The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-11-06
THE REVUE WIS SPECIAL.
] FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. D. Gray
Editor
Live News About Crawford County
Farms and Farmers
John H. D. Gray
Editor

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 forty-five
packers participating in foreign or.
ders, together with the allied buyers,
all under the Craftsmanship of the food
administration, the following under
taking has been given by the packers:
in view of the undertakings on the
part of the food administration with
regard to the co-ordinated purchases
of pork products, covered in the at
tached, It 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 $17.50 per hundred
pounds on average of packers droves,
excluding 'throwouts;' 'throwouts' to
be defined as pigs under 1870 pounds,
stays, boars, thin sows and skip. Fur
Their, that no hogs of any kind shall
be bought, except 'throwouts.' at less
than $3.50 per hundred pounds. The
average of packers droves to be con-
strued 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.
1--WE agree, that committee shall
be appointed by the food administra-
| ton to check the daily operations IN
| the various markets with view to
supervision and demonstration of the
carrying out of the above. The ability
of the packers to carry out this ar
rangement will depend on there being
normal marketing of hogs based on
the proportionate increase over the
receipts of last year. The increase in
production appears to be maximum
Of about fifteen per cent and we can
handle such an increase.
IF the producers of hogs should,
as thew have in the past few weeks
prematurely market hogs at such in
creasing numbers over the above, it
| is entirely beyond the ability Of the
packers to maintain these minimums
and therefore we must have the coop
Grafton of the producer himself to
maintain these results. 1t is physi-
cal impOssibility for the capacity OF
the packing houses to handle SINH.
lar overflow of hogs and to find a mar
ket for the output. The packers are
anxious to cooperate with the pro.
ducers in maintaining. a sterilization
Of the price and to see that the pro-
ducers receive fair price for their
products. 81
"(Signed) Thos. E. Wilson,
| Chairman Packers Committee
The plan embodied above was adopt
ed by the conference. The food ad
ministration has appointed commit
tee comprising Thomas E. Wilson
chairman OF the packers committee;
Everett Brown, president Of the Chi
cago Livestock Exchange; Major Roy
Of the food administration; Louis D.
Hall, of the bureau Of markets, to un
dertake the supervision of the eXecu
ton of the plan in the various mar
kets. Commission men are asked tc
cooperate in carrying out the plan
embodied In the packers agreement
1t must be evident that offers by com
mission men to sell hogs below the
minimum tablished above is not fall
either to the producer Or the partici
pating packers. Mr.. Brown has under
taken on behalf of the commission
men in the United States that the!
will loyalty support the plan 1t is be
lieved by the conference that this new
plan, based as it is upon positive
minimum basis, will bring better re
suits to the producers than average
prices for the month. It does not lin
it top prices and should narrow tn
margins necessary to country buyer
in a more variable market. 1t is be
lieved that the plan should work on
close to $500 average.
Swine producers of the country will
contribute to their own interest by no
flooding the market, for it must be evi
dent that if an excessive over pc
centage of hogs is marketed in an.
one month, price sterilization and con
troll cannot succeed And it is certain
that producers themselves can con
tribute materially to the effort of tn
conferences, IL they will do their mar
keting in as normal way as possible
The whole situation as existing a
present demands frank and explicit
assurance from the conferences rep
resented, namely, that every possible
effort will be made to maintain liv
hog price commensurate with swim
production costs and reasonable sell
ing values, in execution Of the de
clared policy of the food administra
ton to use every agency in its contro
to secure justice to the farmer. TIL
sterilization methods adopted 70
November represent the best effort
of the conference, concurred to b.
food administration and the livestoc
subcommittee of the agricultural ad
visory board, together with specia
swine members, and the representa-
I tives of the packers, to improve tn
present unsatisfactory situation whic
has unfortunately resulted because Q
the injection of uncomfortable factors
We ask the producer to- co-operat
with us in most difficult task. Tn
conference concluded by rising vot
of appreciation to Mr.. Hoover for tn
able manner in which the creates
crisis that has confronted swine pre-
ducers has been handled, and to eA
press belief that the swine producer
are and have been given support Q
unestimable value by the whole foo
administration.
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