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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1918)
STEADIER HOG MARKETS PLANNED Hog Producers and Packers Confer With Repre sentatives of the Food Administration and Agricultural Department and Adopt New Plan of Regulation. In accordance with the policy of the Food Administration since Its founda tion to consult representative men In the agricultural Industry on occasions of importance to special branches of the Industry, on October 24 there was convened in Washington a meeting of the I.lve Stock Subcommittee of the Agricultural Advisory Board and the special members representing the swine Industry to consider the situation in the hog market. The conference lasted for three days, and during this time met with the executive committee of the fifty packing 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: The entire marketing situation has go changed since the September joint conference as to necessitate an entire alteration In the pluns of price stabi lization. The current peace talk—has alarmed the holders of corn, and there 1 has been a price decline of from 20 cents to 40 cents per bushel. The fact thut the accumulations of low priced corn In the Argentine and South Afri ca would, upon the advent of peace and liberated shipping, become availa ble to the European market ha* cre ated a great deal of apprehension on the part of corn holders. This decline has spread fear among swine growers that a similar reduction in the prices of hogs would naturally follow. More over, the lower range of corn prices would, if Incorporated In a 13-to-l ra tio, obviously result in a continuously falling price for live hogs. In view of these changed conditions rnanj swine producers anticipated lower prices and as a result rushed their hogs to market in largo numbers, and this overshipment has added to and aggravated the decline. The information of the Department of Agriculture indicates that the sup ply of hogs has increased about 8 per cent., while the highest unofficial esti mate does not exceed 15 per cent, in creased production over last year. On the other hand, the arrival of hogs during the last three weeks in the seven great markets has been 27 per cent, more than last year, during the corresponding period, demonstrating the unusually heavy marketing of the available supply. In the face of the excessive receipts some packers have not maintained the price agreed lust month. On the other hand, many of the packers have paid over the price offered to them in an endeavor to maintain the agreed price. The re sult in any event has been a failure to maintain the October price basis determined upon at the September con ference and undertaken by the pack ers. Another factor contributing to the break in prices during the month has been the influenza epidemic; it has sharply curtailed consumption of pork products and temporarily de creased the labor staff of the packers about 25 per cent. The exports of 130.000,000 pounds of pork products for October com pared with about 52,000,000 pounds in October u year ago, and the export orders placeable by the Food Administration for November, amount to 170,000,000 pounds as contrast ed with the lesser exports of 08,000,000 for November, 1917. The increased demands of the allies are continuing, and are In themselves proof of the necessity for the large production for which the Food Admin istration asked. The increase in ex port demands appears to be amply sufficient to take up the increase in hog production, but unfavorable mar ket conditions existing, in October af ford no fair index of the aggregate supply and demand. It must be evident that the enor mous shortage In fats In the Central Empires and neutral countries would Immediately upon peace result in ad ditional demands for pork products which, on top of the heavy shipments to the Allies, would tend materially to Increase the American exports, in asmuch as no considerable reservoir of supplies exists outside of the United States. It seems probable that the present prospective supplies would be inadequate to meet this world demand with the return to peace. So far as it Is possible to Interpret this fact, it ap pears that there should be even a stronger demand for pork products after the war, and therefore any alarm of hog producers as 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 hold the price of hogs to the price of corn may work out to the disadvantage of pork producers. It is the conclusion that any Interpre tation of the formula should be a broad gauged policy applied over a long period It is the opinion of the conference that in substitution of the previous plans of stabilization the Live Stock Subcommittee of the Agri-J cultural Advisory Board, together with the specially invited swine represents ttves. should accept the Invitation of the Food Administration to join with the Administration and the packers in determining the prices at which con trolled export orders are to he placed Tills will be regularly done. The in fluence of these orders will be directed to the maintenance of the common oh-1 j ec t —namely, the stabilization of the price of live hogs so as to secure as far A* it is possible fair returns to tbe i producer and the insurance of an ade quate future supply. 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 45 to 50 packers participating In foreign or ders, together with the Allied buyers, all under the Chairmanship of the Food Administration, the following un dertaking has been given by the pack ers : Tn view of the undertakings on the part of the Food Administration with I 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 un dertake not to purchase hogs for less than the following agreed miuiinums for tlte month of November, that is a daily minimum of $17.50 per hundred pounds on average of packers' droves, excluding throw-outs. “Throw-outs” to be defined as pigs under 130 pounds, stags, boars, thin sows and skips. Further that no hogs of any I kind shall he bought, except throw | outs, at less than $16.50 per hundred pounds. Tlte average of packers’ droves to be construed ns the average | of the total sales in the market of all hogs for a given day. All the above to he based on Chicago. 1 We agrpe that a committee shall he appointed by the Food Administration to check tlie daily operations in the various markets with a view to super vision and demonstration of the curry ing out of the above. The ability of the packers to carry out this arrangement will depend on there being a normal marketing of bogs based upon the proportionate in crease over the receipts of lust year. The Increase in production appears to be 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, 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 tion of the producer himself to main tain these results. It Is a physical Impossibility for the capacity of the packing houses to handle a similar over-flood of hogs and to find a market for the output. The packers are anx ious 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) THOS. E. WILSON, Chairman Backers’ Committee. The plan embodied above was adopt -1 ed by the conference. The Food Administrator has appoint ed a committee, comprising Mr. Thom as E. WllSon, chairman of the Back ers’ Committee; Mr. Everett Brown, president of the Chicago Livestock Ex change; Major Itoy of the Food Ad ministration, Mr. Louis D. Hall of the Bureau of Markets, to undertake the supervision of the execution of the plan in the various markets. Commis sion men are asked to co-operate in carrying out the plan embodied in ttie packers’ agreement. It must be evi dent that offers by commission men lo sell 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 loyally support i the plan. It is believed by the conference that this new plan, based as It Is upon u positive minimum basis, will bring bet ter results to the producer than aver age prices for the month. It does not limit top prices and should narrow the margins necessary to country buy ers In more variable markets. It Is believed that the plan should work out close to $lB average. Swine producers of jhe country will contribute to their own Interest by not flooding the market, for It must he evident that if an excessive over per , centage of hogs is marketed in any one month price stabilization and con trol cannot succeed, and it is certain that producers themselves can contri bute materially to the efforts of the conferences if they will do their mark eting in as normal away as possible. The whole situation as existing at present demands a frank and explicit j assurance from the conferees repre -1 sented —namely, that every possible 'effort will tie made to maintain a live hog price commensurate with swine production costs and reasonable sell i ing values in execution of the declar ed policy of the Food Administration to use every agency In its control to secure justice to the farmer. | . The stabilization methods adopted ■ for November represent the best ef forts of the conference, concurred in k by the FcjU Administration and tU* THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1918. Livestock Subcommittee of the Agri cultural Advisory Board, together with special swine members and the representatives of the packers, to im prove the present unsatisfactory situ ation, which has unfortunately result ed because of the injection of uncon trollable factors. We ask the producer to co-operate with us in a most difficult task. The members of the Conference were: Breducers—H. C. Stuart, Elk Oar den, Va., Chairman Agricultural Ad visory Board; W. M. AlcFadden, Chi cago, 111.; A. Sykes, Ida Grove, In.; John M. Evvard, Ames, la.; J. H. Mer cer. Live Stock Commission for Kan sas; J. G. Brown, Monon, Ind.; E. C. Brown. President Chicago Livestock Exchange; N. 11. Gentry, Sednlta, Mo.; John Grattan, Broomfield, Cfolo.; Eu gene Funk, Bloomington, 111.; Isaac Lincoln, Aberdeen, S. D. ; C. W. Hunt, Logan, la.; O. E. Yancey, W. K. Dod son. Food Administration —Herbert Hoo ver, F. S. Snyder, Major E. L. Koy, G. H. Bowell. Department of Agriculture—Louis D. Hail, F. It. Marshall. The packers present and others sharing in foreign orders were repre sented by the elected packers’ commit tee. Those represented were: Backers —Armour & Co., Chicago, 111.; Cudahy Backing Co., Chicago, ill.; Morris & Co., Chicago, III.; Swift & Co., Chicago, III.; Wilson & Co., Chica go, 111.; John Agar Co., Chicago, III.; Armstrong Backing Co., Dallas, Tex.; Boyd Dunham & Co., Chicago, 111.; Brennan Backing Co., Chicago, 111.; Cincinnati Abattoir Co., Cincinnati, O.; Cleveland Provisions Co., Cleve land, O.; Cudahy Bros. Co., Cudahy, Wis.; J. Dold Backing Co., Buffalo, N. Y.; Dunlevy Backing Co., Pittsburg, Bn.; J. E. Decker & Sons, Mason City, la.; Evansville Backing Co., Evans ville, Ind.; East Side Packing Co., East St. Louis, 111.; Hammond Standish & Co., Detroit, Mich.; G. A. Hormel & Co., Austin, Minn.; Home Backing & Ice Co., Terre Haute, Ind.; Independ ent Backing Co., Chicago, 111.; Indian apolis Abattoir Co., Indianapolis, Ind.; International Provision Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Interstate Backing Co., Winona, Minn.; lowa Packing Co., Des Moines, la.; Powers Begg Co., Jacksonville, 111.; Klngan & Co., Indianapolis, Ind.; Krey Backing Co., St. Louis, Mo.; Lake Erie Provision Co., Cleveland, O.; Lay ion Co., Milwaukee, Wis.; Oscar Mayer & 15r0., Sedgwick aud Beethoven streets, Chicago, 111.; J. T. McMillan Co.; St. Paul, Minn.; Miller & Hart, Chicago, III.; J. Morrell & Co., Ottum wa, la.; Nuckolls Backing Co., I’ueblo, Colo.; Ogden Backing and Provision Co., Ogden. Utah; Ohio Provision Co., Cleveland. O.; Barker Webb & Co., De troit,. Mich.; Pittsburg Backing and Provision Co., Pittsburg, Ba.; Hath Backing Co., Waterloo, la.; Roberts & Oake, Chicago, 111.; Kobe & Bros., New York City ; W. C. Koutli & Co., Logans port, Ind. ; St. Louis Ind. Backing Co., St. Louis, Mo.; Sinclair & Co., T. M. Cedar Itapids, la.; Sullivan & Co., De troit, Mich.; Theurer-Norton Provision Co., Cleveland, O.; Wilson Provision Co., Peoria, III.; Western Backing and Provision Co., Chicago. 11l ; Charles Wolff Backing Co., Topeka, Kao. i I j Says General Pershing, referring to ’one of the war work organizations : A SENSE of obligation for the varied and useful service rendered to the army in France prompts me to j| j join in the appeal for its further financial support. I have opportunity to observe its operations, measure the quality of its personnel and mark its beneficial Influence upon our troops, and I wish unreservedly to commend its work for the army. * * —General Pershing || UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN pm M LJ cimiw^ » m? TWTTTf »Tv»»»mvm TTrrvmm? TTTTrrmv»Tf * l Mile After Mile \ 5 r A \ *— ) your car spins over the road 5 \ .with never a halt if you use ◄ J 1 *■»--, * United States Tires—pur long a VM | service tires. It is not what "i j ' /l. J you jay for tires—it is the ser- 5 I *j) v >ce you get out of them. Ours ► f | fiSP , have a record unexcelled. 1 ffIWHXZPr* HICKS BROTHERS ’ GARAGE 3 £ * I Mt. Vernon, (Ja. 4 EVERY JOB GUARANTEED 3 *aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa•aaaaaaaaaaaaa.«*aaaaaaaa»3 ‘Boards Keep Tab On Railroad Men Atlanta. —A letter has been receiv ed hv the local boards in Atlanta and other cities advising them that the names of all men who leave the em ploy of the railroads after having been given deferred classifications, will be reported to them. Tlte order has been issued by the provost marshal general and applies universally. The provost marshal has further announced that when any man within draft age who is placed in a deferred classification on account of essential work with the railroads changes his position he then loses that classification and his case must be reconsidered. It is compul sory on the part of railroad managers that they shall immediately notify the local draft board of any employee be tween the ages of 18 and 45, who leaves the employ of the railroad ad ministration. This is necessary in or der that every registrant shall have his proper classification under the require ments of the selective service act. Industries Must Curtail Products Atlanta. —Regardless of when the war shall end, the resources and con version section of the national war in dustries is determined to enforce dras tic curtailment in the manufacture of the lesser essentials. Further orders contained in bulletins issued at the of fice for Region No. 12 affect the mak ers of road-making machinery, watches and clocks, saddlery and harness, pocket knives, metal stamps and other articles. In order to meet these cur tailments, many southern manufactur ers are already co-operating with the war board and are offsetting the re ductions in their outputs of these arti cles by securing the government con tracts which are only available when the industry complies with the re quirements of the government. These curtailments, it was announced, aro for the purpose of effecting a marked saving of material, fuel, labor, capital and transportation. Georgia Cotton Seed Producers Meet Atlanla.—A large number of Geor gia farmers met in the office of J. J. Brown, commissioner of agriculture, and organized the Georgia Cotton Seed Producers’ Association for the purpose of co-operating with the federal gov ernment in the protection of the in dustry. Counties represenled at the meeting were Bartow, Henry, Pauld ing, Clayton, Newton, Terrell, Morgan, and others. Organization was perfect ed by electing the following officers: Emerson George, Morgan county, pres ident; James D. Weaver, Terrell coun ty, vice president; L. W. Jarman, New ton county, second vice president; M. L. Johnson, Bartow county, third vice president; H. T. Shaw, Morgan county, secretary and treasurer. Ford for Stile. One used Ford in excellent shape; good top; crown fenders; new radiator. A bargain. See Hicks Bros. & Peterson, 103tf Mt. Vernon, Ga. Administrator’s Sale. Georgia—Toombs County. By virtue of au order granted on the 2d day of September, 1918, by the Ordinary of said county, I will sell at public outcry on the first Tuesday in December, 1918, betweeu the legal hours of sale, at the court house in Lyons, said county, to the highest bidder, the following described real estate to wit: A1 i that certain tract of land situated iu the 1567th district G. M. of Montgomery county, Ga., containing two hundred and six and nine tenths (206.9) acres more or less, bounded north by lands of J. E Palmer, Mrs. Media Hilton and D. A. Jackson, east by Mrs. Medio Hilton and D. A. Jackson, south by D. A. Jackson, A. B. King, John Hall and J. E. Schumpert's land and west by lands of the estate of W. H. Mc- Queen. The above described prop erty is sold subject to a debt ow ing to The Second Investors Mort gage Security Company of SB9O 00, due Nov. Ist, 1919, and $1,620 00, due Nov. Ist, 1920, by the late J. E. Sc hum pert. Said property so Id for the purpose of paying debts and distribution among the heirs of the deceased. This Oct. Ist, 1918. W. S. Boatwright, Adr. de Bonis Non Estate of J. E. Sc hum pert. W. M. Lewis, Attorney. Dayton d§||k j f Airless j: THE DAYTON NEEDS I 2 SI : NO PUMPING j jj' i ITS LIFE IS ABOUT 1“ 1 H | DOUBLE THAT OF THE VfA Jgl ORDINARY TIRE This is Economy in the • real meaning of the word ; Regular Sizes 30 x 3 and 30 x 3 1-2 SPECIAL TIRES FOR [ TRUCKS j A Salesmen wanted for each town in ; Montgomery county C. W. WARNOCK General Agent for Montgomery County TARRYTOWN j j 5 1-2 per ct. Money TO LOAN | I have plenty of money to lend on farm ; lands in Montgomery and Wheeler j counties. Interest at 5 1-2 per cent., FIVE YEARS TIME-EASY PAYMENTS : You have the privilege of paying part i of the principal at any interest period, and stop interest on amount paid; but i no annual paymentofprincipal required Prompt Attention to All Loans Entrusted to Me j Come to see me at once if you want a i j loan. lam well equipped to take care ij I of the loan business. See me. | L. C. UNDERWOOD j MT. VERNON. GA. Highest Prices Paid lor Live Stock. We are constantly in the mar ket for cattle and hogs. Many years experience qualities us to offer superior advantages to the producers of this section. We are in position to handle your business in a most satisfactory manner. Get our prices. W. D. & C. W. Peterson, 9192 m Ailey, Ga. LOANS ON FARM LANDS. Loans on improved farm lands of Montgomery County can be placed promptly at 5 l-2c in terest in amounts of SI,OOO and above, with the privilege of re paying part of the principal at any interest bearing periods in amounts of SIOO or multiples thereof, thereby stopping the in terest on amount paid. Loans can he made for periods of 57, or 10 years to suit the borrower. Commissions charged are reason able. M. B. Calhoun, Mt. Vernon, Ga, R. E. Ward, Soper ton, Ga.
