The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-11-22

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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 40 to so
packers participating I'm foreign or
ders, together with the Allied buyers,
all under the Craftsmanship of the
Food Administration, the following un-
dertaking has been given by the pack
ers:
In view Of the undertakings on the
part of the Food Administration with
regard to the co-ordnated purchases
of pork products, covered In the at
tached, 1t is agreed that the packers
participating in these orders will I'M
dertake not to purchase hogs for less
than the following agreed minimums
for the month of November, that is a
daily minimum of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average of packers droves,
excluding throw-outs. "Throw-outs"
to be defined as pigs under 100
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skips. Further that no hogs of any
kind shall be bought, except throw
OUTS at less than $1650 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 given day. All the above
| TO be based on Chicago.
We agree that 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
out this arrangement will depend on
there being a normal marketing Of
hogs based upon the proportionate In
crease over the receipts of last year.
The increase in production appears to
be a maximum of about 10 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 1t is en-
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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 a physical
imposslbiity for the capacity of the
packing houses to handle similar
over-food of hogs and to find market
for the output. The packers are anx-
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in maintaining a sterilization of price
and to see that producers receive
fair 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 a committee, comprising Mr.. Thorn
as E. 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. Commits
. sion men are asked to cooperate In
carving out the plan embodied In the
packers agreement. 1t must be evil
t, dent that offers by commission men 10
, sell hogs below the minimum estab-
lished above 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 is believed by the conference that
o this new plan, based as it is upon a
q positive minimum basis, will bring bet
4 ter results TO the producer than aver
Z age prices for the month. 1t does not
: limit top prices and should mario"
a the margins necessary TO country buy
8 ers in more variable markets. 1t Is
n believed that the plan should work oui
( close to SIS average.
Swine producers of the country will
@ contribute to their own interest by
. not flooding the market, for 1t must be
9 evident that if an excessive over per
q centage Of hogs is marketed In an!
one month price sterilization and con
\ troll cannot succeed, and IL is certain
a that producers themselves can contri
n butte materially to the efforts of thu
. conferences If they will do their mark
o citing in as normal way as possible.
e The whole situation as existing
l. present demands q frank and explicit
h assurance from the conferees repre-
l. sented-namely, that every possible
" effort will be made TO maintain liv'
h hog price commensurate with swim
N production costs and reasonable sell
T. ing values in execution of the declar
a. ed policy of the Food Administrator
D. to use every agency in Its control Il
d secure justice to the farmer.
b. The sterilization methods sdopte
lie for November represent tie best e1
.r forts of the conference, concurred Il
le by the Food Administration and tn