The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-09


quate future supply.
These foreign orders are placed
upon the basis of cost OF hogs 10 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 nm
dertakins 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.
iached. it is agreed that the packers
participating IN these orders will IN.
dertake not 10 purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed minimums
for theJmonth OF November, that is q
daily minimum OF $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average OF packers droyes.
excluding throw-outs. "Throw.outs'
TO be defined as pigs under $50
pounds, stays, bears, thin sows and
skips Further that nc hogs OF any
kind shall be bought, except throw.
outs, at less than Sl6.50 per hundred
pounds. The average OF packers
droyes TO be construed as The average
OF The total sales in the market OF all
hogs for a given day. All the above
TO be based ON Chicago.
We agree that committee shall be-
appointed by the Food Administration
10 check the daily operations IN the
various markets with view TO super.
Vision aud demonstration OF the carry
ing out Of the above.
The ability Of the packers TO carry
out this arrangement will depeld OF
there being a normal marketing of
hogs based upon the proportlonate IN
crease over The receipts OF lass year
The increase in production appears 10
be maximum OF about u per cent.
and we can handle such an increase.
IL the producers Of hogs should, as
they have ia the past few weeks, pre-.
maturely market hogs In such increaS.
ing numbers over the above It Is en-
tirely beyond The ability OF the pack,
ers TO maintain these minlmumS, and
therefore we must have the cO-0pern-
tlon OF the producer himself TO main.
tain these results. 1t Is a physical
lmposslbllty for the capacity OF The
packing houses 10 handle similar
oyer-food Of hogs ana 10 end market
FOR the output Tie packers are anx-
ious to cooperate with the producers
In maintaining a sterilization of price
and TO see that producers receive a
fair price for their products.
tSlgned) THOS. L. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt.
ed by The conference.
The Food Administrators has appoint
ed committee, comprising Mr.. Thom.
as F.. Wilson, chairman Of The Pack.
ers' Committee; Mr.. Everett Brown.
president Of The Chicago Livestock Ex-
change; Major Roy OF ne Food Adj
minlstration. Mr. Louis Il. Hall of the
Bureau OF Markets, TO Undertake The
supervision OF the exc don Of the
plan ia the various markets rummls.
sion men are asked 10 co.opcrate ~
carrying out the plan EN- ou,ed Ia tAe
packers agreement. J must be eV.-
dent that offers by commission men 10
sell hogs below the minimum estab.
lished above Is not fair, either TO the
producer or the part pating packers.
/ Mr.. Brown has luaertasen on behalf
/ Of the commission men IN the United
States that they VIII Loyalty support
/ The plan.
( 1t 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 Ia more variable markets. It s.
believed that the plan should work oui
close TO SIS average.
Swine producers 90 The country will
contribute TO their own interest by
not flooding the market, for 1t must pe
evident that II an excessive over per.
centage Of hogs lie marketed IN any
one month price sterilization aud con-
troll cannot succeed, and il Is certain
hat producers themselves eau contll.
butte materially to the efforts OF the
conferences II they win do their mark
citing Ia us normal way rs possible
The whole situation as existing AZ
present demands q frank and explicit
assurance from the confesees repre-.
scented namely, that every possible
effort viii be made to maintain live
hog price commensurate with swine
production costs and reasonable sell
Ing values Ia execution OF the declar
ed policy OF The Food Administration
to use every agency IN lie control Ia
secure Justice to the farmer
j The sterilization methods adopted
for No, einber represent the best ef
forts of the conference. coucnrred IN
I nv tho Eann Aan.ft,lattafinn ana th.