The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. [11], No. [1], Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1919 Page: 3 of 4
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|Most
lincere Wish
*
j
|t the New Year may be your
id extending our best wish-
|r your happiness and pros-
, present and future, we
lot unmindful of the liberal
less accorded us during the
now ended. We appreciate
support of each and every one
want you to let (usserve you
1-9-1A9
. C. Nixon
ifections, Ice and Coal
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STEADIER HOG MARKETS PLANNED
_________ I
Hog Producers and Packers Confer With Repre-
sentatives of the Food Administration and
Agricultural Department and Adopt
New Plan of Regulation.
NEWS
• guest last
at Patty.
Obey jOttom|i
the 8keen fa
blossom Fi 2.
Mae Binnion was
sk end of friends
has moved from
to a place on
who is stationed
?nt the holidays
In accordance with the policy of the Food Administration since Its founds
don to consult representative men In the agricultural lnduatry on occasion!*
of Importance to speclul branches of the Industry, on October 24 there waa
convened in Washington a meeting of the Live Stock Subcommittee of itu>
Agricultural Advisory Board and the special members representing (be *wln«j
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 Anns 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 pluns of price stabl-
iSOBSimi
sir cun.
—
without making
and can not
fist in town—Vour
verybody’3 druggist
at falling-off itf the
They all givJf the
'ion’s LiverwTone
Ingerous and leoplo
Ison’s Live# Tone
ad gives lieAer re-
ilin.ut lot w drag-
[iiver Tone M3 per-
by evert’ drug-
A largl bottle
|S, and if i^biils to
every cnsfl^livcr
jconstipatT’m* you
[for your money
ae is a pleasant-
getablo remedy,
ttdren and adults.
Inighfaand wake
Ibiliowness, sick
aachftir consti-
Kujfby Rambles
G W. Grant was a Paris visit
or Monday.
I hi j las Holland of Floyd1 i.i, i
' ;* ’highis sister, Mrs.' Ka.'-'i iiv
I'd ■ noli.
\I i*s (>! 'i > Mr son of McG ) _. i ■
visltiinf 1 er sister, M S
• ■ iu'oerlsv
i'OVJfd to 11 . )i
! rv'vley mo ’c
I ft.
I (M'S I.
I pripe
like nc
[Bogata.
ie cere-
used in
lots of
ih hap-
(ornpan
lineola
Ie they
■ W. II. C .Vi > .
Monday. I). ’
into the house lie
Mrs. (}. 0. Xc t.l visited iter
mother, Mrs. To. • ('nenauit, -to
Paris, Sunday and Monday.
Jim Fennell and wife visited
the latter’s granumother, Mrs.
Coggins of DeKalb, last week.
Mrs. John Franklin ami fnm-
lily visited her sister in-law,1 Mrs.
rKli Wright nt Deport, Sui 1 iT.77T~
| Christmas has come and gone
once more. .It brought sadness
as well as gladness to uiany of
! us.
I ^ *________________________„_____
Miss Ida Franklin of Deport,
is* visiting her brother, D. E.
Franklin, and other relatives
here. „ .
Miss Birdie Freeman and Mrs.
Frank Griffin of Detroit, {.pent
Sunday night with Mrs. W. S.
Griffin.
W. H. Nance and family spent
part of the holidays with his,
mother, Mrs. M. F. Nance,( and
other relatives near Paris.
Mrs. Edna Grogan and daugh-
ter, Tina, visited the former’s
sister, Mrs. T. M. Barton} of
Clarksville, Sunday. Tina will
stay and go to school.
Lucian Day of Mineola, and
Miss Ida Warren, daughter of
M. L. Warren and wife, were
KJF
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. kiv
arm Terraces
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sgin to get the most possible profit
~ until yon solve the ditching and
Begin now. This month. Get ready
hs and make snre of a crop every year.
icer and Road Grader
The best tool in the world for
building terraces to stop the
washing away of top soil on
hillside and rolling farms, the
best for cutting new ditches,
back-filling after tiling, clean-
ing oat old ditches, fllllnr sullies, lev-
eling bumps sad grading roads. The
most Importan t tool ever brought onto
the farm. Wen needed before the plow.
Does Work of 100 Man
Tha Martin l» mads of stsal and can’t
KpSTIK
Trial at Ow Risk
Uzutlon. 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 Afri-
ca would, u|ion the advent of peace
and liberated shipping, becomo avnlla-
1 ble to the European market has 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 resul^ In a continuously
fulling price for live hogs. In view
of these changed conditions many
swine producers anticipated lower
prices and as a result nished their
hogs'•to "market In largo numbers, and
this 'Oversblpment hns added to and
aggravated the decline.
The Information of the Department
of Agriculture Indicutes that the sup-
ply of hogs has Increased nbout 8 per
cent., while the highest unofficial esti-
mate does not exceed 15 per cent, lu-
creusk'd production over Inst yclir. On
the othor hand, tho arrival of hogs
during the last three weeks In the
seven great markets lms been 27 per
cent, more than last year, during the
corresponding period, 'emonstratlng
the unusually heavy .marketing of the
available supply. In the face of tho
excessive receipts some packers have
not maintained the price agreed last
month. On the other hand, munv
of the packers have paid over the
price offered to them It) nn oinJeftxiUP.
to maintain the agreed price. The re-
~suit In any event hns been a failure
to maintain the Octohei^ price basis
determined upon nt the September con-
ference nnd undertaken by the pack-
ers. Another factor contributing to
'4ie break In prices, during the month
hit* hcen the influenza eplrlemtc, tt
hns sharply “curtailed consumption of
pork products'—and temporarily de-
creased the labor staff of the packers
about 25 per cent.
/jTho exports of 130.000,000 pounds
of pork products for October com-
pared with about 52,000,000 pounds
In October a year ago, und the
export orders plnceable by tho Food
Administration for November, amount
to 170,000,000 pounds as contrast-
ed with the lessor exports of
08,000,000 for November, 1017. Tho
Increased demands of the allies are
continuing, nnd are In themselves
proof of the necessity for the largo
production for which the Food Admin-
istration asked. The Increase In ex-
port demand; nppenrs to be amply
sufficient to take up tho Increase In
hog production, hut unfavorable mar-
ket conditions existing In October nf-
ford no fulr index of the aggregate
supply and demand.
It must be evident that the enor-
mous shortnge In fats In the Central
Empires and neutral countries would
immediately upon pence result In ad-
ditional demands for pork produets
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 inlted
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 ns to the effect of
peace Is unwarranted by tho outlook.
In the light of these circumstances
It ts tho conclusion of the conference
that attempts to hold the price of hogs
to the price of coin may work out to
the disadvantage of pork producers.
It Is the conclusion that any Interpre
tatlon of the formula should be a
broad gauged policy applied over a
long period. It Is the opinion of the
conference tlint In substitution of the
previous plans of stabilization the
IJvo Stock Subcommittee of tho Agri-
cultural Advisory Hoard, together with
the specially Invited swine representa-
tives, should Ticcept tho Invltntlon of
the Food Administration to Join with
the Adnilnistratlmi and the packers In
determining tho prices nt which con
trolled export orders nre to be placed.
This will he regularly done. The In-
fluence of those orders will be directed
to the maintenance of the common ob-
ject—namely, the stabilization of the
price of live hogs so ns to secure ns far
producer and the Insurance of an a;le
qunte future supply.
These foreign orders are placet
upon the haHls of cost of hogs to tin
packers.
As the result of long negotiation!
between this body and the Hacker*
Committee, representing the 45 to 5*
packers participating In foreign or
dera, together with the Allied buyers
nil under the Chairmanship of tin
Food Administration, the following un
dertaklng has been given by the pack
ers:
In view of the undertakings on the
part of the Food Administration with
regard to the co-ordinated purchase*
of pork products, covered in the at-
tached, it Is agreed tlint the packers
participating In these orders will un-
dertake not to purchase hogs for loss
tliun the following agreed minimum*
for the month of November, that Is a
daily minimum of $17.50 per hundred
pounds on average of puckers’ droves,
excluding throw-outs. “Throw-outs"
to be defined as pigs under 130
pounds, stags, hoars, thin sows und
skips. 4 Further thnt no hogs of any
kind shall be bought, except throw-
outs, nt less than $10.50 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 n given day. All the above
to be based on Chicago.
We ngree that a committee shall he
appointed by the Food Administration
to cheek the dally operations In the
various markets with a view to super-
vision nnd demonstration of the carry-
ing out of the above.
The ability of the pnekers to carry
out this arrangement will depend'on
there being a normal marketing ot
hngs'halsVd upon the proportionate In-
crease over the receipts of lust year.
The Increase In production appears to
he a maximum pf about 15 per cent
and we can handle such an. Increase.
If the producers of hogs should, a*
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 mlnimums, und
therefore we must have the co-opera-
tion of the producer himself to main-
tain—them results. It Is w physical
Impossibility for the on pa city--of Un-
packing houses to handle a similar
over-flood of hogs nnd to find a market
for Uie output The packers are anx-
ious to co-operate with the producer*
In maintaining a stabilization of price
nnd to soe thnt producers receive a
fair price for their products.
(Signed) THOS. E. WILSON,
Chairman Packers’ Committee.
l^rc plan embodied ubove was adopt
ed uy tho conference.
The Food Administrator has appoint-
ed a committee, comprising Mr. Thom-
as E. Wilson, chairman of the Puck-
era’ Committee; Mr. Everett Brown
president of the Chicago Livestock Ex j
chnnge; Major Itoy of the Food Ad-
ministration, Mr. Louis D. Hall of the!
Bureau of Markets, to undertake the j
supervision of the execution of the
plan In the various markets. Commis-
sion men are asked to co-operate Id J
carrying out the plan embodied In the!
packers’ agreement It must be cvl
dent that offers by commission men to I
sell hogs below the minimum estab-
lished above Is not fair, either to the
producer or the participating packers,
Mr. Ilrown has undertaken on behalf
of the commission men In the United
States thut they will loyally support
Uie plan.
It Is believed by the conference that
this new plan, based ns It Is upon n
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 $18 average.
Swine producers of the country will
contribute to their own Interest by
not flooding the tnnrket, for it must be
evident thnt If nn excessive over per-
centage of hogs Is marketed In any |
one month price stabilization nnd con-
trol cannot succeed, and It Is certain
that producer* themselves can contri-
bute materially to the efforts of the
conferences If they will do their mark-
eting In ns normal n way as possible.
The whole situation ns' existing nt
present demands a frank nnd explicit
assurance from the conferees repre-
sented—nntnely, that every possible
effort will be made to maintain n live
hog price commensurate with swine
production costs nnd reasonable sell-
ing values In execution of the declar-
ed policy of the Food Administration
to use every agency In Its control t»
secure Justice to the farmer.
The stabilization methods adopted
for November represent the best ef-
forts of the conference, concurred 1n
Aubrey Gran
at Ft. Sill, st
with home folk
Mrs. Edgar Smith left Sunday
for a visit with her mother, Mrs.
J. T. Sunders, of Glory.
iMiss Mary Lou Lune of Faris,
was a guest from Friday until
Monday of Miss Fay Binnion.
Everett King is moving to Mil-
ton this week,1 nnd will occupy
(the place vacated by Bob Kinsey.
Jiin Gray has subscribed to;
’lie Times for his sister, Mrs.1
Pom mi-1? Womack of Somerville.
Frank Tomlinson, who sailed
ftkr France last November, is
nctw a radio operator at Cardiff, J
Wiules.
llrs. M. E. Hearn I ns moved !
I- Clarksville, where she will |
To Everyo
A Happy New
Is our wish, but particularly do
to extend the season’s best wishes
friends and customers whom it
our pleasure to serve during the!
ous year of 1918.
We appreciate your patronage
shall be our utmost endeavor to sal
you with our
Quality Merchandise and Service^
during the coming year. Our col
treatment of all classes and ages ha^
us many friends. We look confidl
into the future, knowing that your col
dence and good-wiil will keep you wfl
us and bring us many new customers!
1 hpr Inline with
Smith —
her hither,
I.
-at.
I
1 Mrs. Lawrence
ie weie home from Camp
to 'pend Christmas with
parents.
Graftt, who is in a
-miiig school at San
Ml., spent Christmas j
- le-me folks.
. Airs. Marshall Jones
son of Cooper, spent;
* w h her parents, Col. 1
Dee Thompson.
Johnson Mitchell of Cunning
ham, wllio has, been in the navy |
for oven’ a year, lias received his t
disqharjge and returned home.
Mr <i|i 1 Mrs. Fred JolmstOn
of Paris,) were called to Deport
last weefc by the death of Mrs '
Johnstoq s bi other, Ben Bi in.
Edgar Smith & Bro.
“Diamond Edge is a Quality Pledge”
Mrs. Sam Gray left last week
for Mississippi to visit relatives.
This is her tirst trip back to the
• -Id state in a quarter of a con
1 ury.
4$ • .
prnens wore* sent to
< Miver to sell tor the
tin* American Alii (1
[tnmithe, which uses
Lor too relief of desti
T e n
Baughn
benefit o
Belief C.
the fund
tute war to Europe, They wen
auctioned
lar each.
bringing one dol-
ilttoo of the Agrl-
P.onrd, together
members nnd the
puckers, to Im-
atisfuetory situ-
tunutely result-
t'ctlon of uucon-
, < Ytlo. ; Eu-
tll. ; Isaac
0. W. Hunt,
\V. It. 1 Hid
S. N. NORDON, D. D. S.
DENTlST
DEPORT OFFICE
In Ta»n»nm IM|
Mondays,
Thursdays,
Saturdays
BOGATA OFFICE
In Bntat BnlMlna
Tuesdays,
Wednesdrys,
Fridays
Livestock Su1
cultural Ad
with special
rep resen til U\
prove the prej
tttlo't, which
ed heeause 1
trollahle facto
We nsli the nfodorer to co-operate
with us In a moUn difficult task.
The members of the Conference
were: 1
Producers—11) (’. Rtuiyrt, Elk Har-
den, Vn„ Chnirinnn Agricultural Ad-
visory Board; \y. M. MeFudden, Chi-
[ rago., 111.; A. Sikes, Ida (irtSvo, In.;
John M. Evvard lAmes, la.; J, H. Mer-
cer, Live Stock Commission for Kan-
sas; J. (J. Brown Mono;., Ind.; E. C.
Brown, President ( h e: -o Livestock
Exchange; N II (".e;ilr, sednlln, Mo.;
John Grill Ian Hr •o’nhi
gene Futik. BJomnl-igti
IJncoln, AherTTeen, S. 1
,Logan, la.; C. K. Yane,
son.
Food Admit Istra. h ti—ilorhert Hoo-
ver, F. S. Snyder. Major E. U Boy, O.
H. Powell.
Department of \gri ilture—Loulii
D. Hall, F. B Stars: Ml.
The packers pr *< t.; and other*
sharing In foreign ",''deN were repre-
sented by the elect. ' P.o Iters' commit-
tee. Those reprom n I v.ore;
Packers—Armour & Co. Chicago,
111.; Cudahy Packing po., Chicago. III.;
Morris & Co., Chicago,!- 111. ; Swift A
Co., Chicago, 111.; Wilson A Co., Chica-
go, 111.; John Agar Ox. IChlcago, 111.; j
Armstrong Packing Co., lHnllns, T.cx.;
Boyd Dunlmin A Co., I’hU’iigo, 111.; |
Brennan Packing Co.. Chicago, Til.;
Cincinnati Abattoir Co.] Cincinnati,
O.; Cleveland Provisions' Co., Clove- j
land, O.; Cudahy Bros, ipo., Cudahy,
WIs,; J. Hold Packing Co.j Buffalo, N. 1
Y.; Dunlevy Packing Oo„ Pittsburg,
Pn.; J. 13. Becker A S'-ts. Mu* 'Ity, |
In.; Evansville Pnetth : Co. 1 an*
ville, Ind.; East Side Pa- king Co . Cast j
St. I-ouis, III.: Hammond Standish A ;
Co., Detroit, Mich.; G. A. llonnel A
Co.. Austin. Minn.; Horne Packing A
Ice Co., Terre Haute, ln<U.; Indopond- j
ent Packing Co., Chicago, II! ; Indian- j
npolls Abattoir Co., Indlattapoll*. l ul.; I
International Provision C4>., Brooklyn,
N. Y.; Interstate Packing Co , Win ma.
Minn.; Iowa Packing Co., IDes M.uucs,
la.; Powers ltegg Co , Jluehsom llle,
III.;,Klngan A Co., Indiana jio ls, Tnd.;
Ktcjr Packing Co., St. Louis, Mo, ; I nke
Erie Provision Co., Clcvelo
ton Co., Milwaukee. WIs.; <
A Bro., Sedgwick and
streets. Chicago, 111.; J. "
Co., SL Paul, Minn.; Mllli
Chicago, III.; J. Morrell A
wa. In.; Nuckolls Packing
Colo.; Ogden Packing and
Co., Ogden, Utah ; Ohio Prov
Cleveland, O.; I’nrker Webh
trolt, Mich.; Pittsburg Pu
Provision Co., Pittsburg, ]
Packing Co., Waterloo, la.;
Oake, Chicago, 711.; Rohe A
York City; W. C Kouth A C
port, Ind.; St Louis Ind. Pi
St Louis, Mo.; Sinclair A
Cedar Rapids, la.; CulUvan A
troll, Mich.; Thaarar-Norton '
Oo„ Clavelmnd, O.f Wllaon
Co., Paorta, III.; WaMNN
Provision Oo.. Chicago.
WoUT Packing Co* Topska, Kaa.
H. B. Ferry lias sold forty
■res of land just west of Deport
and his residence to Albert .lack
on. Ti.c consideration was
,1,000.
Knight Larimore left recently
: >r Austin College, Sherman,
A’tiere'Tie will h'“ a student the
soring term. Tho Times will
keep him posted on Deport hap-
peuini’s. t
G. II. Montgomery went to a
'initarium at Faris Monday of
1st ffWk, where he was oper-
ated on for appendicitis. He is
reported to be netting along
nicely 1 -— --——-
Mrs. H. 0. Kintf’ of Milton,
sends the Times to her -niece,
Mrs. R. M.-Finley of Abilene,
and her daughter, Miss Lena,
who is atten Iiuk a commercial
college in Faris.
Earnest Hayes expects to
leave the latter part of this week
I for a farm he recently purchas-
led near Faris. We regret to
lose,this £ood family of citizens,
but wish them health and pros
! perity in their new home.
J. S. N*ixon expects to leave
the latter part of t h o week,
i weather-permitting- for a farm
| near Sumner, this county, where
he will make a crop next yeah
J We regret that they did not be
, lieve it wise to remain in the De
j port conntry.
Wednesday and Thursday were
j the coldest days of the season.
Early Wednesday morning sleet
' covered tho ground until it was
! almost white. It thawed some
during the day, but froze over
again, and Thursday morning
thv walks were so slick it was
difficult to walk. The boys are
wearing out a lot of shoe leather,
1 hut having the time of their
lives.
Jeff Terrejl, who is interested
in the Deport Oil Mill, assumed
•management of the concern Jan
urary 1. He is assisted in the
office by li i s daughter, Miss
Francis. VVe trust it will not be
long before Mr. Terrell moves
his family back to Deport. 3.
C. Bratcher the retiring manu
ger, states that as his land is
rented out for this year, he has
1 no immediate plans for the fu
ture.
Mrs. J. N. Billington and littk
daughter.-..LLhizIiu, aim Imvn ln—-
■ visiting hey mother, Mrs W. N
I Fuller, at Bogata, and relative*
ai Fulbright, were among tttos
detained when the train went
into'lh$ ditch Wednesday about
a mrle out of town, while on their
way to Fort Worth. When the
train ditched the conductor re-
turned their tickets and tola
them to do the best they could.
They walked into Deport.
To Automobile Owners
We have purchased an auto-
1 mobile battery charging plant,
j and art now in position to charge
I your battery at any time. Our
charges are reasonable, and you
save the express.
Furgerson Bros.
f or Sale
Twenty tirst class Brown Leg-
horn hens. Hood color and splen-
did layers. Dick Hearn.
A Happy New Year
To Everybody!
"May the dawning year be filled with peace,
love and A’est;
May your joy be of the deepest
And your happiness the best;
May your homes be blessed with plenty,
May your friends be gooc^jmd true,
And of other things you wish for—
May they be granted you.”
ruler’s Cash Grocery
4PEARS - W. A. WRIGHT
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