The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-01-04

were as follows:
producer and the insurance OF an ade-
ouate future supply. M
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 As TO so
packers participating in foreign or
ders, together with the Allied buyers,
all under the Craftsmanship of the
Food Administration, the following unr'
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-ordinated purchases
OF pork products. covered in the at
tached, II Is agreed that the packers
participating In these orders VIII un-
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 drovss,
excluding throw-outs. "Throw-outs'
TO be defined as pigs under 100
pounds, stays, boars, thin sows and
skips. Further that no hogs OF any
kind shall be bought except throw
outs, at less than $l650 per hundred
pounds. The average OF packers
droves 10 be construed as the average
OF the total sales I'm the market OF all
hogs for a given day. All the above
TO he based on Chicago.
We agree that a 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 maximum OF about Is per cent.
and we can handle such an increase.
III 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 it Is en-
tirely beyond the ability OF the pack
ers 10 maintain these minimums, and
| therefore we must have the co-opera-
tion OF the producer himself to main
tain these results. 1t is a physical
imposslblllty for the capacity of the
packing houses TO handle a similar
over-hood of hogs and 10 find a market
for the output The packers are anx-
ious to cooperate with the producers
In maintaining sterilization Of price
and 10 see that producers receive
fair price for their products.
(Slgned) THOS. Il. WILSON.
Chairman Packers Committee.
The plan embodied above was adopt.
ed by the conference
The Food Administrators has appoint
ed n committee, comprising Mr.. Thorn
as t. Wilson, chairman Of the Pack
ers' Committee Mr. Everett Brown,
president OF the Chicago Livestock Ex-
change; Major Roy OF the Food Adj
mnIstration, Mr.. Louis d. Hall Of the
Bureau Of Markets, TO undertake the
supervision OF the execution OK the
plan In the various markets. Commits
sion men are asked to cooperate in
carrying out the plan embodied In the
! packers agreement. IL must be EVIL
dent that offers by commission men 10
sci! 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.
II Is believed by the conference that
this new plan, based as II Is upon a
positive minimum basis. will bring bet
ter results TO the producer than aver
age prices for the month. II does not
limit top prices and should narrow
the margins necessary 20 country buy.
ers in more variable markets. II In
believed that the plan should work out
close TO SIS average.
Swine producers OF the country will
contribute TO their own interest by
not flooding the market, for Il must be |
evident that IL an excessive over per- |
centage OF hogs Is marketed I'm any
one month price sterilization and con- !
troll cannot succeed, and II Is certain |
that producers themselves can contri- |
butte materially 10 the efforts OF the |
conferences II they will do their mark
citing In as normal a way as possible.
The whole situation as existing Mt
present demands a frank and explicit
assurance from the conferees repre-
Simultaneously. that every possible
effort will be made TO maintain live
hog price commensurate with swine
production costs and reasonable sell
ing values In execution OF the declar
ed policy OF the Food Administration
TO use every agency In It's control TO
secure justice to the farmer.
The sterilization methods adopted
for November represent the best eff.
forts Of the conference. concurred In i
by the Food Administration and the