Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-11-13

, producer and the Insurance OF an ade-
quate future supply
These foreign orders are placed
upon the basis OF cost OF hogs to the
packers.
As the result OF long negotiations
be- ween this body and the Packers
Committee, representing the As to 80
packers participating In foreign or
ders, together with the Allied buyers,
all under the Craftsmanship of the
Food Administration, the following IN
dertaking has been given by the pack
ers:
In view of the undertakings on the
part OF the Food Administration with
regard 10 the co-ordnated purchases
OF pork products. covered in the at
iached. it Is agreed that the packers
participating in these orders will un
dertake not 10 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 dro,es,
excluding throw-outs. "Throw-outs"
TO be defined as pigs Under l.,c
pounds. stays, bears, thin sows and
skips. Further, that no hogs Of any
Kind shall be bought, except throw.
outs al less than $3.50 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 a given day, All the shove
10 he based on Chicago.
We agree thai a committee shall he
appointed by the Food Administration
10 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 10 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 a maximum of about 10 per cent.
and we can handle such an increase.
II 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 II 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 10 main
tain these results. II is a physical
lmpossihllity for the capacity of the
packing houses 10 handle a similar
over-rood of hogs and 10 find market
for the output. The packers are anx-
ious to cooperate with the producers
in maintaining a sterilization of price
and ~ seq hat produce rs receive a fair
price for their products.
tSigned) TH0S. r. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt
ed by the conference
The Food Administrator has appoint
cd committee, comprising Mr. Thomas
F. Wilson. chairman of the Pack
ers' Committee; Mr. Everett Brown,
president of the Chicago Livestock Ex-
change; Major Roy of the Food Adj
mlnistration. Mr. Louis ID. Hall OF the
Bureau of Markets. 10 undertake the
supervision of the execution of the
plan In the various markets Commits
sion men are asked 10 cooperate in
carrying out the plan embodied In the
/ packers agreement II must be evil
dent that offers by commission men to
sell hogs below the minimum estab-
producer or the participating packers
Mr.. Brown has undertaken on behalf
of the commission men In rhe United
States that they will Loyalty support
the plan.
! II is believed by The conference that
this new plan. based as II 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. II is
believed that the plan should work out
close to s1S average
Swine producers Of the country will
contribute to their own interest nv
not flooding the market. for II must he
evident that II an excessive over per,
centage of hogs Is marketed in any
one month price sterilization and con.
troll cannot succeed. and II is certain
that producers themselves can contrI-
butte materially 10 the efforts Of the
conferences II they viii do their mark
eting in AS normal q way as possible
The whole situation as existing NJ
present demands frank and explicit
assurance from the conferees repre-
sented--namely. thai every possible
effort will be made 10 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 "a
secure Justice 10 the farmer
The s:ahilizafion methods adopted
for November renresent the hest ef
forts Of the CONFERENCE. conrurred IL
nv lne EuJJ Administration and The