The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-11-29


The conclusions OF The conference
The entire marketing situation Las
50 changed since the September Int
conference u 20 necpss!tate an entire
alteration IN the plans If price asa'i
liZaiion. The current peace talk has
alarmed The holders Of corn, and thcre
has. been 70 price decline of from y
cents 10 30 cents per bushel. The tact
that tie denominations Of low pi,Id
corn in tLe Argentine and South ri.
~ wonld. upon thc advent OF rsare
and liberated shipping become naal'-
able 10 The European r.nhet mas re-
aicd . great deaf I apprehension on
the uari of corn holders. This decline
has spread fear among swine growers
tiat = slrilur reduction in the prices
or hogs would naturally ,ollow. More
over, tine lower range Of ccrn piI2es
would II Incorporated Ia q l3-io-l RI
tio, obviously result in continuously
falling price for live hogs. In view
Of lhe~r changed coni.,inns many
swine producers ANTICIPATED lower
prices and n o result rushed their
hogs TO market IN large nul1bers and
this over.nipment has added to aud
aggravated the decline.
The information 81 the department
of Agriculture Indicates that the sup
ply of hogs has Increased eh"ut " per
cent, while In. highest uu9licial 'sii-
mate does uni exceed - per cent In
creased production over lasi rcaf On
Ia. other hand The arrival of hoGs
during the last three weeks In the
seven great markets has been - per
cent more than last year during the
corresponding period, demonsl ating
the unusually heavy marketing ~ IA"
available supply. In the face II ia"
'r--rss,vr r"""ipi'' come ra"kv-" fGve
not maintained the price agrcc last
month rn he other hand, haAy
or the packers have pal, over Tie
price ofTeiNG 10 them in an cnGoa@r
To- maintain the agreed price. riie re-
suit IA amy event has bee r isilsi"
tn maintain Tho october ptcc b&slS
determined upon af the Srp'erIh,r c'jns
ference lnd undertaken iy The rark.
crs. Another factor ContrihuiiIF TO
The break ~ urircs DURING The month
has been the influenza epidemic; II
has sharply cur'ni."d consumption OF
pnrl products aud temporarily d.
rrrn -cd the labor si31 of The packers
about - per cent
The rvports Of ta0uQnO1O Mound.
OF porl, products FOR Oriol-. com
pared with about - OoD COZ upds
In October a Year ago. ana The
export ORDERS plrccable hy the Wood
Administration for November 'r oHnt
Ia iTa0uno0u pounds as coz rsi-
ed with the lesser expors az
aSunnno Tor November. 1917 The
increased demands Of the allies are
continuing. and are in themselves
proof of the Necessity for the iarge
PRODUCTION Tor which The Food N'min-
isiraiian asked The Increase Voc OK
port demands APPEARS 10 hc amply
sufficient ia take ~ tie liner lac IN
hor production. fui mfa,nrnM Mir-
kct conditions existing In Oci". &C. AZ
ford no fair index ~ the aggregate
supply and demand.
IL must be- evident that the error
NOUS shortage In Fats Ia Tho Central
Empirrs aud neutral countries ~c1ld
Immediately uro- vrG.c result 'I nd
aIti,pal demands fUr r.rf uuH' t's
VINCE. on top .- i"c heavy shu.."'s
10 thc AUic.. would i,'1 o.: orally
to iucrpasr tbr American tslf>i> ~.
a1u,yrh E. E.. considerable. reservoir ~
supplies g. So outside ~ the tr.tc'i
Sta.,~ 10 seems probable o. 40 he
pr.-cut pgas,.. Tive supplies w alr De
,naa,gsaia .n u.,D' ,tts world rnd
with a.. rs.gu o. IrH"e =" as 70
Is t,,ssIlHs rs lui,TTei ih~ Co, 70 ap-
l.,rr. itli ihorr ~hUuli tu rr o
s:rups,r asl4urt i'r p'rh 'aris
after fhr wrr aud .ner,.nrD af H'sun
~ hue rrullrsrs - to OBJ. af nf
mao. I. .fu,rntrartcd ~ ihg u. n"s.
In in. Iieht az these c'tcsf. an-cS
a 4. ta.. conclusion 81 tle .a- rfrc
hat attempts o. hold Ihc I5.sr .. h"rS
tr tlc prirg 20 cu.n u-l Wori wa to
Ga. Disadvantage 81 u"rk p. ulcers
II q. d.. .,al f-irr ffat srt rrF,.-
tatt.r ,f thu ftrHula s.H".. Pc
bread rau-sd policy applied over q
long period D. s. itr .r.H.r " ths
.-..r.,.r..rl., tl.t .H SEP ru 90 o..
rrr..r... rI.#e nf Stabilize. thc
I've Siu.i #-., 90 6. r Arri-
.-uifmaI Nft.-.ry i,.a-i. .v-.i. er ..'lh d.