Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-11-28


produTer and the insurance Of an ada
quate future supply.
These foreign orders are placed
upon tae basis OF cost OF hogs to tie
packers.
AS the result of long negotiations
between this body and the Packers
Committee, representing the AS TO so
packers participating 10 foreign OF.
ders. together with the Allied buyers
all rfSler the Craftsmanship OF tho
Food 4 administration, the following I'M
dertaking has been given by the pack
ers:
In view Of the undertakings on the
part Of the Food Administration with
regard to the co-ordinated purchases
of pork products, covered in tie at
tached, it Is agreed that the packers
participating in these orders wsll M
dertake not to purchase hogs fer less
than the following agreed mlnFmums
for the month of November, thst is a
daily minimum Of $3.50 pr hrasdred
pounds on average Of packers Groves,
excluding throw-Outs. a.l'lrow outs
to be defined as pigs rndec 100
pounds stays, boars, thin sowa and
skips Further that no hcgs cf any
kind shall be bought, except Shrow-
outs, az less than $10.5O per hundred
pounds. The average OF peckers'
droves to be construed as the average
Of the total sales In the market of all
hogs for a given Cay. All the above
to be based on Chi.ago.
We agree that committee shall be
appointed by the Faod Administration
to check the daily operations In the
various markets with view to super
vision and demonstrstionJoS the carry
ing out OF the above,
The ability OF the packers to carry
out this arrangement will depend on
there being a 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 cent.
and we can handle such an increase
q IL 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 enc
tirely beyond the ability Of the pack
ers to maintain these nInimums, and
therefore we must have the eo-opera-
ton OF the producer himself to main
tain these results. It is a physical
impossibility for the capacity Of the
packing houses to handle a similar
over-food OF. hogs and to find market
for the output. The packers are anx-
ious to cooperate with the producers
in maintaining a sterilization of price
and TO see that producers receive q
fair price for their products.
(Signed1 THOS. e. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt
ed by the conference.
The Food Administrators has appoint
ed a COMMITTEES, comprising Mr.. Thorn
as e. Wilson, chairman of the Pack
ers' Committee; Mr.. Everett Brown,
president Of the Chicago Livestock Elk
change; Major Roy of the Food Adj
ministration, Mr.. Louis d. 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 to cooperate in
carrying out the plan embodied in the
packers agreement. It must be evil.
dent that offers by commission men TO
sell hogs below the minimum estab-
lished above is not fair, either to the 4
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.
It Is believed by the conference that
this new plan, based as 1t is upon a
positive minimum basis, viii bring bet
ter results to the producer than aver
age prices for the month. It does not
limit top prices and should narrow
the margins necessary to country buy
ers in more variable markets. It is
believed that the plan should work out
close to SIS average.
Swine producers Of the country win
contribute to their own interest by
not flooding the market, for 1t must be
evident that If an excessive over per
Of hogs is marketed IN any
one month price sterilization and con-
troll cannot succeed, and it is certain
that producers themselves can contrl- q
butte materially to tbe efforts of the
il they viii do their mark
citing in as normal q way as possible.
The whole situation as existing at
present demands frank and explicit
assurance from the conferees repre-
sented-namely, that every possible
effort win 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 Administration
to use every agency in its control to
secure justice to the farmer.
The sterilization methods adopted
for November represent the best eff.