The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-11-21

> These foreign orders are placed
upon the basis Of cost OF hogs TO th'
packers
AS the result Of long negotiations
between this body and the Packers
Committee, representing the 40 10 5(
packers participating In foreign or
ders, together with the Allied buyers
all under the Chalrmanship OF the
Food Administration. the following un.
dcrtaking has been given by the pack.
crs:
In view OF the undertakings on the
part OF the Food Administration with
regard 20 the co.ordlnated purchases
OF pork products. covered In the at.
tached, IL Is agreed that. the packers
participating In these orders win un-
dertake not TO purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed mlnlmums
for the month OF November, that In a
daily minimum OF Si750 per hundred
pounds on average OF packers droves,
excluding thr0w-Quts, "rhrow-outs"
TO be defined as pigs under 1870
pounds, stays, boars, thin sows and
sklps. Further that no hogs Of any
kind shall be bought, except throw
outs, at less than $3.50 per hundred
pounds. The average OF packers
droves TO be construed ms 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
to check the daily operations In the
various markets with view 20 super
vision and demonstration OF the carry
Ing out OF the above.
The ability OF the packers TO carry
out this arrangement viii 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 10
be II maximum OF about 10 per cent
aud we can handle such an Increase.
II the producers OF hogs should. as
they have In the past few weeks, pre-
market hogs In such lncreas-
Ing numbers over the above Il II en-
tlrely beyond the ability OF the pack
crs tO maintain these miniuums, and
Therefore We miNt lm,c The cn-Uprru-
ton OF the producer himself to mnIn-
tain these results. II is a physical
for the capacity OF the
packing houses to handle similar
over-hood OF hogs and 10 find market
for the output The packers are anx-
ious 10 cooperate with the producers
In maintaining sterilization OF price
and TO see that producers receive
fair price for their products.
(Slgned) THOs. r. WILSON.
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt.
ed by the conference.
The Food Administrator has appoint
ed committee, comprising Mr.. Thorn
as K. Wilson. chairman OF the Pack
ers' Committee; Mr. Everett Brown.
president OF the Chicago Livestock EI.
change; Major Roy OF the Food Ad-
ministratlon, Mr. Louis ID. Hall OF the
Bureau OF Markets. TO 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 eyi.
dent that offers by commission men 10
sell hogs below the minimum estab.
lished above Is not fair, either 10 the
producer or the participating packers.
Mr. Brown has undertaken on behalf
Of the commission men In the United
States that they VIII Loyalty support
the plan.
II is believed by the conference that
iAis new plan, based as Il Is upon a
positive minimum hasls, will bring bet.
ter results 10 the producer than aver
age prices for the month. II does not
limit top prices aud should narrow
the margins necessary To country buy.
ers In more variable markets. II Is
beheved that the plan should work out
close TO SIS average
Swine producers OF the country viii
J contribute to their own Interest by
not flooding the market, for II must be
evident that II an excessive over per-
centage OF hogs Is marketed In any
one month price stabilizati0n and con
troll cannot succeed. aud Il Is certain
that producers themselves can contri-
Dute materially TO the efforts of the
conferences II they will do their mark.
4 eting In as normal way as possible.
4 The whole situation as existing at
present demands frank and explicit
assurance from The conferees repre-
sented-nsmely, that every possible
effort will be made 70 maintain a live
hog price coinmensurate with swine
production costs and reasonable sell.
Ing values In execution OF the deelar,
ed policy Of the Food Administration
10 use every agency In its control "a
secure justice 70 the farmer.
The stabilizatioE methods adopted
for November represent the beat e.
forts OF the conference. eoncurred a
by the E0o& Adnainlalfat tion ana u.