The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-12-27

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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 As to so
packers participating in foreign or.
ders together with the Allied BUYERS.
all under the Craftsmanship of TIN
Food Administration, the following uE-
dertaking has been given by the pacS-
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 in these orders viii un-
dertake not to purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed minimunts
fer the montA of November. that is 9
daily minimum of 1880 Per hundred
pounds on average of packers droves
excluding thrOw-outs. "Throw-outsS
to be defined as pigs under 189
pounds, stays. bears, thin sows AMI
skips. Further, thatano hogs of am
kind shall be bought except throw.
outs, at less than $3.50 per hundred
pounds. The average of packers
dro7es to be construed as the average
of the total sales&in the market of az
hogs for a given day. ALI the abovR
to be based on Chicago.
We agree that committee shall h&
appointed by the Food Administering
to check the daily operations In tbs
various markets. with a view to supek
vision and demonstration Of the carrE
ing out Of the above.
The ability Of the packers to carry
out this arrangement will depend OF
there being a normal marketing Of
hogs based upon the proportionate in
crease over the receipts Of last yeah
The increase In production appears t6
be maximum Of about 10 per ceDN
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 1t is cry
tirely beyond the ability Of the paclA
ers to maintain these minimums, and
therefore we must have the co.operaS
ton Of the producer himself to maitk
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 sterilization Of price
and to see that producers receive faiE
price for their products.
(Signed) THOS. e. WILSON.
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt
ed by the conference.
The Food Administrator has appoint
ed committee, comprising Mr.. Thomas
E. Wilson, chairman Of the Pack
ers' Committee Mr.. Everett Brown,
president of the Chicago Livestock ET-
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. Commits
sion men are asked to cooperate in
carrying 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 OF the participating packers
Mr.. Brown has undertaken on behalf
of the commission men in the Uaited
States that they will loyalty support
the plan. q
1t is believed by the conference that
this new plan, based as 1t is upon a
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 mere variable markets. It IS
believed that the plan should work out
close to SIS average.
Swine producers Of the country Will
contribute to their own interest by
not flooding the market, for it must be
evident that If an excessive over per-
centage Of hogs is marketed in any
ore month price sterilization and con-
troll cannot succeed, and it is certain
that producers themselves can contri-
butte materially TO the efforts Of the
conferences If they will do their mark
citing in as normal way as possible.
The whole situation as existing at
present demands frank and explicit
assurance from the cOnferees repre-
sented-Samely, that every possible
effort wiz be made to maintain live
hog price commensurate with swine
productionl costs and reasonable sell
ing values In execution Of the declared
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 et-
forts of the conference, cOncurred IN
By the Food Administration and the