The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-15

should be a broad-gauged policy ap-
piled over a long period.
Substitute New Plan.
''It is the opinion OF the confer.
ence that IL substitution of the pre-.
vious plans Of stabilization the live.
stock subcommittee OF the agricuI.
tural advisory board, together with
the especially invited swine repre-.
sentatives, should accept the invita-.
tion OF the Food Administration to
Join with the Administration and the
packer in determining the prices at
which controlled export orders are
10 be placed. This Will be regularly
done, The influence OF these orders
will be directed 10 the maintenance
OF the common object, namely, tho
Stabilization OF the price OF Live hog
80 as to secure as rar rs n rs possible
Fair returns TO the producer and the
insurance OF an adequate future sup
ply. 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 Is TO 30
packers participating IN foreign or
ders, together with the allied buyers,
all under the chatrmanshtp Of the
Food Administration, the following
undertaking has been given by the
packer:
"'In view Of the undertakings on
the part OF the Food Administration.
with regard TO the co-ordinated puT-
chases of pork products covered In
the attached, II Is agreed that the
packers participating In these orders
will undertake not to purchase hogs
for less than the following agreed
minimum for the month Of NoSem-
ber; that is, q daily mtnimRm Of
$3.50 per 100 pounds on average Of
packers droVes, excluding throw
outs; throVouts to be defined as pigs
under 13o pounds, stAgS, boars, thin
sows and skipS.
Further, that no hogs Of any
kind shall be bought. except throw
outs, at less than 1850 per 100
pounds. The average Of packers
droves to be construed as the aver
age Of the total sales In the market
of all hogs for a given day. An the
above to be based on Chicago.
I'VE agree that a committee shah
be appointed by the EOod Admins
tration TO check the daily operations
In the various markets, with a view
to supervision and demonstration Of
the carrying out Of the above. The
ability of the packers to carry out
this arrangement viii depend upon
there being a normal marketing Of
hogs based upon the proporttnate
increase over the receipts Of hast
year.
1.-The increase in production ap-
pears to be a maximum of about Is
per cent and we can handle such an
increase. II the producers Of hogs
should, as they have n the past few
weeks, prematurely market hogs at
such increasing numbers over the
above, 1t Is entirely beyond the abb
ity Of the packers to maintain these
minimums, and therefore We must
have the cooperation Of the producer
himself to maintain these results. II
is a physical impossibilfty for tho
capacity Of the packing houses to
handle q similar over food Of hogs
and to find a market for the output.
The packers are anxious to cooper
ate with the producers in maintain
ing the stabilization Of price and to
see that producers receive 4 fair
price for their products.
"'(Signed) THOMAS K. WILSON,
chairman Packers Committee.
'The plan embodied above was
adopted by the conference.
viii Check Operations.
The Food Administration has ap-
pointed a committee comprising Mr..
Thomas e. Wilson, Chairman Of the
Packers Committee; Mr.. Everett
Brown, President Of the Chicago
Live Stock Exchange; Major Roy Of
the Food Administration, and ME.
Louis D. Hall of the Bureau Of Mar
kets, to undertake the supervision
of the execution Of the plan to the
various markets. Commission men
are asked to cooperate TN carrying
out the plan embodied In the pack
ers' agreement. It mnSt be evident
that offers by commission men 10
sell hogs below the minimum estab-
lished above is not fair, either to the
producer, or the participating pack
ers. Mr.. Brown has undertaken, on
behalf of the commission men of the
United States, that they VIII boyaliy
support the plan.
1T is believed by the conference
that this new plan, based as Il is
upon a positive minimum basis, viii
bring better results to the producers
than average prices for the month.
It does not limit top prices and
should narrow the margins necessary
TO country buyers In a more variable
1t is believed that the plan
should work out close to $4S average.
Swine prodHcers Of the country
will contribute to their interest by |
not flooding the market, for 1t must
be evident that if an excessive over
percentage of hogs Is marketed tn
any one month, price stabilization
and control can not succeed. And 1t
Is certain that producers themselves
can contribute materially 10 the ef-
'orts of the conference, If they win
10 their marketing in as normal q
way as possible.
"The whole situation as existing at
present demands a frank and explicit