Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-11-21

These foreign orders are place.
upon the basis Of cost of hogs 20 IA,
| packers.
AS the result Of long negotiation
between this body and the Packers
Committee, representing the 10 TO 81
packers participating in foreign or
ders, together With The Allied buyers
all under the Chairmanshp OF th
Food Administration, the following IN
derlakIng has been given by the pack
ers:
In view OF the undertakings on the
part of the Food Administration with
regard TO the co-ordlnated purchases
of pork products, covered In the at
tached, it is agreed that the packers
participating In these orders will I'm.
dertake not 10 purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed minlmums
for the month of November, that is
daily minimum of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average Of packers droves,
excluding throw-outs. "Throw-outs"
to be defined as pigs under 100
pounds. stays. boars. thin sows and
shps Further that no hogs of any
kind shall be bought, except throw
outs, at less than Sl650 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 committee shall be
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 year.
The increase In production appears TO
be q maximum OF about Is per cent.
and we can handle such an Increase.
II the producers of hogs should, rs
they have in the past few weeks, pre-
maturely market hogs In suchincreas-
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. II Is a physical
impossibillty for the capacity of the
packing houses 10 handle similar
over.flood Of hogs and 10 find market
for the output. The packers are anx.
ious to cooperate with the producers
in maintaining Il stablization OF price
and to see that producers receive a
fair price for their products.
(Signed) THOS. Il. WILSON.
Chairman Rackers' Committee
The plan embodied above was adopt.
ed by the conference.
The Food Administrators has appoint
ed a committee, comprising Mr. Thorn
as e. Wilson, chairman of the Pack,
ers' Committee; Mr. Everett Brown,
president of the Chicago livestock EX.
change Major Roy of the Food Adj
ministration, Mr. Louis d. Hall Of The
Bureau of Markets, to undertake tht
supervision of the execution Of tn
milan in the various markets. Commits
sion men are asked 10 cooperate Il
carrying out the plan embodied IN Ia
packers agreement. II must be evi
dent that Offers by commission men 4
sell hogs below the minimum estate
llshed above Is not fair, either 10 th
| n inff In
Mr.. Brown has undertaken on bchal
of the commission men in the Unite
States that they will loyalty supper
the plan.
It In believed by the conference tha
this pew plan, based as 1t is upon
positive minimum basis, will bring bci
ter results to the producer than ave-
age prices for the month. 1t does NJ
/ limit top prices and should mario
the margins necessary TO country bu,
ers in more variable markets II
believed that the plan should work on
close to SIS average.
Swine producers of the country VII
contribute to their own interest b
not flooding the market, for it must b..
1 evident that If an excessive over pei
cottage Of hogs Is marketed In an
ene month price stabllization and con
Itfol cannot succeed, and it Is certah
that producers themselves can contr
butte materially to the efforts of ths
conferences If they will do their marx
Il citing in as normal way as possible.
i The whole situation as existing a.
present demands frank and explicii
assurance from the conferees repre-
sented--namely, that every possible
/ effort will be made to maintain a live
hog price commensurate with swine
production costs and reasonable sell.
] ing values In execution Of the declar.
cd policy of the Food Administration
TO use every agency In its control to
secure justice to the farmer.
The sterilization methods adopted
Cor November represent the best eff
\ forts OF the conference, concurred Il
Inv the Food Administration and til