anaheim-gazette 1918-11-28

STEADIER HOG MARKETS PLANNED Hog Producers and Packers Confer With Representatives of the Food Administration and Agricultural Department and Adopt New Plan of Regulation. In accordance with the policy of the Food Administration since its foundation 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 Live 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 so changed since the September joint conference as to necessitate an entire alteration in the plans of price stabilization. The current peace talk has alarmed the holders of corn, and there has been a price decline of from 25 cents to 40 cents per bushel. The fact that the accumulations of low priced corn in the Argentine and South Africa would, upon the advent of peace and liberated shipping, become available to the European market has created 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. Moreover, the lower range of corn prices would, if incorporated in a 13-to-1 ratio, obviously result in a continuously falling price for live hogs. 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 attached, it is agreed that the packers participating in these orders will undertake not to purchase hogs for less than the following agreed minimums for the month of November, that is a daily minimum of $17.50 per hundred pounds on average of packers' droves, Livestock Subcommittee cultural Advisor with special swine representatives or prove the presentation which has led because of the controllable factors. We ask the prairie with us in a most esteemed members were: Producers—H. den, Va., Chairmuseum Board; W. cago, Ill.; A. Syg John M. Evvard, cer, Live Stock mas; J. G. Brown, Brown, President Exchange; N. H. John Grattan B gene Funk, Bloc Lincoln, Aberdeen Logan, Ia.; C. E. son. Food Administrator, F. S. Snyder H. Powell. Department of D. Hall, F. R. Ma. The packers sharing in foreseen by the elete. Those repre Packers—Armeni Ill.; Cudahy Park Morris & Co., Co., Chicago, Ill.; John A Armstrong Pack Boyd Dunham Brennan Packin Cincinnati Abao O.; Cleveland Land, O.; Cudahy Wils.; J. Dold P Y.; Dunlevy Pa.; J. E. Decke Ia.; Evansville St. Louis, Ill.; Co., Detroit, Mo Co., Austin, Mi corn in the Argentine and South Africa would, upon the advent of peace and liberated shipping, become available to the European market has created 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. Moreover, the lower range of corn prices would, if incorporated in a 12-to-1 ratio, obviously result in a continuously falling price for live hogs. In view of these changed conditions many swine producers anticipated lower prices and as a result rushed their hogs to market in large numbers, and this overshipment has added to and aggravated the decline. The information of the Department of Agriculture indicates that the supply of hogs has increased about 8 per cent., while the highest unofficial estimate does not exceed 15 per cent. Increased 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 last month. On the other hand, many of the packers have paid over the price offered to them in an endenvor to maintain the agreed price. The result in any event has been a failure to maintain the October price basis determined upon at the September conference and undertaken by the packers. 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 decreased the labor staff of the packers about 25 per cent. The exports of 130,000,000 pounds of pork products for October compared with about 52,000,000 pounds in October a year ago, and the export orders placeable by the Food Administration for November, amount to 170,000,000 pounds as contrasted with the lesser exports of 98,000,000 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 Administration asked. The increase in export demands appears to be amply sufficient to take up the increase in hog production, but unfavorable market conditions existing in October afford no fair index of the aggregate supply and demand. It must be evident that the enormous shortage in fats in the Central Empires and neutral countries would immediately upon peace result in adal under the Chairmanship of the Food Administration, the following undertaking has been given by the packers: In view of the undertakings on the part of the Food Administration with regard to the co-ordinated purchases or 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 minimums for the 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 kind shall be bought, except throw-outs, at less than $16.50 per hundred pounds. The average of packers' droves to be construed as the average of the total sales in the market of all hogs for a given day. All the above to be 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 a view to supervision and demonstration of the carrying 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 increase over the receipts of last 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, prematurely market hogs in such increasing numbers over the above it is entirely beyond the ability of the packers to maintain these minimums, 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 and to find a market for the output. The packers are anxious 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 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 of the Chicago Livestock Exchange; Major Roy of the Food Administration, Mr. Louis D. Hall of the Bureau of Markets, to undertake the supervision of the execution of the plan in the various markets. Commission men are asked to co-operate in carrying out the plan embodied in the packers' agreement. It must be evident that offers by commission men to sell hogs below the minimum established above is not fair, either to all under the Chairmanship of the Food Administration, the following undertaking has been given by the packers: In view of the undertakings on the part of the Food Administration with regard to the co-ordinated purchases or 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 minimums for the 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 kind shall be bought, except throw-outs, at less than $16.50 per hundred pounds. The average of packers' droves to be construed as the average of the total sales in the market of all hogs for a given day. All the above to be 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 a view to supervision and demonstration of the carrying 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 increase over the receipts of last 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, prematurely market hogs in such increasing numbers over the above it is entirely beyond the ability of the packers to maintain these minimums, 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 and to find a market for the output. The packers are anxious 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 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 of the Chicago Livestock Exchange; Major Roy of the Food Administration, Mr. Louis D. Hall of the Bureau of Markets, to undertake the supervision of the execution of the plan in various markets. Commission men are asked to co-operate in carrying out this plan embodied in all under the Chairmanship ofthe Food Administration with regard to co-ordinated purchases or pork products, covered inthe attached, it is agreed thatthe packers participatingin theseorderswillundertakenottopurchasehogsforslowerthanthefollowingagreedminimumsforthemonthofNovember,theisadultminimumof$17.50perhundredpoundsonaverageofpackers'drovesexcludingthrow-outs."Tothrow-outs"tobedefinedaspigsunder130poundsstagsboarsthinsoysandskips.Furtherthatnohogsforsanykindshallbeboughtexceptthrow-outsatlessthan$16.50perhundredpounds.Theaverageofpackers'drovestobeconstruedastheaverageofthetotalsalesinthemarketofallhogsforsafewday.AlltheabovetobebasedontheChicago. WeagreethatacommitteeshallbeappointedbytheFoodAdministrationtocheckthedailyoperationsinthevariousmarketswithaviewtosupervisionanddemonstrationofthecarryingoutoftheabove. 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The increase in export demands appears to be amply sufficient to take up the increase in hog production, but unfavorable market conditions existing in October afford no fair index of the aggregate supply and demand. It must be evident that the enormous shortage in fats in the Central Empires and neutral countries would immediately upon peace result in additional demands for pork products which, on top of the heavy shipments to the Allies, would tend materially to increase the American exports, inasmuch 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 appears 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 interpretation 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 Agricultural Advisory Board, together with the specially invited swine representatives, should accept the invitation of the Food Administration to join with the Administration and the packers in determining the prices at which controlled export orders are to be placed. This will be regularly done. The influence of these orders will be directed to the maintenance of the common object—namely, the stabilization of the price of live hogs so as to secure as far as it is possible fair returns to the ed a committee, comprising Mr. Thomas E. Wilson, chairman of the Packers' Committee; Mr. Everett Brown, president of the Chicago Livestock Exchange; Major Roy of the Food Administration, Mr. Louis D. Hall of the Bureau of Markets, to undertake the supervision of the execution of the plan in the various markets. Commission men are asked to co-operate in carrying out the plan embodied in the packers' agreement. It must be evident that offers by commission men to sell hogs below the minimum established 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 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 does not limit top prices and should narrow the margins necessary to country buyers in more variable markets. It is believed that the plan should work out close to $18 average. Swine producers of the country will contribute to their own interest by not flooding the market, for it must be evident that if an excessive over percentage of hogs is marketed in any one month price stabilization and control cannot succeed, and it is certain that producers themselves can contribute materially to the efforts of the conferences if they will do their marketing in as normal a way as possible. The whole situation as existing at present demands a frank and explicit assurance from the conferees represented—namely, that every possible effort will be made to maintain a live hog price commensurate with swine production costs and reasonable selling values in execution of the declared 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 efforts of the conference, concurred in by the Food Administration and the Livestock Subcommittee of the Agricultural Advisory Board, together with special swine members and the representatives of the packers, to improve the present unsatisfactory situation, which has unfortunately resulted because of the injection of uncontrollable factors. We ask the producer to co-operate with us in a most difficult task. The members of the Conference were: Producers—H. C. Stuart, Elk Garden, Va.; Chairman Agricultural Advisory Board; W. M. McFadden, Chicago, Ill.; A. Sykes, Ida Grove, In.; John M. Evvard, Ames, Ia.; J. H. Mercer, Live Stock Commission for Kansas; J. G. Brown, Monon, Ind.; E. C. Brown, President Chicago Livestock Exchange; N. H. Gentry, Sedalia, Mo.; John Grattan Broomfield, Colo.; Eugene Funk, Bloomington, Ill.; Isaac Lincoln, Aberdeen, S. D.; C. W. Hunt, Logan, Ia.; C. E. Yancey, W. R. Dodson. Food Administration—Herbert Hoover, F. S. Snyder, Major E. L. Roy, G. H. Powell. Department of Agriculture—Louis D. Hall, F. R. Marshall. The packers present and others sharing in foreign orders were represented by the elected packers' committee. Those represented were: Packers—Armour & Co., Chicago, Ill.; Cudahy Packing Co., Chicago, Ill.; Morris & Co., Chicago, Ill.; Swift & Co., Chicago, Ill.; Wilson & Co., Chicago, Ill.; John Agar Co., Chicago, Ill.; Armstrong Packing Co., Dallas, Tex.; Boyd Dunham & Co., Chicago, Ill.; Brennan Packing Co., Chicago, Ill.; Cincinnati Abattoir Co., Cincinnati, O.; Cleveland Provisions Co., Cleveland, O.; Cudahy Bros., Co., Cudahy, Ws.; J. Dold Packing Co., Buffalo, N. Y.; Dunlevy Packing Co., Pittsburg, Pa.; J. E. Decker & Sons, Mason City, Ia.; Evansville Packing Co., Evansville, Ind.; East Side Packing Co., East St. Louis, Ill.; Hammond Standish & Co., Detroit, Mich.; G. A. Hormel & Austin, Minn.; Home Packing & motorists realize that the Automobile Club of Southern California, organized comparatively a few years ago, has grown by such phenomenal leaps that its membership roll now numbers more than 15,000 and its service is the most complete of the kind to be had anywhere. Motor travel over our incomparable highways would be robbed of many of its joys were it not for the 50,000 guide posts giving direction and mileage that the auto club has erected at its own expense. Three sign-posting trucks are kept in constant service repairing and revising these thousands of placards while in addition the club has literally "paved" the path to California by thoroughly signing both the Lincoln Highway and National Old Trails far into the East. While sign-posting is the most conspicuous service rendered by the automobile clug of Southern California it is but one of the multiplex activities of that organization. The mapping and draughting department has prepared composite and strip maps of every highway and byway in California and has even gone so far as to issue one of the most comprehensive maps of transcontinental motor routes that is procurable. Every member receives a neat wallet containing scores of valuable maps which are up to the minute in every particular. These are supplemented by frequent bulletins and telephone information service by the club's touring bureau, which keeps in touch with road conditions everywhere. No matter where one drives in Southern California there is one of the 17 branch offices of the auto club near hand to render information and assistance. New branches are being established continually and are eagerly sought for by rival communities. The Automobile Club of Southern Salt Lake Will Probably Construct Its Road Through Anaheim That peace may result in railroad building in Orange county soon was a conclusion that might be drawn from a visit paid to Orange Friday by a party of the leading officials of the Pacific Electric. A few months ago several railroad projects in this county were brought to a sudden halt when the government took over the control of railroad construction. What the future opportunity for railroad extensions will cannot be determined now, but the fact that the officials went over a proposed line at Orange leads to the supposition that they may expect to act soon. A right of way for connecting Orange by a line running north to the Tustin branch of the Southern Pacific was secured and the road would long since have been built had not the government put a stop to such work as that as a war measure. The building of the Salt Lake through Fullerton and Anaheim posed no real threat to war or deals entitlement war, spone King Nichols... CROP ESTIMATES The crop reporting board of the Bureau of Crop Estimates, Department of Agriculture has announced the following estimates from reports of its correspondents and agents: Corn, 2,749,198,000 bushels — compared with the December, 1917, estimate of 3,159,494,000 bushels and the 1912-1916 average of 2,761,252,000 bushels. The yield per acre is estimated at 24.2 bushels, compared with a ten-year average of 26 bushels. Wheat, 918,920,000 — compared with the December, 1917, estimate of 650,828,000 bushels and the 1912-1916 average of 809,345,000 bushels. The yield per acre is estimated at 15.6 bushels, compared with a ten-year average of 14.7 bushels. Oats, 1,535,297,000 bushels — compared with the December, 1917, estimate of 1,587,286,000 bushels and the 1912-1916 average of 1,296,406,000 bushels. WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? Signing an application for soldier's insurance and paying $6.40 per month out of your $30 per month pay as a private, thinking that your mother will receive that insurance if you are killed, does not necessarily mean that she will actually receive it, says the Orange News. At least that is the experience of Otto Rozell, Orange boy, who joined the U.S. Marines and gave his life for his country at Solissons, France. The war risk bureau at Washington, after accepting the monthly payments, now refuses to pay the insurance to his mother, named as beneficiary in his application for insurance, because she did not claim to be a dependent of the son. The Rozell case, which is arousing considerable local agitation and sentiment, is understood to be one of many cases which are coming to light over the country. Charles Rozell, in attempting to protect his wife's interests in the matter has conducted investigations which convince him he declares, of gross inefficiency in the War Risk Bureau, with a possible weakness also in the war risk legislation concerning the soldier's insurance. No matter where one drives in Southern California there is one of the 17 branch offices of the auto club near at hand to render information and assistance. New branches are being established continually and are eagerly sought for by rival communities. The Automobile Club of Southern California is a co-operative organization of motorists for the benefit of motorists. All of its receipts are used for the betterment and maintenance of its service. Among the many privileges that the members of this mammoth organization enjoy are free toow car service within Los Angeles county, insurance at cost through the club's interinsurance exchange, services of experienced detectives employed by the club's theft mureau in case car is stolen, service of legal department in matters pertaining to motoring and courtesies at the official hotels and garages selected by the club on all important routes. Piano, regular Free Music Rolls, Free C Pianos, UNCLE SAM SAYS LID IS OFF. All are included in this sale of high grade, standard instruments, which bring wholesale prices direct to Pianos $85,$135, For values Ranging from Players $296,$ For Values Ranging from AUTOMOBILE CLUB Southern California, the "Kingdom of the Motor," boasts an automobile club more than twice the size of any similar organization in the world. Few The Rozell case, which is arousing considerable local agitation and sentiment, is understood to be one of many cases which are coming to light over the country. Charles Rozell, in attempting to protect his wife's interests in the matter has conducted investigations which convince him, he declares, of gross inefficiency in the War Risk Bureau, with a possible weakness also in the war risk legislation governing the soldiers' insurance. The latter impression was strengthened, he declares, after an interview with Congressman William Kettner, who, he says, informed him that beneficiaries who were not dependents could not, under the law, claim insurance. Inasmuch as the application blank signed by Otto Rozell made no mention of a distinction between dependent and non-dependent beneficiaries, and they have known from frequent expressions that both of their sons in the service understood that the mother would receive the insurance, they feel that a wrong impression and false encouragement has been allowed to exist. They have encountered great delay and lack of knowledge in the War Risk Bureau, which was created expressly for the purpose of handling soldier insurance. Their last letter from that bureau, written several months after their son's death, indicated that the bureau had not even at that late date knowledge of their son's policy, although several communications had been exchanged. It has been estimated that the government collects about $240,000,000 annually from the pay of soldiers for insurance, and it is quite probable that thousands of the young soldiers who have no dependents do not know that the name of a beneficiary on their policy has no worth or meaning. ING MAY BE RESUMED probably Construct Its high Anaheim result in railroad county soon was a night be drawn from age Friday by a parcialists of the Pacific go several railroad county were brought when the government control of railroad connec future opportunisions will be cannow, but the fact ment over a proposed to the supposition act to act soon. for connecting Orning north to the the Southern Pacific the road would long hit had not the govup to such work as ensure. The building through Fullerton and Anaheim, into Santa Ana and the proposed extension of the P. E. to Tustin and Irvine from Santa Ana were also halted. The party that visited Orange included H. B. Ticomb, vice-president of the P. E.; J. McMillen, general manager; F. L. Annabele, general superintendent; C. H. Burnett, manager of real estate, and E. C. Johnson, assist-ant engineer. PETERSON'S BOOK The book written by Louis Peterson of Santa Ana and confiscated under orders of Federal Commissioner Long in Los Angeles, was published in 1915, before the United States entered the war. The book is entitled, "Statement of Truth and Scientific Facts." It deals with love, divorce, war and scientific horseshoeing. Dealing with the war, the writer quotes alleged correspondence between the kaiser and King George and the kaiser and Czar Nicholas in support of his contention that the kaiser made every effort to prevent the war. The books were secured some two weeks ago when a Federal officer found them in Peterson's possession. Peterson was summoned to appear before the commissioner in Los Angeles Thursday, and appeared. It could not be shown that the books had been distributed since the United States broke relations with the imperial government. Peterson consented to the destruction of about 1,800 of the books and the government will not prosecute him. Shortly after it was published, Canadian postoffice officials denied it circulation in that country through the mails. That there are fully 1700 men in uniforms from Orange county is disclosed by totals made by the two exemption boards of Orange county. The total of 1700 is reached partly through an estimate, but largely by actual figures in the hands of the two boards. MAKE THE HOUSE YOU LIVE IN A REAL HOME s Beautiful Player $388 o, regular $650 Value usic Rolls, Free Circulating Library of Rolls. Ten Year Guarantee. anos, Phonographs and PLAYERS ALL AT SLASHING REDUCTIONS SPECIAL MINWAY 127 Used SPECIAL WEBER $118 Used included in this great forced high grade, standard musical ents, which brings factory ale prices direct to your door os $85,$135,$212up ues Ranging from $350 to $500 ers $296, $388 up ues Ranging from $500 to $650 The United States Government has just lifted the ban curtailing the manufacture of pianos and musical instruments, which allows the manufacturers to return to pre-war conditions. We had placed heavy orders for goods which under former conditions could not have been delivered for several months. Two carloads of pianos and player pianos will be forced on our hands fully three months before we expected them. To make room for these new goods and TO GET THE CASH to pay for them when they come we will be obliged to turn all our present stock consisting of high grade pianos, player pianos, baby grands and phonographs into cash or negotiate paper at once. On nearly any and all of these fine musical instruments we will accept (for cash, bankable notes or Liberty Bonds) actual billing cost from factory plus freight. On some slightly used instruments we will take LESS than cost to manufacturer. This offer applies to all our present stock and is made to bona-fide consumers only. Under no circumstances will any of these goods be sold to dealers during this great event, unparalleled in the musical industry history. These beautiful instruments offered at such slashing reductions must be seen and heard for you to fully grasp this never-to-come-again opportunity. CHMIDT MUSIC CO. EVENINGS UNTIL NINE. Anaheim, Cal. Phone Pac. 202