The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-11-29

were as follows:
producer and the insurance OF an ace
qnate future supply.
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 45 to 90
pacSers participating In foreign or
delS, together with the Allied buyers,
all under the Craftsmanship of the
Food administrator. the following un-
dertaking has been given by the paek-.
era: .:
In view OF the undertakings on the
part Of the Food Administration with
81 egard to the co-ordinated purchases
OF pork, products, covered in the at.
taelieds it Is agreed that the packers
paEhciDeunO IN these orders viii uls-
aeS2a1s net to H0rchase hogs foe Aees
than the following agreed minimuns
for the month Of November that is q
daily minimum of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average of packers droves,
excluding thr0w-outs. "Throw-outs'''
to be defined as pigs under 1870
pounds, stays, bOars, thin sOws and
skips. Further, that no hogs Of any
Find shall be bought, except throw
outs, at less than $16.5G per hundred
pounds The average of packers
droyes TO be construed as the average
of the total sales in the market Of oil
hogs for a given day. All the above
to be based on Chicago.
We ngree that committee shall be.
appointed by the Food Administration
to checlS the daily, operations in fne
various markets with view to supsr-
vision and demonstration of the carry
ing out OF the above.
The ability OF the packers to carry
!. ont this arrangement wifi depend on
there being 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 cPut
and we can handle such an increase.
If the producers Of hogs should, A.
they have In the past few weeks, pre-
maturely market hesEs.irS such increAk-
ing numbers. over. the above 1t IN en-
tireiy beyond the ability of the pAcls
ers to maintain these ninimums, and
therefore we must have the co-opefa-
tion OF the producer himself to main
tain these results 1t Is O physical
ifnpossihiiity for; the capacity OF the
packing houses. 10 handle d similar
over-food OF hogs and to find a market
for the output, The packers are anx-
ious- to cooperate with the producers
In maintaining stabilization OF price
and to see. that producers receive fair
price for their pr0ductS. g =
lSigned). THOS. E. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
The pinn embodied above was adopt.
ed by the conference. e'
The Food Administrator has appoint
ed a committee, comprising Mr. Thoaas
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 the
supervision OF the execution oti the
plan In the various markets. ComWas-,
sion men are asked to co.opegnser In
carrying out the plan embodied sN2 the
| packers agreement. 1t must be eyi-
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 10 the United
States that they will Loyalty support
| the traans.
Et4s believed BY Inc conference that
| <Aia new plin, based as It is upon a
positsve 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 ID
| believed that the plan. should work out
close TO $ls average.
Swine producers OF the country viii
Contribute TO their own interest b-
not flooding the market. for 1t must be
evident that lf an excessive over per-
ccntage Of hogs Is marketed In any
one month price stabilizaticn ard CON
troll cannot succeed, and II Is certain
that producers themselves cnns contri-
butte materially to the efforts of the
conferences II they VIII do their mark.
citing in as normal way as possible
The whole situation as existing ct
present demands frank and explicit
1 assurance from the conferees repre-.
sented--namely, that every. possible
effort will be made TO fnaintain-a live
hog price commensurate with swine
Iproduction costs and reasonable sell
lng values In execution OF tile declared
policy OF the Food Administration
20 use every agency in its control to
| secure justice TO the farmer.
The stabillzatiOn methods adopted
.or November represent the bsst e.
forts of the conference. coDcurrea in
By the FOOD Administration apd hs