Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 157, Hammond, Lake County, 13 December 1918 — Page 8

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In accordance with the policy of the Food Administration since Its foundation to consult representative men In the agricultural Industry on occasions c-1 importance to special branches of the Industry, oa October 21 there was

convened In Washington a meeting of the Live Stock Subcommittee of the j Agricultural Advisory Hoard, and the special members representing the swine (EE

Industry to consider the situation in tfie hog market. The conference lasted for three days, and during this time met with the executive committee of the fifty racking firms participating In foreign orders for pork products and with the members of the Food Administration directing foreign pork purchases. The conclusions of the conference were as follows:

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producer taid the Insurance of an adequate future supply. Those foreign orders are placed upon the basis of cost of hogs to tho packers. As the result of long negotiations between this body and the Packers' Committee, representing tlie 45 to r0 packers participating In foreirn or-

that the nceoraulatier.s of low priced r dors, together with the Allied buyer,

corn la the Argentine ana s.oum aixi-, u uuuer mo iiuurmanship of the

ca would, upon the advent of peace

The entire marketing situntlca has o changed since the September Joint conference as to necessitate an entire alteration in the plans of price stabilisation. The current peace talk lias alarmed the holders c corn, and there has been a price decline of from 25 cents to 40 cents per bushel. The fact

and liberated shipping, become available to the European market has created a great deal of apprehension on

the part of corn holders. This decBr.e' i ha spread fear among swine growers i

that a similar reduction In the rrices of hogs would r.atnraliy follow. Moreover, the lower range of corn prices would, if Incorporated in a 13-to-l ra-ti-, ctviousty result In a continuously falling price for live. hogs. In view of these changed conditions many wine producers anticipated lower, rrices and as a result rushed their bogs to market In large numbers, and this OTcrshipment has added to and arcraTRted the dC'r e. The information of the Department of Agriculture Indicates that the supply of hogs has Increased about 8 per cent while the highest cnofVclal estimate does not exceed 13 per cent, increased production over last year. On the other hand, the arrival of hogs during the last three weeks in the seven treat markets has been 27 per rent more than last year, dating tho corresponding period, demonstrating the v." : uaily heavy marketing of the avail:. ';? supply. In the face of the excessive receipts some packers have not maintained the price agreed last month. On the other hand, many cf. the packers have paid over the pr'oe offered to them in an endeavor to maintain the agreed price. The re--:lt in any event has been a failure ; maintain the October rrice basis

cstermioea upon at taa oepieraner conference and .undertaken by the packers. Another factor contributing to tho break ia prices during the month has been the influenza epidemic; it has sharply curtailed consumption of

pork products end temporarily

creased the labor sta about 25 per cent

Tho exports of 130,000,000 pounds of pork products for October compared with about :-2,0O0,OO0 pounds in October a year ago, and the export orders placeable by the Food Administration for November, amount to lTO.OW.OOO pounds as contrasted with the lesser exports of r 3,000,000 for November, 1917. The Increased demands of the ailies are continuing, and are In themselves proof of the necessity for the large production for which the Food Administration asked. The Increase In export demands appears to be amply sufSclent to tako up the increase in hog prodactljii, hut unfavorable market conditions existing in October afford no fulr index of the aggregate supply and demand. It must be evident that the enormous shortage In fats in the Central

F.mnires and neutral countries would i

Immdiatelv upon peace

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By Buying ISIow Furniture Bought for Xmas will he held for Future Delivery.

Food Administration, the following un- ! EE

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In view of the undertakings on the part of the Food Administration with

! regard tO the CO-ordlnnrp.1 imrchnc

of pork products, covered in the attached, it is agreed that the packers participating in these orders will undertake not to purchase hogs for less than the following agreed minlmums for the month of November, that Is a daliy minimum of 517.50 per hundred

pounds on average of packers' droves, j j excluding throw-outs. -Throw-outs" I EE! to be denned as pigs under 130 j pounds, stags, boars, U.dn sows and j ! skips. Further that no hogs of anv j EE; kind shall be bought, except throw- )E outs, at less than Sld.50 per himdred ; Ej pounds. The average of packers' i droves to be construed as th average p of the total sales in the market of all j EE: hos for a given day. All the above j EE to be based on Chicago. j Ej We agree that a committee shall be I j appointed by the Food Administration !; to check the daily operations in tho j Ej

various markets with a view to supervision and demonstration of the carryleg out of the above.

The ability of the packers to carry ont this arrangement will depend on there being a normal marketing of hog! based upon the proportionate increase over the receipts of last year. The increase In production appears to bo a maximum of about 15 per cent and we can handle such an Increase. If the producers of hogs should, as they have in the past few weeks, prematurely market hogs in such increasing cumbers over the above It is entirely beyond the ability of the packers to maintain these minlmums, and therefore we must have the co-operation of the producer himself to maintain these results. It is a physical impossibility for the capacity of the packing houses to handle a similar over-flood of hogs an 3 to find a market for the output The packers are anxlons to co-operate with the producers

In maintaining a stabilization of price

and to see that producers receive a fair price for their products. (Signed) TITOS. E. WILSON, Chairman Packers' Committee. The plan embodied above was adopted by the conference. The Food Administrator has appointed a committee, comprising Mr. Thomas E. Wilson, chairman of the Packers' Committee; Mr. Everett Brown, president cf the Chicago Livestock Exchange ; Major Hoy of the Food Administration. Mr. Louis D. ITa.ll of tfie Bureau of Markets, to undertake the supervision of the execution of tho plan in the various markets. Commission men are asked to co-operate in carrying out the plan embodied in tho packers' agreement It must be evident that offers by commission men to

William and Alary Chair or Rocker Well constructed of rcnuino mahogany, uphol.-.tored in liU'.n'jf-rry velour over best oil tempo-rod springs. Choioo of chair or rncker, worth ;:?.00, on sale at

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Bed R.ooin Furniture Especially--

Is Being Featured at 10 Discount If you have planned on giving practical things for the homo this Christmas something the whole family will enjoy The whole year here's an opporl unitv to choose from an exceptionally high grade stock at a discount of ten per cent.

FOrit-PIECR IVORY FEOROOM SPITE Consisting of lied, Iiresser, Pres.sim; Table and Chiffonier; ; beautiful Hnh-.h. Reg. Price $140, Discount Price $126

AMERICAN WALNUT P.EDUOO.M SUITE, consisting of massive Lied, larve Pres.-.-r, Ir. : sir.s.; Tub'.r: aid Chiffonier. Reg. Prfce $200, Discount Price $180

FOUR-PIECE PEDROOM SUITE of c-nu;ne mahogany, 'consisting of har.dfomo Bed, Im-ssT, r resting Tabhr.nd Chiffonier. Reg. Price $240, Discowit Price $216 S1--C0 SAVED ON THIS FIXE .MAHOGANY PEDROOM

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Suite $310 Solid mahogany, ten-picco Dining Room Suite, Louis XVI design; 54-inch table, 5 dining chairs, one arm chair, buffet, serving table and china cabinet. Regular price $3S9, special holiday Sale price

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Handsome Tapestry Davenport $67.50

Tapestry Davenport, sanie style as pictured, loose cushion swt, pillow arms, upholsterd with hest taites-

try over. oil tempered springs. Kcgulai

Holiday Sale price $7.00 cash, $7 monthlv, at

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" a A Regular $95 Davenport

Charles II. Dining Chairs P.ular ?.50 Dining Chair in Charles II. de-f-:gn. madr- of solid oak. Jacobean finish, tall bos :;c-at, upholstered in genuine Spanish lc-athor." On special sale these two davs at $5.00

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Sheraton design in genuine mahogany, suite consists cf ten pieces, Cl inch tabic, five dining chairs, one arm chair, buffet, serving table and china cabinet ' 53S0 suite at

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sell hogs below the minimum estab-

resu't In ad-l uuutb 13 uui ion, tuuer iu 1110

nrndnet !- producer or the participating packers.

which, en top cf the heavy shipments

the Ai'.its. would tend materially

fo lncreaso the American exports, inasmuch as no considerable reservoir of supplies exists outside of the United frtatc-i It perms probable that the present prospective supplies would be inadeTiate to meet this world demand with the return to pence. So far as It is possible to interpret this fact. It appears that there should be even a stronger demand for pork products after the war, and therefore any alarm of hog producer) cs to the effect of peace Is unwarranted by the outlook. In the light of these circumstances it Is the conclusion of the conference that attempts to hol.l the price of hog to the price ef corn may work out to the disadvantage of pork prodticers. It is the conclusion that any interpretation of the formula should be a

hron I gauged policy n long period. It is the conference that in sulst

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Live. Stock S"beon-.mittoe of the Agricultural Advisory Board, together with the sp'dnlly invited s'-v ne representatives, fhould accept the Invitation of the Food Administration to Join with the Administration and the packers In determining the prices at which controlled export or.lers are to lie placed. This will be rrgul:;r!y dene. The influence of these orders v. i'i bo directed to the maintenance cf the common object namely, the stabilisation of the price of live hoes ? as to secure as f?r

as It Is po-iVe fair returns to the (by

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Mr. Brown has undertaken on behalf

of the commission men In the United States that they will loyally support the plan. It Is believed by the conference that this new plan, based as it is upon a positive minimum basis, will bring better results to the producer than average, prices for the month. It doea not limit top prices and should narrow the margins necessary to country fcuyers in more varlrble markets. It is believed that the plan should wo'rlc out closo to $ IS average. Swine producers cf the country will contribute to their own interest by not flood'ng the market, for it must be evident that if an excessive over percentage cf hogs Is marketed In any one month price stabilization and control cannot succeed, and It is certain that producers themselves can contri-

Hed over a ; hute materially to the enorts or tho inion of the conferences if they will do their mark-

ihstirntion of theieung in cs normal a way as possible, stabilization the' The whole situation as existing at

present ele in a, ml. -5 a frank and explicit assurance from the conferees represented r.aascly, that every pessibie effort will be made to maintain a live ho price commensurate with awlne

production costs and reasonable selling values In execution of the aeclared policy of the Food Administration fo use every agency in Its control to secure justice to the farmer. The stabilization methods adopted for November represent the best efforts of the conference, concurred rn

the Food Administration and the

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t'om.l V.'ar Garden Commission cf Washington, which will send any reader cf thlo paper a canning book free for a two-cent stamp to pay postage. Get it now and follow these daily hinu.

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Complete jnttructior for iiomt cinninrj and dry wiil he ent to the roroers cf thia paper upon application t- the National War Gardsa Ccmm'sKion, Wachlngton, D. C.t enclosing two-cent tasp for postage.

Livestock Subcommittee of tho Agricultural Advisory Board, together with special swine members and the representatives of the packers, to improve the present unsatisfactory situation, v.hi- h has unfortunately resulted because cf the injection of uncontrollable factors. We ask the producer to co-operate with us in a most difficult task. Tho members of the Conference were : Producers II. C. Siunrt, Elk Garden, Vn., Chairman Agricultural Advisory Board; W. M. Mcl'adden, Chicago, III.; A. Sykes, Ida Grove, la.; John M. Eward, Ames. Ia. ; J. II. Mercer, Live Stock Commission for Kansas; J. G. Brown, Moron, Ind. ; E. C. Brown, President Chicago Livestock Exchange; N. II. Gentry. Sedalia. Mo.; John Grattan Broomfield, Colo.; Ea-

j gene Funk, P.loomington, III.; Isaac j I.incoin. Aberdeen., S. IX; C. W. Hunt, j Logan, la.; C. E. Yancey, W. K. IolI son.

Tood Administration Herbert Hoover, F. S. Snyder, Major E. L. Roy, G. II. Powell. Department of Agriculture Louis D. Hall, F. P.. Marshall. The packers present and otners sharing in foreign orders wt re represented by the elected packers' committee. Those, represented wi re; Packers Armour & Co., Chicago, Tl!.; Cudahv Packing Co., Chicago, I'll.;

Morris & Co.. Chicago, III.; Swift & ! Co., Chicago. 111.; Wilson & Co., Chioa- j go, lib; John Agar Co., Chicago, IU.; ' Armstrong Packing Co., Dallas, Tex.;! Boyd Dunham & Co., Chicago, 111.;'! Brennan Packing Co., Chicago, 111. ; Cincinnati Abattoir Co., Cincinnati O. ; Cleveland Provisions Co., C!fvv land," O.j Cudahy Bros. Co., Cudahy, I Wis. ; J. Dold Packing Co., Buffalo, N. i Y. ; Dunlevy Packing Co., Pittsburg,

Pa.; J. E. Decker & Sons, Mason City

la.; Evansvlile Packing Co., Evans-

ville, Ind. ; East Side Packing Co., East S. Louis, III.; Hammond Standish & Co., Detroit, Mich.; O. A. Hormel & Co., Austin, Minn.; Home Packiug & Ice Co., Terre Haute, Ind.; Independ-

Co., Ogden, Utah; Ohio Provision Co., Cleveland, O. ; Barker Webb A Co., Detroit, Mich.; Pittsburg Packing and Provision Co.. Pittsburg, Pa. ; Rath Pecking Co.. Waterloo, la.; Roberts A Oake, Chicago, III. ; Robe &. Bros , Now York City ; W. C. Rout!) & Co.. I.ogansport. Ind.; St Lords Ind. Packing Co. St. Louis, Mo.; Sinclair & Co., T. M. Cedar Rapids, la.; Sullivan & Co., Do. troit, Mich.; Theurer-Xorton Provision Co., Cleveland, O. ; Wilson Provision Co., Peoria, III.; Western Packing and Provision Co., Chiem;o, 111. ; Charlcj Wolff Packing Co., Topekfl, Kan.

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Fancy Rolled Roast Fancy Pot Roast Boiling Beef Sirloin Steak, per pound Short Steak, per pound . Fresh Chopped Beef Fresh Liver, per pound Fancy Veal Roast, per lb, Fancjr Lamb Roast pound, Beef Tenderloin . ,

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Cooked and Smoked Meat of all Kinds

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International Provision Co., Brooklyn, ,

N. Y. ; Interstate Pack

Minn. : Iowa Paokinsr

In!; SanVS;: JSSl ! of yours4iasacash value Krey Packing Co., St. Louis, Mo. ; Lake I

Erie Provision Co.. Cleveland. O. : Lav-l OUill1 Ull,

ton Co., Milwaukee, Wis.; Oscar Mayer & Bro., Sedstwick and Keethover. streets, Chicago. 111.; J. T. McMillan Co., St. Paul, Minn.; Miller & Hart. Chicago, 111.; J. Morreii & Co., Otturawa. Ia. ; Nuckolls Packing Co., Pueblo. Coio.: Ogden Packing und Provision

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Fresh Bulk Manced Meat, per lb. JLar&e Dill Pickles, 2 for

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want ad will find a buyer for a few cents. . : it.

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