The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-11-15


THESE foreign orders are placed
upon the basis Of cost of hogs to the
packers.
AS the result Of long negotiations
between this body and the Packers
committee, representing the As to so
packers participating In foreign or.
ders, together with the Allied buyers.
all under the Craftsmanship Of the
FOOD Administration, the following un.
dertaklng has been given by the pack
ers:
In view of the undertakings on the
part of the Food Administration with
regard to the co-ordinated purchases
or pork products, covered in the at.
tached, 1t Is agreed that the packers
participating In these orders will un-
dertake not to purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed mInimums
for the month of November, that is a
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
skips. Further that no hogs of any
kind shall be bought, except throw
outs, at less than $165O per hundred
pounds. The average of packers
droves to be construed as the average
or 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 a normal marketing Of
hogs based upon the proportionate I'm
crease over the receipts of last year.
The increase In production appears to
be maximum Of about Is 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 1t Is en-
tirely beyond the ability of the pack
ers to maintain these minimums, and
therefore we must have the co-operu-
ton of the producer himself to MAIN
tain these results. 1t Is physical
impossibility. for the capacity of the
packing houses to handle similar
over-food Of hogs and to find market
for the output The packers are anx-
ious to cooperate with the producers
In maintaining a sterilization of price
and to see that producers receive
fair price for their products.
(Signed) THOS. q. WILSON.
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt.
cd 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 Elk
change; Major Roy of the Food Ad-
Mr.. Louis d. Hall Of the
Bureau Of Markets, to undertake the
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 10 |
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 |
IF the commission men In the United |
States that they will Loyalty support |
The plan.
It is believed by the conference that |
his new plan, based as II Is upon a.
positive minimum basis, will bring bet
er results to the producer than aver
lge prices for the month. 1t does not |
init top prices and should narrow
he margins necessary to country buy
RS in more variable markets It IL
believed that the plan should work out
lose to $1S average.
Swine producers of the country will
contribute to their own Interest by
Tot flooding the market, for It must be
,vident that II an excessive over per-
'enIdKe OIL nOES - uIufheteu iu" uuy |
me month price sterilization and con-
rol cannot succeed, and II Is certain
hat producers themselves can contri-
ute materially to the efforts Of the
II they will do their mark
ting In as normal way as possible.
The whole situation as existing at
resent demands. frank and explicit
issuance from the conferees repre- /
entedA namely, that every possible
fort will be made to maintain live
Iog price commensurate with swine
PRODUCTION costs and reasonable SELL
ng values 10 execution of the dcclar-
d policy of the Food Administration
o use every agency In Its control to
ecure justice to the farmer. II
The stabIIlzation methods adopted
or November represent the best erl
orts OF the conference, concurred in
y the Food Adminis-rs'i lion nns tb~