Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-11-21

producer and the insurance OF an ads,
quate future supply.
These foreign orders are placed
spoH the basis Of cost Of hogs TO the
packers.
A the result Of long negotiations
between this body and the Packers
Committee. representing the - TO ~
packers participating In foreign or
ders, together with the Allied buyers,
all under the Craftsmanship OF the
Food Administration, The following un.
d%ertAking las been given by the pack.
ers:
In view OF The undertakings on the
part OF The Food Administration with
regard To the co-Orlinated purchases
81 pork products, covered IN the Az
tsched, II ls agreed that the packers
participating IN these orders will nm
dertske 81 To purchase hogs for less
than The following agreed mlnlmums
for the month Of November, that Is 4
daily minimum Of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average OF packers droyes,
excluding thrOw-Outs. "~ThrOw-Outs"
to he defined MS pigs under 1870
pounds, stays, boars, thin sows and
skips. Further that no hogs OF any
kind shall be bought, except throw
outs, AT less than S16.j0 per hundred
pounds. The average Of packers
Groves to be construed as the average
of the total sales In the market ~ all
hogs for Il given day. All the above
10 be based on Chicago.
We sgree that a committee shas he
appointed by the Food Administration
to check the daily operations In the
various markets with a view to super.
Ttioa and demonstration Of the carry.
ing out Of the above.
The ability Of the packers Ii carry
0st this arrangement will depend ON
there being a normal marketing OF
hogs based upon the proportionate 10.
crease over the receipts Of last year.
The increase 10 production appears to
be q maximum Of about 10 per ceN.
and We can handle such an increase.
IL the producers Of hogs should, as
they have Up the past few weeks, pre-
matursly market hogs In such increas-
tAs nuDbers over the above It Ia en-
tirsly beyond the ability of the pack
ess to maintain these minimums. and
therefore we must have the co-Opera-
ton Of the producer himself to main
taia these results. II ID a physical
~inpossibility for the capacity Of the
packing houses to handle q similar
svsr-food Of hogs and to hnd q market
for the output. The packers are anx-
isus to cooperate with the producers
In maintaining q sterilization Of price
and to see that producers receive q
fair price for their products.
(Sisnsd) THOs. q. WILSON,
Chairman Packers Committee.
TIE plan embodied above was adopt
- ~ the conference.
Ths Food Administrator has appoint
e Q committee, comprising Mr. Thorn
n y. Wilson, chairman of the Pack
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
Bureau Of Markets, to undertake the
supervision OF the execution Of the
plan In the various markets. Commis-
sion men are asked to cooperate In
carrying out the plan embodied In the
packsrs' agreement. II must be evi.
dent that offers BY commission men TO
sell hogs below the minimum estab-
iisAed ahsvs 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 support
the plan.
It n believed by the conference that
this new plan,- based as II Is upon q
positive miRimam basis, will bring bet.
ter results TO the producer than aver.
ere prices for the month. II does not
limit top prices and should narrow
the margins necessary to country buy
ers In more variable markets. It 10
believed that the plan should work ont
close b t1s average.
Swine producers Of the country will
contribute to their W Interest BY
not flooding the market, for It must DO
evident that II an excessive over per-
csntags Of hogs u marketed In any
one month price stabiliIadon and coz
trsl cannot succeed, and It IL certain
that producers themselves can contri-
butte materially to the efforts or the
conferences II they win do their ark.
etias In a. normal Q way ~ poss 'e.
Tss whole situation as existing at
prsssnt demands q frank and explicit
assurance from. the eonferees repre-
ssnted-namely, that every possible
effort will be made 10 maintain a live
hog price commensurate with swine
production costs and reasonable sell
Ing values In execution Of the deciar-
q policy Of the Food ADMINISTRATORS
to use every agency In its control 10
secure justice to the farmer.
The stabilization nsthods adopte1
esr November represent tie best st
f,rt. Of the conference. cencurred in
In o. Fos1 Adninistraton and ths