Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-11-21

were as follows:
I producer and the Insurance Of nm adc-
Quate future supply.
These foreign orders are placed
upon the basis Of cost of hogs TO the
packers.
rs the result of long negotiations
between this body and the Packers
1 Committee, representing the II 10 30
packers participating in foreign or
ders. together with the Allied buyers,
all under the Craftsmanship of the
Food Administration, the following un-
d~ertaklng 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 the at
tached, 1t is agreed that the packers
participating i'll these orders will uu-
iertake not to purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed minimums
for the month OF November, that is a
daily MINIMUM of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average Of packers droveS,
excluding t~llrow-outs. "rhrow-outs'
to he defined as pigs under $50
pounds, stays, bears, thin Sows and
skips. Further that no hogs Of any
kind shall be bought, except throw
outs, at less than $16.5O per hundred
pounds. The average of packers
drores to be construed as the average
Of the total sales in the market Of all
hogs for a given day. All the above
to he based on Chicago.
We agree that a committee SHALL be
appointed by the Food Administration
to check the daily operations in the
various markets with a view to 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 Il 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.
II the producers of hogs should. rs
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 to maintain these ~minimums, and
therefore we must have the co-opera-
ton of the producer himself to main
tain these results. 1t is a physical
impossibility for the capacity of the
packing houses to handle a similar
oyer-aood Of hogs and to find a market
for the output. The packers are anx-
in maintaining a sterilization of price
and to see that producers receive a
fair price for their products.
, (Signed) THOS. T.. WILSON,
: Chairman Packers Committee.
: The plan embodied above was adopt.
{ ed by the conference.
2 The Food Administrator has appoint
2 ed a committee, comprising Mr.. Thom-
. as Il. Wilson, chairman Of the Pack
ers' Committee; Mr.. Everett Brown,
: president of the Chicago Livestock Elk.
: change; Major Roy Of the Food Adj
V ministration, Mr.. Louis d. Hall of the
a Bureau of Markets, to undertake the
supervision OF the execution Of the
plan in the various markets. Commits
e sion men are asked to cooperate in
carrying out the plan embodied in the
packers agreement. 1t must be evi
;, dent that offers by commission men "a
4 sell hogs below the minimum estab'
llshed above is not fair, either to the
producer or the participating packers
Mr.. Brown has undertaken on behalf
OF the commission men in the United
States that they will Loyalty supper,
- the plan.
,d 1t Is believed by the conference that
this new plan, based as It Is upon q
10 positive minimum basis, will bring bet
id ter results to the producer than aver
It age prices for the month. 1t does not
y. limit top prices and should narrow
a the margins necessary to country buy
Is ers in more variable markets. 1t Il
m believed that the plan should work GU
Of close to SIS average.
Swine producers Of the country vii
es contribute to their W interest b!
not flooding the market, for 1t must b.
90 evident that II an excessive over per
to centnge Of hogs is marketed In an,
"a. one month price sterilization and con
o. troll cannot succeed, and 1t is certain
q that producers themselves can contrl
a butte materially to the efforts OF tn,
he conferences IL they will do their mark
he citing in as normal n way as possible.
be The whole situation as existing a
RI. present demands a frank and explicit
til assurance from the conferees repre-
Ia scnted-namely, that every posslbl
OF effort will be made to maintain q liv
It'll hog price commensurate with swim
IN production costs and reasonable sci
IN ing values In execution Of the dcclaI
ed. ed policy OF the Food Administrative
In. to use every agency In Its control t
ed secure Justice to the farmer.
pb- The sterilization methods adopte
he for November represent the best &,