In accordance with the policy of tlie Food Administration since Its founda
tion to consult representative men in the-agrlcultural Industry on occasions
of importance to special branches of the Industry, on October 21 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 tiog 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
forelen nork nurchases.
The conclusions of the conference
The entire marketing situation nas
so changed since the September joint
conference as to necessitate an entire
alteration in the plans <>f price stabi
lization. The current pence talk lias
alarmed the holders of corn, and there
lias been a price decline of from 25
cents to 40 cents per bushel. Tl.e fact
that t’.ie 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 has ere
■ nted 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 l3-to-1 rn
tlo, obviously result in a continuously
falling price for live hogs. In view i
of these changed conditions many j
swine producers anticipated lower
prices and as a result rushed their >
ho/rs to market in .large numbers, and!
overshipment lias added to and j
agt, vated the decline.
tH information of the Department ;
of Agriculture indicates that the sup- j
ply of hogs has increased about 8 per j
cent., while the highest unofficial esti
mate does not exceed 15 tier cent, in- j
ere.. , d production over last year. On
the oilier hand, the arrival of hogs !
during the last three weeks in the
seven great markets lias been# 27 per
cent, more Ilian last year, during the
corresponding period, demonstrating
the unusually heavy marketing of the
available supply. In the fttee of the
excessive receipts some packers have
ro» maintained the price agreed last
month. On the oilier 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
terence and undertaken by tlie pack
ers. Another factor contributing to
the break in prices during the month
has been the influenza epidemic; it
lias sharply curtailed consumption of
pork products and temporarily de
^ creased the labor staff of tlie packers
about 25 per cent.
The exports of 180.000,000 pounds
of pork products for October com
pared with about 52,000,000 pounds
in October a year ago, and the
export orders plnceable by t lie Food
Administration for November, amount
10 170,000,000 pounds as coni rust
ed with the lesser exports of
118,000,000 for November 1017. The
increased demands of the fillies ate
continuing, and are in themselves
' >. proof of the necessity for 1 lie large
production for which the Food Admin
istration asked. The increase in ex
port demands appears to lie 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 he evident that the enor
. trious shortage in fats in the Central
..empires and neutral countries would
* immediately upon peace result In ad
ditioral demands ior
which, on top of the heavy shipments
the Allies, would tend materially
to increase the American exports, in
asmuch as no considerable reservoir of
supplies exists outside of the United
Slates It seems probable that I lie
present'prospective supplies would be
Inadequate to meet this world demand
with the return to lienee. So far as II
is possible to interpret this fact, it ap
is wears that there should be even a
or demand for pork products
n.,er the war, and therefore any alarm
of hog producers as to the ell eel of
ponce is unwarranted by the outlook. ■
In the light of these circumstances
« 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 he 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 j
live Stock Subcommittee of the Agri- 1
cultural Advisory Board, together with i
the specially Invited swine representa
tives, should necept the Invitation of
i,''the^Epod Administration to Join with
•" the Administration and the packers In
determining the prices at which con
trolled export orders are to be Placed,
a This will be regularly done. 1 lie in- |
I fluence of these orders will be direc ted
to the maintenance of the common ob
ject—namely, the stabilization of the
*. price of live hogs so as to secure as far ,
| as it is possible fair returns to the
were as follows:
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 :
In view of the undertakings <yi the
part of the Food Administration with
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 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 ngree that a committee shall be
appointed by the Food Administration '
to check the daily -operations in the
various markets with a view to super
vision and demonstration of the carry
iii*3 pui vi ljic. auu» c.
The ability of the packers to carry
out this arrangement ^ill depend on
there being a normal marketing of
hogs based upon tlie proportionate in
crease over the receipts of hist year.
The increase in production appears to
he a maximum of about 15 per cent,
and we can handle such an increase.
If (lie producers of hogs should, ns
they have in *he past fe\v 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 griee
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
ed by the conference.
The Food Administrator lias appoint
ed a committee, comprising Mr. Thoin
"as E. Wilson, chairman of the Pack
ets’ Committee; Mr. Everett Brown,
president of the Chicago Livestock Ex
change; Major Roy of the Food Ad
ministration, Mr. Louis IX llall 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 the !
packers' agreement. It must be evi- j
dent that offers by commission men to
sell hogs below the minimum estab- j
lisliod above is not fair, either to tiie
producer or the participating packers. \
Mr. Brown tias undertaken on behalf
of the commission men in the United
States that they will loyally support j
the plan.
It is believed by the conference that !
this new plnu, based as it is upon a
positive minimum basis, will bring bet
ter results to tlie producer than aver
age prices for the month. It does not
limit top prices and should narrow
ttie margins necessary to country buy
ers 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 Hooding the market, for it must he
trident that if art excessive over per*
cenlage of hogs is marketed in any
one month price stabilization and con
trol cannot succeed, and il is certain
that producers themselves can contri
bute materially to the efforts of the
conferences if tliey will do their mark
eting in as normal a way as possible.
The whole situation as existing at
present demands a frank and explicit
assurance from ’the conferees repre
sented—namely, that every possible
effort will be made to maintain a live
hog price commensurate with swine
production costs and reasonable sell
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
or November represent the best ef
rts of the conference, concurred in
the Food Administration and the
livestock Subcommittee of the Agri
cultural Advisory Board, together
with special swine members and tlie
representatives of the packers, to im
prove the present unsatisfactory situ
ation, which has ur.fortunalely result
ed because of the injection of uncon
trollable factors.
We it'sk the producer to co-operate
with us in ft most difficult task.
The members of the Conference
wore:
Producers—II. C. Stuart, Elk Gar
den, Va., Chairman Agricultural Ad
visory'Board; W. M. McFadden, Chi
cago, 111.; A. Sykes, Ida Grove, la.;
John M. Evvard, Ames, la.; J. II. Mer
cer, Live Stock Commission for Kan
sas; J. G. Brown, Motion, Ind,: E. C.
Brown, President Chicago Livestock
Exchange; N. II. Gentry, Sedalia, Mo.;
John Grattan, Broomfield, Colo,; Eu
gene Funk, Bloomington, III.; Isaac
Lincoln, Aberdeen, S. D.; C. W. Hunt,
Logan, lit.; C. F* Yancey, W. B. Dod
son.
Food Administration—Herbert Hoo
ver, F. S. Snyder, Major E. L. Roy, G.
H. Powell.
Deportment of Agriculture—I^ouis
D. Hall, F. II. Marshall.
The packers present and others
sharing in foreign orders were repre
sented by the elected packers' commit
tee. Those represented were:
Packers—Armour & Co., Chicago.
111.; Cudahy Packing Co., Chicago, III.;
Morris & Co., Chicago, 111.; Swift &
Co., Chicago, 111.; Wilson & Co., Chica
go, 111.; John Agar Co., Chicago, III.;
Armstrong Packing Co., Dallas, Tex.;
Boyd Dunhain & Co., Chicago, ill.;
Brennan Packing Co., Chicago, 111.;
Cincinnati Abattoir Co., Cincinnati,
O.; Cleveland Provisions Co., Cleve
land. O.; Cudahy Bros. Co., Cudahy,
Wis.; .1. Dold Packing Co., Buffalo, N.
Y.; Dunlevy Packing Co., Pittsburg,
Pa.; J. E. Decker & Sons, Mason City,
la.; Evansville Packing Co., Evans
ville, Ind.; East Side Packing Co., E:\st
St. Louis, 111.; Hammond Standish &
Co., Detroit, Mich.; G. A. Ilormel &
Co., Austin, Minn.; Home Packing &
Ice Co., Terre Haute, Ind.; Independ
ent Packing Co., Chicago, 111.; Indian
apolis Abattoir Co., Indianapolis, Ind.;
international Provision Co., Brooklyn,
N. Y.; Interstate Packing Co., Winona,
Minn.; Iowa Packing Co., Des Moines,
la.; Powers Begg Co,, Jacksonville,
111.; Kingan & Co., Indianapolis, Ind.;
Krey Packing Co., St. Louis, Mo.; Lake
Erie Provision Co., Cleveland, O.; Lay
ton Co., Milwaukee, Wis.; Oscar Mayer
& Bro.,' 'Sedgwick and Beethoven
streets, Chicago, 111.; J. T. McMillan
Co.; St. Paul, Minn.; Miller & Hart,
Chicago, 111.; J. Morrell & Co., Ottum
wa, la.; Nuckolls Packing Co., Pueblo,
Colo. ; Ogden Packing and Provision
Co.. Ogden. Utah ; Ohio Provision Co
Cleveland, O.; Parker Webb & Co., De
troit, Mich.; Pittsburg Packing and
Provision Co., Pittsburg, P»j.; Bath
Packing Co., Waterloo, la.; Roberts <S.
Oake, Chicago, III.: Rohe & Bros.. New
York City; W. C. Routli & Co., Logans
port, Ind.; St. Louis Inti. Packing 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 Packing and
Provision Co., Chicago. 111.: Charles
Wolff Packing Co., Topeka, Kan.
HOW A SALESMAN SUFFERED.
R. J. Porter, Sterling, Col., writes:
“I suffered with a painful, wea:c
back. As a traveling salesman I had
to' stoop frequently to pick up my
grips, and the pain when I straighten
ed up was awful. I was induced to
try Foley Kidney Pills. Relief was
immediate. Say, they are great.”
Prompt and tonic.—Walker’s Phar
macy. t.Adv.)
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Synopsis and Comments on Improvements Made Over the
Constitution of 1874.
PROHIBITION.
Art. XIX prohibits the manufacture of intoxicating liquor of any kind in
j the state, and m:il e.; it unlav.-fid to "import into, deliver, sell, own or keep
I within the state" any such liquor, except wine for sacramental purposes and
I alcohol for medicinal or scientific purposes. The General Assembly shall pro
vide laws for its enforcement.
This provision is sanctioned by the Prohibition forces of the
state. It has been pronounced puncture-proof. It is only propos
ing to enforce at an earlier date a law that will soon be nation
wide through the ratification of the pending amendment to the
Federal Constitution. It reads into the Constitution a principle
already in effect by statute, which long years of local option had
made operative. And yet it is no stronger than the General As
sembly makes it, for penalties and enforcement are retained to
the people in their legislative capacity. There is no reform more
thoroughly accepted throughout the nation than the legal prohibi
tion of the liquor traffic in all its forms, and even Liberalism can
not consistently insist upon a return to the days of the open saloon
and its attendant evils. Prohibition is advocated by President
Wilson as a necessary war measure.
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LOCATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS.
Art. I provides that all public educational institutions of the state here
tofore located or hereafter located within the state by lawful authority shall b«
and remain as located.
This wise provision will prevent the constantly recurring
agitation about the removal of the University of Arkansas from
Fayetteville. It will make secure the location of the State Normal,
and the four agricultural schools, with a great wealth of property
interests annually increasing in extent. Being free from political
agitation, the institutions may grow and expand without being
clipped and hampered in their operations, and impaired in their
usefulness.
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MAJORITY VERDICTS.
Art. 'II, Sec. 7, provides that "in civil and in misdemeanor cases, five
sixths of the jurors may find a verdict.”
'
This is a wise provision that is being adopted in many
states, and will be the means of greatly expediting court proceed
ings without jeopardizing the rights of the litigants. It will make
it impossible for one or two men to cause a mistrial. The tradi
tional safeguard of a unanimous verdict is retained in felony cases
where life and liberty are at stake, but in cases of minor import
ance there can be no valid objection offered to the principle of
majority verdicts already being recognized in the progressive juris
prudence of the country.
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SALARIES. — - - -- '
Art. XX, See. 10, provides: The Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor,
Treasurer, Attorney General. Commissioner of Mines, Manufactures and
Agriculture, Coinmissioner of State Lands and Highways, Commissioner of
Education and other State officers shall each receive a salary which shall
not be increased nor diminished during (heir respective terms, nor shall any
of them receive to his own use any fees, costs, perquisites of office or other
compensation, except that the General Assembly may provide for the pay
ment of the expenses of Circuit Judges and Chancellors when holding court
at. places other than in the counties in which they reside; and all fees that
may hereafter be payable by law for any service performed by any officer
mentioned in this section shall be paid in advance into the State Treasury.
Until otherwise provided by law, the annua’ salaries shall be as follows:
Governor, $7,500; Secretary of State, $3,600; Treasurer, $3,600; Attorney
General, $4,000; Auditor of State, $3,600; Commissioner of State Lands and
Highways, $3,600; Commissioner of Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture,
$3,600; Judges of Supreme Court, each, $6,000; Judges of Circuit Courts and
Chancellors, each, $4,000; Commissioner of Education, $4,000. Art. V, Sec. 16,
places members of the General Assembly on a salary not to exceed $1,000
for a four-year term.
In spite of the popular prejudice against increase in salaries,
provisions authorizing fair living salaries for the members of the
General Assembly, the judicial and executive officers of our state
government, are among the most important reforms worked out by
the framers of the Constitution of 1918. The old saying that “The
laborer is worthy of his hire" is certainly applicable, in times like
these, to the executive, legislative, and judicial officers of Arkan
sas. The cost of living since 1874 has increased conservatively
I 50 per cent, and since the outbreak of the European war the cost
1 of the necessities of life has risen fully 35 per cent. Arkansas
; needs the highest type of men to fill its responsible legislative,
executive and judicial departments, and it is universally recog
nized that annual salaries are preferable either to fees or to per
diem allowances.
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BUDGET SYSTEM.
At. XVI, Sec. 7, provides that on or before November 15, 1250, and
biennially thereafter, the heads of all State departments and institutions,
j except the judiciary and (he Supreme Court, shall, with the Governor, com
pile a complete budget of financial requirements and expenditures. Five
■ days after organization, the General Assembly shall submit an Itemized
J statement of its financial needs to be included in the budget. On or i.eforo
i the fifth day following ihe organization, the Governor shall submit io Iho
i General Assembly a budget containing a complete statement of proposed ex
penditures and estimated revenues, also current assets, liabilities, r< ss-rve: ,
surplus, or deficit. Items may be changed, but the aggrr appropriations
shall not exceed the'aggregate recommended, by the Governor. No other
appropriations shall be made unless provision is made for the revenue to
cover the same.
i This provision was inevitable in working out a ** thorough
business system of running the state government. Its adoption
will mean that the state’s business will no longer be run on a hap
hazard plan. The revenue must be in sight to cover a.n appropri
ation or no appropriation will be made. The Legislature will no
longer pass appropriation bills without limitation or regard to the
ability of the treasury to meet the obligation, leaving it to the
Governor to prune and cut down to the best of his judgment, and
the dissatisfaction of all parties concerned. The adoption of this
system, with otherwise economic measures, will enable the state
to keep on a cash basis at all times, prevent its paper fioni being
hawked about at a disgraceful discount, pay its employes dollar
for dollar all they earn, and maintain its credit upon a high plane.
The General Assembly will enter upon its work v.ith a clear, com
prehensive chart to guide its course and shape its appropriations.
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LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.
Art. V, See. 5, provides that the General A: .vcmbly shall meet on the
first Tuesday after the second Monday in 1919, and biennially thereaftei; the
session of 1921 and alternate sessions shall not exceed thirty days, and no
business shall be transacted except the consideration of general appropri
alion bills for the State government and State institutions, and the investi
gation of accounts of State officers and management and condition of State
institutions. The regular sessions shall not exceed sixty days.
This is in keeping with the policy of restricting legislation to
that which is essential, and eliminating protracted sessions. The
people decisively went on record for this reform in 1913, when
they adopted by an overwhelming majority an initiated amend
ment limiting legislative sessions to sixty days. With all local
legislation prohibited, it will be found that all necessary laws can
be enacted within that time, and many thousands of dollars saved
the taxpayers of the state by this wise economy. As they will be
serving on a term salary, there will be no financial inducement for
members to prolong a session beyond the time actually necessary
to transact business of benefit to the state.
{ TIME CARD. <|jj
Change in time Missouri Pacific
; trains, effective 12:01 a .m., Sunday,
November 17th, 1918.
North Round
No. 2 Fast Pass, (no stop)Ar. 3:55am
! No. 34 Local passenger, Ar. 10:35am.
, No. 4 Fast pa. sender, Ar. 11:59 am.
j No. 92 Local freight, Lv. 11:00 am.
No. 30 Local passenger, Ar. 8:25 pm.
No. 0 Fast Passenger, A . 9:30 pm.
No. 18 Fast Pass. (Hot Sgs.
Spl.) Ar. 10:05 pm.
South Bound.
No. 1 Fast Pas. (no stop)Ar. 1:52 am.
No. 17 Fast Pas. (Hot Spgs.
Spl.) Ar. 4:55 am.
No. 5 Fast passenger, Ar. 5:55 am.
No. 7 Mail train (no passen
gers) Ar. 9:10 am.
No. 93 Local freight, Lv. 8:00 am.
j No. 3 Fast passenger, Ar. 5:43 pm.
! No. 33 Local Pas. Ar. 7:20 pm.
Leaves 7:45 pm.
White River Division.
No 210 Passenger, Lv. 6:10 am.
|No. 254 Mixed Pas. and freight
Leaves 12:10 pm.
No 251 Mixed Pas. and freight
Arrives 11:00 am.
No. 205 Passenger, Ar. 7:30 pm.
COMMITTEE ISSUES
FAIR PRICE LIST.
. _
At a recent meeting of the “Fair
Price Committee,” appointed by the
County Food Administrator, the roi
lowing were agreed upon as being
fair prices:
Wheat tiour, sucks-5-1.0®
VVheat flour, 48-lb. sacks-$3.11
Flour less 24-lb. lot-6Vie
25-lb sack country meal-$1.28
25-lb. sack cream meal-$1.45
10-lb. sack cream meal-60e
Rolled oats, 22-oz. pks. --15e
Rolled oats, 55-oz. pkg. -35e
Bread, 16-oz. loaves -lOe
Corn starch, 1 -lb. pkg-10e
Rice, 1-lb -14e
Navy beans, 1-lb-17V£e
Lima bpans, 1-lb. -20e
Pinto beans, 1-lb.- 13e —■
Bulk lard, compound ---30e .
Bulk lard, pure-35e
l1.4-lb. net wt. lard substitute—50e
2- lb. net wt. lard substitute-65e
3- lb. net wt. lard1 substitute—-$1.00
4- lb. pet wt. lard substitute-$1.29
5- lb. net wt. lard substitute-$1.60
(5-lb. net wt. lard substitute-$2.00
8-lb. net *wt. lard substitute-$2.54
10-lb. net wt. lard substitute —$3.13
No. 10, pure lard, 1-lb-36e
No. 5-lb. pure lard, 1-lb-36c
Canned corn, per can -20c
No. 2 tomatoes -18c
No. 3 tomatoes -19c
Evaporated apples - ^__2lc
Evaporated peaches --22V4e
Corn syrup, blue Karo-80c
Corn syrup, 5-lb. blue Karo-40c
Potatoes, 3 Vi ^ per lb. over peck lots.
Less peck lots, per lb.-4c
These prices must be rigidly ob
served and are in effect immediately
after publication.
These prices will be changed from
j'i-ne to time as condition warrant.
FAIR PRICE COMMITTEE
for Jackson County.
PROTECT THE CHILDREN.
Children are as likely to get the
grip and influenza as grown-ups.
Foley’s Honey and Tar gives quick
| relief from all kinds of cough^, colds,
croup and whooping cough; covers
raw. inflamed surfaces with a healing
soothing coating; clears air pas
1 sages, checks strangling, choking,
1 coughing. Contains no opiates.—
Walker’s Pharmacy. (Adv.)
DON’T INVITE \ COLD OR THE
GRIP.
j It you feel “stuffed up,” bloated,
| bilious, languid or have sick headache,
' sour stcmache, coated tongue, bad
| breath or other condition caused by
i slowed up digestion, a Foley Cathar
t'e Tablet will give prompt relief. It
; is a gentle, wholesome, thoroughly
, cleansing physic that leaves no bad
; after-effects.—Walker’s Pharmacy.
CUT THIS OUT—IT IS WORTH
MONEY.
Don’t Miss This. Cut this slip,
j enclose with 5c to Foley & Co., 2835 jfo
Sheffield Ave„ Chicago, 111., writing
your name and address clearly. You
will receive in return a trial pack
a re containing Foley’s Honey and
Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and
croup, Foley Kidney PiPs and Foley
Cathartic ’fablets.—Walker’s Phar
macy (Adv.)
FULL OF COLD; HAD THE GRIP.
Many will be pleased to read how
Lewis Newman, 506 Northrand St.,
Charleston, W. Va., was restored to
health. He writes: “I was down
si k and nothing would do me any
good. I was full of cm<l. Had the
grip until I got two 50c bottles o#
Foley’s Honey and Tar. It is the best
remedy for gi p and colds I ever