The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-19

were as follows:
4 producer and the insurance OF an sde
| quate 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 10 5(
packers participating In foreign or
ders, together with the Allied buyers
all under the Chairmanship of the
Food Administration, the following un
dertaEing has been given by the pack
ers:
In view OF the undertakings on the
part OF the Food Administration with
regard 10 the cO-ordinated purchase
Ot pork products, covered ia the at
tached, il 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 4
daily minimum OF $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average OF packers droves,
excluding throw outs. "rhrow-o
to be defined as pigs under 100
pounds, stays, boars, thin sOws and
skips. Further that no hogs of any
kind shall be bought, except throw
outs, at less than Sl650 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 a committee shall be
TO check the daily operations in the
various markets with view 10 super
vision and demonstration OF the carry
ing out OF the above.
The ability of the packers to carry
out this arrangement will depend on
there being u normal marketing OF
hogs based upon the proportionate in
crease over the receipts Of last year
The Increase in production appears to
be q maximum Of about Is per. cent
and we can handle such an increase.
If 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 IT iS> en-
tirely beyond the ability Of the pack
ers 10 maintain these ninlmumS, and
therefore we must have the co-opera-
ton of the producer himself to main
tain these results. 1t IS q physical
impossibility for the capacity of the
packing houses to handle similar
over-flood Of hogs and to find market
for the output. The packers are anx'
ious to cooperate with the producers
in maintaining a stablllzation OF price
and TO see that producers receive
fair price for their products.
tSigned) THOS Z. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt
ed by the conference.
The Food Administrator has appoint
ed a committee, comprising Mr.. Thom-
as Z. Wilson, chairman of the Pack
ers Committee; Mr.. Everett Brown,
president of the Chicago Livestock Elk.
change: Major Roy Of the Food Ad-
ministration, Mr.. Louis d. Hall Of the
Bureau of Markets, to undertake the
supervision Of the execution of the
plan in the various markets. CommiS-
sion men are asked to cooperate in
carving out the plan embodied In the
packers agreement 1t must be evil
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.
Mfr. Brown has undertaken on behalf
Of the commission men In the United
States that they will Loyalty support
the plan
1t is believed by the conference that
this new plan. based as it is upon g
positive minimum basis, will bring bet
ter results TO the producer than aver
age prices for the month. 1t does not
limit top prices and should narrow
the margins necessary TO country BUY
ers in more variable markets. 1t is
DPl1pNpU IlNt luS pau oHSuih "oAn NNN
close to SIS average,
Swine producers of the country Will
contribute TO their own Interest by
not flooding The market, for ii must be
evident that If an excessive over per-
centage OF hogs is marketed in any
one month price stabilization and con-
troll cannot succeed, and 1t is certain
that producers themselves can contri-
butte materially 10 the efforts OF the
conferences If they will do their marx
eting in as normal way as possible.
The whole situation as existing a,
uresent demands frank and explicit
assurance from the conferees repre-
sented-namely that every possible
effort will be made TO maintain live
hog price commensurate with swine
production costs and reasonable sell
Ing values in execution OF the declar-
ed policy OF the Food Adminsira ton
10 use every agency In It's control 10
secure justice 10 the farmer.
The stabiliZation methods adopted
for November represent the best ef-
forts OF the conference. concurred In
by the Food Administration and The
; livestock Subcommittee ot the Agri-
cultural Advisory Board, together
with special swine members and the
representatives of the packers, to inn