Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1919 — HOG PRICES FOR FEBRUARY [ARTICLE]

HOG PRICES FOR FEBRUARY

Fixed at 17 & Cents By Government —Same As Last Month. Washington, January 28. —When representatives of the food administration department of agriculture, packers, producers and commission men met this afternoon to consider hog prices for February, F. S. Snyder, head of the food administration’s meat division recommended that the minimum base iprice of $17.50 now in effect be continued for next month. Discussion of the recommendation proceeded in open session, while the office of the food administration was bombarded with inquiries regarding reports that the price already had been fixed.