The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-10

were as follows.
producer and the Insurance oe
quate future supply, =. "e'e
me- - .orelgn orders are placaf
packers. - mugs TO tnt
!, 20 tiie result of long negotiation
oet"een this body and tha poo,-a.a
ooanlnittee' representing the * 70 r
a. participating In foreign ar
uvrs' together with the Allied, h,,uo.s,
al uhder the Chairmansbin of 49,
derta III 1iaulliiilistfat1on, the following un.
ers: " TIE pack
Ia view of the undertakings on tho
part OF the Food Administrators u,,th
eaiu 70 the co-ordinated purchases
u pork products, covered in tha al.
eoeneu' II is agreed that the packers
participating in these orders will m
1 tr 'ahe not 10 purchase hogs for less
eiian the Following agreed minimums
lor the month of November tbatis .
ually minimum of $3.50 per hundred
pounds on average of packers droyes
eAciudlng throw-outs. "Tbrow-outs,,
70 De defined as pigs under 100
pounds stays, hoars, thin sows and
sAlps. Further that no hogs of anv
kifld snail be bought, EXCEPT throw
outs, at less than $16.5O per hundred
pounas. Inc average Of packers
groves to be construed as the average
Vi me total sales in the market of ALI
lQss Tor given day. All the above
to be based on Chicago,
we agree that committee shall he
appointed by the Food Administration
to check the daily operations in tbo
various markets with a 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.
Inc increase IN production appears to
be maximsm Of about Is per cent.
and we can handle such an increase.
II 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 to maintain these minimums, and
therefore we must have the co-opera-
ton of the producer himself to main
tain these results It is a physical
for the capacity of the
packing houses to handle a similar |
over-food of hogs and to find market
for the output The packers are anx-
ious to cooperate with the producers |
in maintaining sterilization of price
and to see that producers receive q
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
ars' Committee; Mr. Everett Brown,
president of the Chicago Livestock Ex-
change; Major Roy of the Food Adj
Mr. Louis d. Hall of the
Bureau of Markets, to undertake the
of the execution Of the
)lan in the various markets. Commits
ZION men are asked to cooperate in
ARRIVING out the plan embodied in the
packers agreement. 1t must be evil
lent that offers by commission men to
ell hogs below the minimum estab-
ished above is not fair, either TO the ]
PRODUCER or the participating packers
ir. Brown has undertaken on behalf
f the commission men in the United
tates that they will loyalty support
be plan.
It is believed by the conference that /
his new plan, based as it is upon
osftive minimum basis, will bring bet /
er results to the producer than aver 6
ge prices for the month. 1t does not :
NIT top prices and should narrow
le margins necessary to country buy
IS in more variable markets. 1t Is
alieyed that the. plan should work out I
ose to SIS average. a
Swine producers of the country Will S
,nsribute to their own interest by 4
If flooding the market, for 1t must be i,
7ident that il an excessive over per- =
.ntage OF hogs is marketed in any :
le month price stabilization and con- :
oil cannot succeed, and 1t is certain u
at producers themselves can contri- Il
tie materially to the efforts of the e
differences if they will do their mark G.
ing in as norEnal way as possible. =
The whole situation as existing at h
esenf demands a frank and explicit /
from the conferees repre-
that every possible !,
fort will be made to maintain a live u
% price commensurate with swine Ct
oduction costs and reasonable sell II
o values in execution of the declar- n
nolicy of the Food Administration
nse every geney in its control to :,
cure Justice to the farmer.
The stabilize zion methods adopted 2
; November represent the best Ell al
rts of the. c. inference, concurred In pl
rrooa ys.3p,inisfrafian and 4hn -,