The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-14


+ producer and the Insurance OF an ade-
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 a. to 80
packers participating in foreign or
ders, together with the Allied BUYERS.
al! under the Craftsmanship Of the
Food 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
legafd TO the co-ordinated purchases
OF pork products, covered in the at
tached, ii is agreed that the packers
participating In these orders will I'M
dertake not 10 purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed minimums
for the month Of November, that is
daily minimum Of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average of packers droves
excluding thrOw-Outs "Thr0w-outs''
to be defined as pigs under 1870
pounds. stays, bOars, thin sows and
SklpS. Further that no hogs of any
Kind shall he bought, except throw
outs, at less than $1G.5O per hundred
pounds. The average of packers
droves 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
appointed by the Food Administration
to check the daily operations in the
various markets with view to super
; vision and demonstration Of the carry
ing out of the above.
The ability of the packers to carry
ont this arrangement will depend on
there being n normal marketing OF
hogs based upon the proportionate in
crease over the receipts of last year
The increase in production appears to
be maximum of about 15~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-
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 Il physical
! impoSsibility for the capacity of the
: packing houses to handle q similar
Over-1ood of hogs and to find market
for the output. The packers are anx-
ious to cooperate with the producers
in maintaining n sterilization of price.
and to see that producers receive fair
: price for their products
(Signed) THOS. r. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt
ed by the conference.
The Food Administrator has appoint
: cd committee, comprising Mr. Thomas
F. Wilson, chairman Of the Pack
g erS Committee; Mr.. Everett Brown,
president Of the Chicago Livestock Ex-
: change; Major Roy of the Food Ad-
ministratiOn, Mr. Louis D. Hall Of the
q Bureau of Markets, to undertake the
: supervision Of the execution of the
: plan in the various markets. Commits
G sion men are asked to cooperate in
carrying out the plan embodied in the
: packers agreement. 1t must be evil
i dent that offers by commission men to
d sell hogs below the minimum estab-
l. lished above is not fair, either to the
S producer or the participating packers.
g Mr.. Brown has undertaken on behalf
y of the commission men in the United
/ States that they will Loyalty support
# the plan.
d It is believed by the conference tina,
e this new plan, based as it is upon a
e positive minimum basis, Will bring bet
d ter results to the producer than aver
it age prices for the month. 1t does not
, limit top prices and should narrow
a the margins necessary to country buy
IS ers in more variable markets. 1t is
n believed that the plan should work ou
If close TO SIS average.
Swine producers of the country vii
IS contribute to their own interest by
e not flooding the market, for it must BIZ
IS evident that if an excessive over per
% centage of hogs is marketed in any
s. one month price sterilization and con
e. troll cannot succeed, and it is certail
a that producers themselves can contri
a butte materially to the efforts of the
e conferences if they will do their mark
lie citing In as normal way as possible.
lie The whole situat ton rs existing a
l. present demands frank and explici
h assurance from the cOnferees repre-
a. sented-namely. that every possible
IF effort will he made TO maintain live
h hog price commensurate with swine
m production costs and reasonable sell
n ing values in execution of the declared
d. policy Of the Food Administration
D. TO use, every agency in its control t.
ID secure justice to the farmer.
b. The sterilization methods adopte'
le for November represent the hest Ell
ar forts of the conference. concsrred II
he By the Food Administration and tn