwccn this body sna the Packers
twMm'ttee. representing the ss IL "a
parAvgs participating Ia foreign or.
aers, togesher with the Ailiea buyers,
ga upder tire Craftsmanship II the
foed ADMINISTRATION. the following ua.
deftaAlae has been glNon ~ the pack.
crs
H. view Of the undertakings on tho
pari * the rossa Administration with
weara ~ fhe ea-eriluated purchase
" lrfr1 prAlneis, eoNrrcd IN gtse Ia.
iNftca. is = a4retd That ,he packers
participating IL these ortcrs viii an.
ieraAo nvt % purchase hogs Tor less
than ihe following aersl minlrasms
ior the month 81 November. thar is a
asily mln.mam Of Sls.o per hundn.i
pounds en average ~ packers dretes.
cNciWue tkn4ao outs Throw outs
" he defined as rlgs uu,lcr 100
pWuf3N Nae~ hoarS thin Sows ard
sAilfS Further thaf 10 hogs ~ any
KIND shall he bought. except throw.
outs at less ihan $40 ~ per hundred
poands Tie averago of packers
droves % be construed as the average
~ 'he ioial saies in the market Of All
hogs for q given dsy All the above
io ha based ~ Chicaga
We agree fhat d committee shall he
appointed ~ the Food Administration
% check tie daily operations IN the
VARIOUS markets with o view 10 super
vision aud demonstration Of the carry.
ing oui of Inc above
The ability Of the packers TO carry
0ui lAis arrangement VIII derend %
there hcins a normal marketing Of
hogs based upon tho propuriionatc in-
crease over the receipts ~ last year
The inccaAe in pr9dnc,ion appears 70
De maximum of about rs per cent
and we can handle such sn increase
II the producers OF. hogs should. as
,hey have iu The past few WEEKS. pre-
maiurciy market hogs in such increas-
ing numbers over the ahoee IL Is en-
fireIy beyond the ability ~ the e. 81.
ems tn maintain these minimums. and
therefore wt must hhNo ihe cu.opefu-
ii-n az the producer himself 10 main
f8in those results Il rs physical
lmposs.hAiiy for the capucliy of the
packing houses fo handle Similar
over Hood Of hogs and 80 nnd a market
f1r ihe ouipgf The packers are aux-
ious 10 cooperate with the producers
IN maintaining a stahlilzation of price
end to see thar producers receive
fair price fer their products
tSigne8) 1HpS r WILSON.
Chairman Packers Committee
The plan embodied above was adopt
ed by the conference
The Food Administrator has appoint
% a committee. comprising Mr. Thom
as f. Wilson. chairman ~ The Pack
arg Commlfiee Nr Everett Brown.
president n ths Chicago Livestock Ia
change Major Roy ~ the Food "a.
minis,rafieu. Mr. Louis j. HAN q the
Bureau of Markets, 10 undertake the
supervision O. fhe execution II the
plan in tie various markets. Commits
sinn men are asked 20 cooperate IN
carryGng ont The plan embodied IN the
packers agreement. II must be cyl
dent that oFer. by commission men 80
seil hogs below the minimum es'ah
lished above s. not fair. either 20 the
producer or TIE participaisis packers
Mr Brown has undertaken ou behalf
II ihe commission men In the United
States that they win Loyalty support
tie pian.
X Is believed by The conference that
this Dcw plan. based as IL Is upon
positive minimum basis. will bring bet
tor results fa tie producer than aver
age prices for the month. j, does not
limit top prices and should narrow
the margins necessary 20 country buy
ers in more yaristle markets. 1t is
believed that the plan should work out
close 70 SIS average.
Swine producers 81 the country viii
contribute 10 their own interest hy
not flooding The market, for Il must he
eyidenf that II sn excessive over per.
centage of hogs IS marketed Ii any
one month price siatJilization and con-
tr0l cannot sueeeed. and Il f. certain
thai producers themselves can oOntFi-
butte materially 70 the Efforts of the
conferences II they win DO their mark.
eung In as normal way as possible.
The whole situation as existing 1T
present demands a frank and explicit
ASSURANCE ffssu the coDferees repre-
sented--nsrBely that every possible
effort win be made 70 maintain a live
hog price commensurate with swine
production costs and reasonable sell
INK values in execution Of the deeiar-
ed policy Of tie Food Administration
10 use every agency IN its control 10
secure justice to the farmer
The stabifization methods adopted
for November represent tie best ef-
forts of The confererce. c0ncnrred ia
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