Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1918-12-06

This wIll hp regularly dane Cue ln'
arnnce 81 lhese orders elll Do directed
lo he maintenance of the common oli.
lect-anuisly tie slablllznllon Of iht
nrlee Of Use AnRs ~ as to secure a. faF
aa Il II possible ialr returns % ne
producer and the insurance Of on ndp
luuie future supply
These foreign orders are pluced
upon tie basis Of cosl Of hogs to the
packers.
Az the result Of long negotiations
between this body and the Packers
Committee, representing the 40 to 90
packers participating In foreign or
ders, together with the Allied buyers.
al under the Chairman Kip Of the
Food Administration, The following an.
dertaklng has been given by the pack.
ers:
In view Of the undertakings On the
part Of the Food administration with
regard to the co-ordlnaled purchases
OF pork products, covered IN the at
inched, II IN agreed that the packers
participating In these orders will un-
dertake not to purchase hogs for less
Than the following agreed mInlmums
for the month OF November. that Is o
daily minimum Of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average Of packers drovcs,
excluding throw-Outs. "rhrow-outs'
70 be defined as pigs under 1870
pounds, stays, bears, thin sows and
skips. 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 10 be construed as the average
OF the total sales In the market OF all
hogs for given day. All the above
to be 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 a normal marketing OF
hogs based upon the prOportlonate In
crease over the receipts OF last year
The Increase In production appears "a
be a maximum Of about 10 per cent
and we can handle such an increase.
II 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 II Is en-
tirely beyond the ability of the pack
ers to maintain these mlnlmums ant
therefore we must have the co-Opera
ton Of the producer himself to main
tain these results. II Is physIca
impossibility for the capacity OF the
packing houses to handle a simIlal
Oyer-AOOd Of hogs and to find a marke
for the output. The packers are anx
Ious to cooperate with the produceri
In maintaining a sterilization Of prize
and TO see that producers receive fal
price for their products.
(Slgned) TH0S. d. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt
ed by the conference.
The Food Administrator has appoint
ed a committee, comprising Mr.. Thomas
y. Wilson. chairman Of the Pack
ers' Committee; Mr.. Everett Brown
president Of the Chicago Livestock Ex
change; Major Roy Of the Food Ad
mInlstrallon. Mr.. Louis D. Hall Of IN,
Bureau Of Markets. to undertake III,
supervision Of the execution OF tn
plan In the various markets. Commits
sion men are asked TO cooperate II
carrying out the plan embodied In III,
packers agreement II must be evI
dent that offers by commission men /,
sell hOgs below the minimum eslah
llshed above Is not fair, either TO tn
producer or the participating packers
Mr.. Brown has undertaken on behal
OF the commission men In the Unlte
States that they will loyalty supper
the plan.
II Is believed by the conference tina
this new plan, based as II Is upon
positive minimum basis, will bring bel
ter results to the producer than ayel
age prices for the month. II does M
limit top prices and should narro'
the margins necessary to country bu!
ers In more variable markets. II
believed that the plan should work Ou
close to SIS average.
Swine producers Of the country VT
contribute TO their own interest b
not flooding the market, for Il must i
evident that II an excessive over pc
centoge If hogs Is marketed IN an
one month price sterilization and col
troll cannot succeed, and Il Is cerIa
that producers themselves can contr
butte materially to the efforts OF IN
conferences II they will do their mari
citing In as normal d way as possible
The whole situation as existing d
present demands q frank and expllc
assurance from the cOnferees repr,
sented-namely that every possibl
effort will be made to maintain a u,
hog price commensurate with swll
production costs and reasonable sci