The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-11-30

were af follow:
producer and the Insurance Of an aoe-
Qusie future supply.
These foreign orders are PLACED
upon the basis Of cost OF hoes to the
lackerA
As the result Of hong negot.ation.
between this boy and the Packers
Committee. representing the IS to 50
packers participating In foreign or
derA together with the Allied buyers,
all under Die Chairman.hip Of the
Food Administration. the following un-
derakinS has heen givea by the pack-
ers:
In view cf he undertakings 90 TIE
par Of the Food Administration with
reeard TO the eo-ortinated purchases
Of pork productA covered in the at
facbed. II 10 agreed that the packey
participating In these orders VIII I'M
dertake not to purchase hogs for less
than The following agreed m!nimums
for the month Of November, that b .
daily minimum Of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average II packer drcves.
excluding throv-oVtA -Throw-outs-
NO he defined ~ piss under lao
pcundx stagA boa1 thin sovs and
xkipa Further that DO hogs Of any
kind shall b bought. except throw
outA NJ les than &l6so per hundred
poundA The sverige Of packery'
drcres to he Construed ~ the averase
Of the total sales In the market Of all
hogs for 4 given day. All the absvo
to be has~d 90 CAicaso
We aTres that Q commitiee shall BE-
appointed By The Food Admtnilsratjoa
10 CHECK the daily operatives b The
various markets With Q vteU to super
vixioo and demonstfat3oa q the cafTy-
ing oui Of the above
he ability of he packers 70 earry
90 this arraAseoeat vfll depeod On
these being q Doemal marketing Of
hogs based upos he propss,sonate tp-
erease cves he receipts It has, pear.
he Increase in prodDeftsa appean TO
be . maxtmun q sbsof Is per cent
and ne can handle such N iperease
II the producers Of hoes should n
they have In The pas fev weeks. pre-
nasrrrely market hogs IN such inereas-
ing number over The above II 10 en-
tirely beycod he ability Of the pack
en- to maip:ain these m.nimuma. and
therefore re must hare the cooper
don Of the protpcef himself 10 main
tain these resuitA II 10 q physical
impo~sihiilty for The carad,y Of the
packing hoases to hapdle q similar
over-Sood Of hogs and TO doc . market
for the output The psckers arv anx-
.ious TO co-cSefate With the producers
IN maintaining q Gabiiira;soo Of prize
and TO So tia, producers receive .
fair price for their protpcfA
tSleD~c) THoS- E WILSON.
Chairman PsckesJ Committee
The plan embodied Above US socp.-
"a BY he con.erence
The Food Adrnin.ssrater has appoint
ID committee. comprising Mr. TLol-
a E Wilson. chairman Of the Pack
en- COMMITTEES: Mr.. Erer~;; Bro~a.
president Of The Chicago Livestock Ex-
change: Major Roy Of the Food Ad-
raint<tr,rscn- Mr.. Loais D Hall Of the
Bureau Of NartetA 10 undertake The
superrtx5cr o: the execution o: The
plan In the varsoss narke.A Connis
sion Dee are aSkec TO eo-o,rfsie 10
carryins OCT The plan embodied n the
,acsery ssr~eDent II uus, t< evS-
dent ths, oce1 By eonmis<ion m~n 70
~eii hogs t.e:ou the minimum e<s.,.
iiHaed above Is DOT fair. either 10 the
rrpcpcer OF the participating facker
Mr.. Brown has uDoertalen cc .eh-it
Of the coennisxioa Deo 10 the United
Sssies that they wiil loyalty srr;or-
The plan
Il 10 eealered By the euofereoce thu;
this p<u pisn. hase1 rs 1t 10 upon q
positive minimum tsssiA viii bring bet
.es resSifs 90 the prS.ducef than aver
ase pr.ors for the noah I; ooes DO.
iirrsii top ;srices and should narrow
the margins p~ce~xary 10 country buy
er, In racre var.atIe mart~;s I; :.
believed tina; The plan should WORK CO:
e.ose to SIS svesasa
S~foe trv-apcefs Of the country I'll
Contribute 10 their c~b in,eree b,
DO. flooding the market. for II Uusz -
evideoi that II ~ excessive orer y~r
ccnisEe Of hoeS b marketed 10 an,
ooe month ffsce esos.iiifSocn ana cve
troll cannot succeed and IL 10 c~r1ai:
,hsi pr>-tpcers themselves car ccair5
butte materially TO the eSosts Of ttss
coaf-reocrs II They viii DO their MARI
citing 10 ss pornal . ~ay A. s-oSsih'e-
The whole sitpsrSoo a. exirinx d
prvs-ni demands . frsuk and explicit
1s>ursnce frurp the coaserees r-9re
sen,ed-nsEely. thai every ro~its.
effort viii he made 10 maintain . live
bog prov ccs-rsczS1rsie with swine
prudacfion cus;s and reaspoahle re'I
ing values 10 execu;ioo Of the declsr
I'd policy Of the Food Adninier.;io-
10 Use every eSeoey In Its costroi ID
secure justice to the farmer
The ssahIlizattoa methods s,lcssec
TOT November repre>enf the erep: ct
~ h. r<nS~ew> t.