Registry No. 313-04 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RETAIL LUMBER, LUMBER PRODUCTS 

BUILDING MATERIALS AND BUILDING 

SPECIALTIES INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON OCTOBER 3, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

WE DO OUR PART 

1. Executive Order 

2. Letter of Transmittal 

8. Code 

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Atlanta, Ga.: 50-! Post flice Building. 

Binninglmm, .Ala.: 257 F l·deral 13uillling. us~-o n, Mass. : 1801 u tomhouse. 

Buffalo, KY.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 'harl e ton. S.C.: Chamber of Commerce Bulllling. 

Chicago, Ill.: Suite 1706, 201 North W lls Street. 

Cl eveland, Ohio: Chamber of Commerce. 

Dallas, Tex.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Detroit, l\licll.: 2213 First National Bank Building. 

Hou c:: ton, Tex.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Indianapolis, Ind.: hamber of Commerce Building. 

J ae:ksonYille, Fla.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Kansas City, Mo. : 1028 Baltimore A venue. 

Los Angeles, Calif.: 1163 Sou th Broadway. 

LouisYille, Ky.: Ro m 405, 421 West 1\larket Street. 

1\Iemphis, Tenn.: 266 South Water Street. 

Minn eapolis, l\linn.: 213 Federal Building. 

New Orleans, La.: Room 225-A, Customhouse. 

Kew York, N.Y.: 73-! Cu tomhou~e. 

Norfolk, Ya.: 406 East P lume Street. 

Philadelphia, Pa.: Room 812, 20 South Fifteenth Street. 

Pittsburgh, Pa.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Portland, Oreg.: 215 New Post Office Building. 

St. Louis, l\lo. : 506 Olive Street. 

San Francisco, Calif. : 310 Cu tomhouse. 

Seattle, Wash. : 1406 Vance Building. 

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EXECUTIVE ORDER 

CoDE oF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE RETAIL LUMBER, Lm\IBER PnooucT , B ILDING Th1ATERIALS, AND BuiLDING SPECIALTIES TRADE 

An application having been duly made, pursuant to and in :full 

compliance with the provisions of title I o:f the National Industrictl 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for my approval of a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Retail Lumber, Lumber Products, Building 

l\Iaterials, and Building Specialties Trade, and hearings having been 

held thereon and the Administrator having rendered his report con- taining an analysis of the said Code of Fair Competition together 

with his recommendations and findings with respect thereto, and the 

Administrator having found that the said Code of Fair Competition 

complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of Title I of 

said Act and that the requirements of Clauses (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of Section 3 of the said Act have been met: 

NOvV, THEREFORE, I , Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the 

United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and 

otherwise, do approve the report and recommendations and adopt 

the findings of the Administrator and do order that the said Code of 

Fair Competition be and it is hereby approved. 

THE 'VHITE HousE, 

October 3, 1933. 

Approval recommended: 

HuGHS. JoHNSON, 

Administ1·ator. 

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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. 

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SEPTEMBER 2 1!)33. 

THE PRE IDENT 

The White House. 

1-IY DEAR ~fR. PRESIDENT : I have the honor to ubmit and recommend for your approval the Code of Fair Competition for the Retail Lumber, Lumber Products, Building lVIaterials, and Building 

Specialties Trade. 

The following exhibits are included or attached: 

(1) Final Code Submitted. 

(2) Notice of Hearing. 

(3) Statement of Procedure. 

( 4) Tran cript of the Records. 

( 5) Stati tical Analysis of the Division of Economic Research 

and Planning. 

( 6) Report of Deputy. 

An analy i of the 1 rovi ions of the Code has been made by the 

Administration. I find that the Code comrlies with the requirements of Clauses 1 and 2, Subsection (a) of Section 3 of the National 

Industrial Recovery Act. I am, my clear 1\tir. President, 

Very sincerely yours, 

(IV) 

H uGHS. JoHN oN 

Administ1·ator. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR RETAIL LUMBER, 

LUMBER PRODUCTS, BUILDING MATER I A L S, AND 

BUILDING SPECIALTIES TRADE 

STATEl\IENT IN TR.ANSl\fiTTA.L 

The National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, representing 

the Retail Lumber, Lumber Products, Building 1Iaterials, and 

Building Specialtie Trade throughout the United States, pursuant 

to the authority of the National Recovery Act, and for the purposes 

thereof, hereby submits for the approval of the President, the following Code of Fair Competition. 

By resolution of the Board of Directors June 17, 1933, concurred 

in by the following Associations: 

1. Alabama Lumber & Building Material Association 

2. California Retail Lumbermens Association-Northern DiVI lOll 

3. Carolina Retail Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association 

4. Florida Lumber & Millwork Association 

5. Georgia Retail Lumber & Building Supply Association 

6. Illinois Lumber & Material Dealers Association 

7. The Retail Lumber Dealers Association of Indiana 

8. Kentucky Retail Lumber Dealers Association 

9. Louisiana Retail Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association 

10. l\!Iichigan Retail Lumber Dealers Association 

11. :Middle Atlantic Lumbermens Association 

12. 11is issippi Retail Lumber Dealers Association 

13. :Mountain States Lumber Dealers Association 

14. Nebraska Lumber Merchants Association 

15. New J ersey Lumbermens Association 

16. New York Lumber Trade Association 

17. Northeastern Retail Lumbermens Association 

18. Northwestern Lumbermens Association 

19. The Ohio A sociation of Retail Lumber Dealers 

20. Retail Lumber Dealers Association of vVestern Pennsylvania 

21. Southwestern Lumbermens Association 

22. Tennessee Lumber, Millwork & Supply Dealers Association 

23. Lumbermens Association of Texas 

24. Utah Lumber Dealers Association 

25. Virginia Lumber & Building Supply Dealers Association 

26. \V estern Retail Lumbermens Association 

27. \Vest Virginia Lumber & Builders Supply Dealers Association 

28. \Visconsin Retail Lumbermens Association 

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29. Chicago Retail Lumber Dealers A ociatjon 

30. vVood Products Institute of Greater St. Louis 

31. Lumbermens Club of Arizona 

32. alifornia Retail Lumbermens A ·ociation-Southern Di- Vl lOll 

ARTI LE I-P RPOSES 

To ff tuate 1 he police of Title I of the National Industrial Re- covery A t, the following provisions are submitted as a Code of Fair 

om petition for the LuMBER, LUMBER PRODUCTS, BUILDING MATERIALS 

and B ILDING SPE IALTIES ThAnE, and upon approval by the Pre ident, shall be the standard of fair competition for this trade. 

ARTICLE II- DEFINITIONS 

1. Lumber, Lumbe1· Products, Building Materials, and Building 

Speeialtie .-The term" lumber, lumber products, building materials, 

and building specialties " as used in this Code is broadly defined to 

include all tho ·e products used in building an l construction work 

with the following exceptions, which are known to the public and 

trade a builders' supplies and are included in the Code of Fair 

Competition for Dealers in Builders Supplies. 

Brick, Mortars, Casement and Steel Sash, Cement and Cement 

Products, Cement Pipe, Ceramic Tile, Clay Roof Tile, Common 

Brick Cut Stone, Dampers and Fireplace Accessories, Drain 

Tile, Face Brick, Fire Brick and Clay, Glazed Structural Tile, 

Gypsum Products (except Gypsum vV all board), Hollow Tile, 

Lime and Lime Products, Mesh Reenforcement, Metal Lath and 

kindred products, Mineral Aggregates, Mortar and Cement Colors, lVIolding Plasters, Roof and Flooring Slates, Sewer Pipe, 

Flue Lining and other Clay Products, Structural Terra Cotta, 

and vV aterproofing Compounds. 2. Dealel'.-For the purpose of administering this Code, a dealer 

is defined, but without limitation, as a person who maintains an 

adequate and permanent plant or plants which are properly equipped 

for service to the public, with office, with storage yard or warehou e, 

kept open during business hours, with such handling facilities and 

sales service as are commensurate with the nature of the bu ine , and who carries a ufficient stock of lumber and building materials 

(for the purpose of selling at retail in small or large quantities and 

not for his own consumption) to supply the general requirement 

of the community. 

3. Person.-" Person " as used herein include , without limitation, 

any individual, firm, partnership, corporation a ociation, tru t, 

tru tee, or receiver subject to the jurisdiction of this Code. 4. Ernployee.-The term "emJ?loyee" a used herein includes any 

per on employed by any enterpnse engaged in selling at retail lumber or lumber products building materials, or building specialties as 

herein defined in any capacity in the nature of employee irrespective 

of the m thod of payment of his compen ation. 5. Employer.-The term "employer" as u ed herein includes anyone for whose benefit su h an employee is so engaged. 
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ARTICLE III-JURISDICTION 

All persons engao·ecl in the bu iness of selling to contractors or 

con umers lumber, lumber products, building materials, and building 

specialtie hall be subj ct to the proYisions of this Code and of the 

approved rules and regulations i ued th reunder and shall be compelled to adhere thereto under such penalties as may be prescribed 

by the law. 

ARTICLE IV-HOURS OF LABOR 

The maximum hours of labor of employees of persons subject to 

the jurisdiction of this Code shall not exceed forty ( 40) per week 

in any of the forty-eight ( 48) States or the District of Columbia, 

with the five exceptions noted below: 

A. Executives employed in a managerial capacity who are paid 

thirty-five ($35.00) Dollars or more per week; outside salesmen and 

night and Sunday watchmen, and branch-yard managers, each 

branch yard to be restricted to one branch-yard manager. 

B. The maximum hours of labor of employees of dealers employing not more than two (2) persons in towns of less than 2,500 population, which towns are not part of a larger trading area as defined in 

Article V, shall be forty-eight ( 48) per week; provided at least 

sixty-six and two thirds (66%) percent of the sales volume of said 

dealers is to persons engaged in agriculture; and provided further 

that such employees may work more than forty-eight ( 48) hours per 

week if paid time and a hal£ (based on minimum hourly wage for 

the forty hour week as provided in Article V) for all hours in excess 

of forty -eight ( 48). 

C. Within each State persons subject to the jurisdiction of this 

Code shall comply with any laws of such State imposing more stringent requirem.ents regulating the age of employees, wages, hours of 

work, health, fire, or general working conditions than are imposed 

by this Code. 

D. Yard foremen shall be permitted to work up to forty-four ( 44) 

hours in any one week. Hours of labor beyond this maximum are to 

be paid for on basis of time and one hal£ for every hour worked. 

E. The hours for truck clriYers and their helpers shall not exceed 

forty-four ( 44) in any one week except where contracts now in effect 

arrived at through collective bargaining are based on longer hours. 

In such -latter cases the hours shall not exceed forty-eight ( 48) in 

any one week and the employers shall increase the hourly rate to the 

same proportion that the contract hours bears to forty-eight hours. 

Employers shall not reclassify employees so as to defeat the purposes of the Act. 

The maximum number of hours shall be reviewed by the Code 

Authority three months from the effective elate, and if business conditions warrant it the weekly number of hours which employees shall 

work will be shortened so that employm.ent may be spread further. 

ARTICLE V-~fiNil\IIDI wAGES 

The weekly wages of all employees receiving more than the minimum wages specified in this Article shall not be reduced, notwith-
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standing any reduction in the number of working hour o:f uch 

employee . 

Except to nio-h and unday watchmen and ubject to the _~ eption not d below employers hall pay in citie of 500 000 population 

or more not l than the minimum rate of age p r hour p cified 

or po ite the clivi ion in which such cities are located, nor le than 5 

cent p r hour 1 than the minimum rate of wage per hour h reinb low pecifiecl I po ite u h such ivi ion in citie of le than 

500 000 population or more than 75,000 population, n r le than 10 

cen per hour 1 · than the minimum rate of wage per hour ·p cified 

oppo ite each uch diYi ion in citie f le than 75 000 population 

unle uch citi are in a trade area as hereinafter defined. For the 

purposes o£ thi paragraph population hall be determined by reference to the 1930 Fe leral en u . The minimum rate per hour herein 

provid d for hall be applicable to the immediate rade aret of 

citie a defined by the Chamber of Commerce of such citie . Division 1. Alabama-05 cents per hour. 

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2. California-Northern Divi ion, 45 cents per hour. 

3. North and South Carolina-35 cent · per hour. 

4. Florida-35 cents per hour. 

5. Georgia-35 cents per hour. 

6. Illinois-45 cents per hour. 

7. Indiana-45 cents per hour. 

8. Kentucky-35 cents per hour. 

9. Loui iana-35 cents per hour. 

10. Lower Peninsula of Michigan-45 cents I er hour. 

11. Eastern Portion of Pennsylvania Seven outhern 

Countie of New Jersey Delawar , I\'Iaryland, 

and the District of Columbia-45 cent p r hour 

except for Delaware, lVIar; land and District f 

Columbia, which shall be 40 cent per hour. 12. l\Ii sis ippi-35 cents p r hour. 

13. oloraclo vVyoming-40 cents per hour. 

New Nlexico-35 cents per hour. 

14. N ebraska-45 cents per hour. 15. Fourteen Northern Counties of N w J rs y45 cents per hour. 

16. The City of New York-50 cents per h ur. 

17. New York (Except the City of New York) rmont, New Hamp hire, Main , 1la achu tts, 

Connecticut7 Rhode I land, and :Mel( an ounty, 

Penn ylvania-45 nt per hour. 

18. Minne ota, North Dakota, South Dak ta Io a45 cent per hour. 

19. hio-45 cents per h ur. 

20. We tern P rtion of P nn yl ania-45 c nt p r 

hour. 

21. Ar kan a , Kansas, Mi so uri, Oklahoma : 

Arkan as-35 c nt p r hour. 

lVliss uri (Except St. Loui and t. Lou is 

County )-45 n p r hour. 

Kan a -45 cent p r hour. Oklahoma-40 ents p r hour. 
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Division 22. Tennessee-35 cents per hour. 

" 23. Texas-35 cents per hour. 

" 24. Utah-40 cents per hour. 

" 25. Virginia-35 cents per hour. 

" 26. Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Nevada-40 

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cents per hour. 

27. 'Vest Virginia-35 cents per hour. 

28. 'Visconsin and Upper Peninsula of Michigan-45 

cents per hour. 

29. Cook County, Illinois-45 cents per hour. 

30. St. Louis and St. Louis County, Missouri-45 cents 

per hour. 

" 31. Arizona-35 cents per hour. 

" 32. California-Southern Division-40 cents per hour. 

Rates of wages for labor used in the handling and delivery of 

lumber and building material above the minimum provided in this 

Article within each metropolitan or urban area shall, as to all dealers 

in each respective area, be not less than such rates as shall be agreed 

upon by the majority of all dealers subject to this Code in each 

trading area, after the approval thereof by the Code Authority and 

by the Administrator. 

Ole1·ical and office e1nployees.-The w~kly wage for Clerical and 

Office Employees whose maximum hours are forty (40) shall not be 

less than that provided by the hourly rates in Article V. 

The weekly wage for Clerical and Office Employees provided for 

by ParagTaph B of Article IV shall be the same as employees whose 

maximum hours are forty ( 40) per week and provided that time 

and one half shall be paid for hours in excess of forty-eight ( 48) 

and provided that no such employee shall receive less than $12.00 

for such -48 hour week. 

All of the above rates subject to following exceptions: 

1. Office workers under nineteen (19) years of age and with less 

than six months' experience and persons partially disabled shall be 

paid not less than 75% of the minimum wage herein specified, provided that the total number of persons so defined shall not exceed 

ten (10) percent of the total number of yard, office, and service 

employee . 2. Persons employed as provided for by Paragraph (B), Article 

IV, shall be paid not less than the minimum hourly rates for forty 

( 40) hours and time and one half for all hours in excess of fortyeight ( 48), provided that no such employee shall receive less than 

$12.00 for such forty-eight ( 48) hour week. 

3. It is agreed that the rates hereinabove set forth establish a 

guaranteed minimum_ rate of pay regardless of whether the employee is compensated on the basis of a time rate or on a piecework 

rate. Each employer shall report to the Administrator adjustments 

made in his piece rate schedule. 

ARTICLE VI-CHILD LABOR 

It is expressly provided that no employee under sixteen years of 

age hall be employed. 

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No employe under eighteen y ar of a<Te hall be mployed in 

handling lumber and buildin<T nat rial nor employ d a an operator of or a an off b arer from any wo lworking machinery. 

ARTI LE VII-Aol\II.r I TR,\TION 

To further ffe tuate the poli ie. of the Act, a Code Authority 

(which is referre to as the Code Authority) i hereby set ur to 

cooperate with the Administrator in the admini tration of this 

Code. 

1. 0Tgani.eation and Constitution of the Code Authm'ity.-For the 

1 urpose of the a lmini tration of this Code, the National Retail 

Lumber Dealers A ciation hall establish and empower a suitable 

a en . herein referred to as the Code Authority to a sist the N a- tional Recovery Administration in administering the provisions of 

thi ode. The Code Authority shall consist of one member from 

each of the con tituent Divisions of the A sociation to be elected by 

fair and rea onable method by the respective Divisions; it shall 

be empower d to elect two additional members at large to the afore- ~aicl Code Authority. The Administrator may appoint not more 

than three (3) nonvoting members of said Code Authority to erve 

as his repre .... entatives thereon or as representatives of such other 

group as he may see fit to designate. 

The Code Authority shall establish Divisions of the lumber and 

building material trade and shall appoint appropriate agencies (as 

ta ted in Article VII, Section 3) for the admini tra tion of this Code 

in each Division or Subdivision; the Code Authority shall delegate 

tc . aiel agencies all necessary power and authority for £he adminis- tration of this ode within the Divisions and Subdivi ions, including 

th adoption of Divisional and Subdivisional rules and regulations 

not inconsi tent with this Code and subject to the approval of the Ad- ministrator, but shall reserve and retain the power to administer the 

provisions of this Code. 

The aforesaid Code Authority shall be empowered to act in re- spect of all matters before the Code Authority and within its juris- diction. The Code Authority shall have the po~ers and duties as 

provided herein, provided, however, that the afore aid Code Au- thority shall reserve the power to make final recommendation a to 

any matters relating to the administration of thi Code; and in addi~ 

ti on thereto it shaHA. ~Iake rules and r QUlations and interpretations including Rul s 

of -<air Competition necessary for the admini tration of this Code, 

which rule , regulati ns, and interp1· tations hall be subject to the 

approval of the Admini trator and de ignate such ag nt and clele-

<Tate uch authority to them as may be nece ary to :ffectuate the 

pnq o. e and to admini ter the pro' i ion of thi. ocl . B. From tim to time require uch report from Divi ions as in it 

judgm nt or in the jndo·rnent f th lministr, tor hall be ne - ary to advise it ad quat ly of th dmini trati n and operati n of 

th provi ion of this Co le . ., pon comrlaint f int r . t d Division. , or 111 on reqn ~ of the 

Ad mini. trator r upon it wn initiativ mak nch inquiry an l 

investigation a.· to the operation of the Code as may b nee ary. 
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D. The Code Authority shall be charged with the administration 

of the provi ions of this Code, and with the luties through agents or 

otherwise of hearino- an 1 adjusting complaints, considering proposals for amendment of thi Code, making recommendations thereon, 

and otherwi e ad mini tering its pr ovi ion . E. The Code Authority shall be empowere l to consider and make 

a recommendation with respect to any breach of this Code or any 

dispute arising as a result of same. Thi Code Authority may, if it 

sees fit, cite anv dealer operating within its juri diction to ~he 

Admini trator for such action as the law may provide. The Code 

Authority shall empower and authorize each Division to maintain an 

Arbitration Committee of such number as it may decide; such committee may inclu le one person who is not an Association member. 

Any breach of this Code or any dispute arising as the re ult of this 

Code within the jurisdiction of a Division may be referred to the 

Divi ional Committee for consideration and recommendation. This 

Divisional Cmnmittee after full hearing and upon finding any dealer 

operating within the jurisdiction of said Divi ion guilty of breach 

as reported may cite such dealer to the administrator for such action 

as the law may provide. 

F. The Code Authority may delegate any of its authority to the 

Executive Committee hereinafter provided for. 

G. The provisions of Schedule A shall, so far as they differ from 

provisions of this Code, be controlling in Division 29. 

2. Joint Dealers in Lu1nber and Builde'rs S'upplies.-For the 

administration of this Code in the case of dealers in lumber, lumber 

products, building materials, and building specialties, whether in 

whole or in part, who are members of the National Federation of 

Buillers Suppl} Associations and who are not also members of the 

National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, the Code Authority 

shall appoint as its agent and representative the same agent or representative as shall have been appointed by the Code Authority of the 

Builders Supplies Trade. 

3. Divi8ions.-For the purpose of the administration of this Code, 

the Code Authority hall divide the country into 32 Divisions as set 

forth below : 

1. ALABA.l\fA-Alabama Lumber & Building Material Association. 

2. CALIFORXIA-(Northern Division) California Retail Lumbermens Association. 

3. NoRTH AND SouTH CAROLIXA-Carolina Retail Lumber & Building :Material Dealers As ociation. 

4. FLORIDA-Florida Lmnber & Millwork As ociation. 

5. GEORGIA-Georgia Retail Ltm1ber and Building Supply Asso- ciation. 

6. ILLINOI -(Except Cook County) Illinois Lumber and :Material 

Dealers Association. 

7. INDIANA-The Retail Lumber Dealer A ociation of Indiana. 

8. hl}.""TUCKY-I{entucky Retail Lumber Dealers A. sociation. 

9. LoursrA_~ A-Loui iana Retail Lumber & Building J\Iaterial 

Dealers Association. 

10. LowER PE:XINSULA OF lUrcmGAN-1\Iichigan Retail Lumber 

Dealers Association. 
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11. EA TEn4 c PoRTION OF PENN YLV NIA, SEVEN SouTHERN CouNTIE oF .1: EW .JEn EY, DELA\\ ARE, 1V1ARYLAND AND THE Dr TRI T oF 

CoLu:arnL -Thiidclle Atlanti Lumb rm n · A ia ion. 

12. ThiPsr rrr - Ii ·j · jppi Retail Lumb r Deal r ociation . 

13. OL ~w , \VYO~IING, EW :MEXI o-Thiountain tat s Lm1ber 

D 'Hler A ~ o iation. 

14. KEBRASK \-X bra ·ka Lumber 1\1 rchants A ocia ion. 

1 ~. NEW J En 'EY (l~ OURTEEN r ORTIIERN OUNTIE ) -N IV J er ey 

Lmnb rm n ociation. 

16. THE CrTY OF :NEw Y RK-New York Lumber Trade A o iation. 

17. NEw YoRK (ExcEPT THE CITY OF NEw YonK), VERMO .. .'TT, NEw 

HAMP HIRE :MAINE, :&1A ·s HU ETTS, CoNNECT! T, RH DE IsLAND, 

AND J\1cKEAN CouNTY, PENNSYLVANIA-Northeastern Retail Lumbermen A sociation. 

18. 11rNNESOTA, NoRTH DAKOTA: SouTH DAKOTA, IowA-Northwc"tern Lumbermens As ociation. 

1 . Orrro-The Ohio Association of Re ail Lumber Dealer . 

20. \VESTER .~: PoRTION OF PENNSYLVANIA-Retail Lumb r Dealers 

~ ociation of We tern Pennsylvania. 

21. :Mr o nr (ExcEPT ST. Loms AND ST. Lours CouNTY), ARKANSA KLAHO:i\IA IL.\.:NS.As-Southwestern Lumbermen· A o iation. 

22. TENNE SEE-Tenne ee Lumber, Th1illwork & Supply Dealers 

A . ocia tion. 

23. 'TExAs-Lumbermens A sociation of Texas. 

24. UTAH-Utah Lumber Dealers Association . 

...,5. VrRGI :rr.a-Virginia Lumber & Building Supply Deal rs A ociation. 

26. MoNTANA, IDAHo, WASHINGTON, OREGON, NEVADA-\Ve tern Retail Lumbermens Association. 

27. "'\VET VrnarNrA-\Ve t Virginia Lumber & Builder Supply 

Dealers As ociation. 

2 . \Vr coN IN AND UPPER PENINSULA OF MrcHIGA ... ,.-"'\Yisconsin 

Retail Lumbermens As ociation. 

29. CooK o NTY, lLLIN Is-Chicago Retail Lwnber Dealers A ociation. 

30. ST. Lo rs AND ST. Lours CouNTY, l\1r OURI-\Vood Product 

In titute of Greater St. Louis. 

31. AmzoNA-Lumbermens Club of Arizona. 

32. CALIFORNIA (Southern Division) California Retail Lumbernlen A ociation. 

The Cole uthority may e tablish other Divisions and lefine the 

t rritories to be covered by them. Su h Divi ions hall b a:fforde l 

r pr ·entation on the Cole Authority. 

4. Fa£lure to rfo1'17~ .-If any e tabli heel Divi ion hall fail to 

I dorm it obllo·ation a· outlin d h r in, the ode Authority may · 

upon complaint act a a Divi ion Committee f r the purpo e of ecuring the ad ption of tan lar l and performan e conforming to the 

provi ion of th ole. u a van e n ti hall be rriv n t the 

Di,·i ionorDivision of u h1rop alsan areplyrequ t~d. Divi-

·i n afl' t d ·hall be notifi f th a tion taken in th I remi es 

and hall thereafter promptly comply with such determination. 
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Propo al reaarding matter affecting more ~han one Div·. i n n~ay 

be initiated bj any Divisi n and hall b ubm1ttecl for con 1lerutlon 

to the ode Authority, and its determination hall be binding upon 

such Di vi ion or Di vi ions. 

5. Executive Oomndttee.-The Code Authority hall appoint, fron1. 

its own member hip, an Executive Committee of five ( 5) member·. The Ex cutive Committee shall exercise such authority as may have 

been deleo·atecl to it by the Code Authority except that t 1e ExocutiYe 

Committ~e shall not make recommendations for the amen'lment of 

this Code unless recommendations for such amendment ha Ye been 

approved in writing by two thirds (%) of the members of the Code 

Authority. 

The Executive Committee shall serve as the executive agency of the 

Code Authority. 

Communications and conferences of the retail lumber and building material trade with the President or with his agents concerning 

the amenchnent of this Code or any of its provisions or any matters 

relating thereto may be through the Executive Committee. 

6. Joint I ntm'pTetation 0 ommittees.-The Code Authority hall 

empower and authorize each division to create, in cooperation with 

the appropriate division under the Code of Fair Competition for 

Dealers jn Builiers Supplies, a Joint Interpretation Committee with 

equal repre entation of such number as the resp ctive Divisions shall 

determine · this committee shall be empowered to interpret the provisions of the trade-practice rules of the Code of Fair Competition 

for Dealers in Builders Supplies and of this Code in ofar as such 

rules affect dealers in lumber and building material. This Committee shall coordinate trade-practice regulations of divisions and 

subdivisions under the Codes of Fair Competition aforesaid whenever necessary. The interpretation and decisions of this Joint Committee shall be c:ubject to appeal as hereinafter provided. 

The Code Authority shall create a National Joint Interpretation 

Committee with equal representation in cooperation with the appropriate jurisdictional authority under the Code of Fair Competition for Dealers in Builders Supplies con isting of such number 

as the Code Authority of this Code and the jurisdictional authority 

under the Code of Fair Competition for Dealers in Builders Supplies shall jointly determine. This Committee shall review appeals 

made :from determination of the joint interpretation committees 

created by the agencies of the respective Divisions as aforesaid. The 

decision of such Joint Interpretation Committee shall be subject to 

review, as prescribed by the Administrator, in accordance with law. 

7. Reports amd ExpMUJes.- In order that the President may be 

informed of the observance of the provisions of this Code and of 

the extent to which the declared policy of the National Inrlustrial 

Recovery Act is made effective in the lumber and building material 

trade, the Code Authority shall make such reports as the Administrator may require periodically or as often as he may direcf. Persons subject to the jurisdiction o£ this Code shall, at its reque t, 

make to the Code Authority or to the re. pective DiYi ion. uch 

sworn or unsworn reports as the Code Authority deems nece ~~uy 

on volume of sales~ value of inventory, co t of doing lm -ines , nnm-
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ber of emplo ree ~ wag rate , hours worked, and other data pertinent 

to th pnq oses of thi Cod . 

Any ancl all information furnished to the Code Authority shall 

b. cleen~ecl ·onficlential ~ncl hall not be divulged to any memb r 

of tl~ e .mclu, try ex pt 1n ummary, but shall be availabl to the 

A~l1~11~11 ·trator upo~ ~ .que t or to the Code Authority or to any 

Dn,.1 ·wnal or Sub h 1 10nal agency where neces ary to admini ter 

the proYi ·i ns of this ode. 

In ad 1ition to information required to be submitted to the Code 

Auth rit there shall be furnished to government agenci s such 

tati. ti al information as the Admini trator may deen1 n ces ary for 

the purpo e re ited in Section 3 (a) of the National Industrial RecoYery At. 

The Code Authority shall admit or cause to be admitted to participati n in this Code any person on terms of equality with all 

other per ons participating therein; and each person subject to the 

juri diction of this Code and accepting the benefits of the activities 

of the Code Authority shall pay his proportionate share of the 

amounts nece ary to furnish such benefits. 

The reasonable share of the expense of the initiation, approval, 

and administration of this Code to be borne by persons subject 

there o hall be determined by the Code Authority, subject to review 

by the Admini trator, upon the basis of volume of busine ' S and such 

other factors as it may deem equitable to take into con icleration. 

"\Vhen the administration of this Code is delegated by the Co ie 

Authority of this Code to the agent appointed by the appropriate 

authority of the Code of Fair Competition for Dealer in Build r 

Supplies the pro rata cost of administration shall be the same as for 

all other dealers in lumber, lumber products, building material and 

buildino· pecialties, but shall be paid to the appropriate authority 

of the Code of Fair Competition for Dealers in Builders' Supplies 

to be u eel by them in the administration of this Code and the Code 

of Fair C01npetition for Dealers in Builders' Supplies. 

8. Certificate of Oompliance.- Each person subject t thi ode 

shall ubmit to the Code Authority 'or to its authorized a lmini terinO' 

ao·ency within each Divi ion upon demand, but not more fr quently 

than monthly, an affidavit properly executed before a Notary Publi 

certifying that he ha complied with the provi ions of this Co le a 

to rate of wage , hours of labor and all other rul of this l 

a et forth in thi ode. These afh lavit shall be filed with th o 1 

Authority or with the authorized admini tering ao· n y of the r - sp tiY Divi ions and hall be available at all tim to th in I ·tion 

of th Pr ident of the United Stat s or his authoriz d r I re ntaiive. 

9. 1ccottnting.-Each deal r ubject to the juri diclion of thi 

Cod ·hall maintain uch simplifi d unifi sy t m of ac untinrr a 

the ode Authority may deem ad quate to provide th _n . · ary 

fa t f r the d vel m nt of co t ata an l for the l t rmmab n f 

the o. t of doing bu in s and as the A mini trator may appr ve. Th fa tor to b in lu le in any det nnination of co t uncl r this 

Code ·hall be approved by the Administrator. 
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ARTI LE VIII-UNFAIR l\IETHOD ' OF c )!PETITION 

1. Tfn"'J7UJ of Sal e.-The appropriate a o-encies tabli bed by the 

various Divi ions hall haxe the auth01·ity to formulate uniform rules 

and r errulations o·overnino· term of , ale ncl collection of accounts 

within their respective jurisdiction subj ct t o t he approYal of the 

Code Authority and the Administrator. The f ailure to adher e to 

such terms of ales and enforce collections thereunder i hereby 

declared to be an unfair method of competition. 

2. Conditions of Sale-Esti1nates and Quotations.-A. All prices, 

terms and conditions of sale as developed under the unif orm co t 

accounting system or establi hed by appropriate rule or regulation 

within any trade area shall be published by each dealer within each 

trade area and shall be filed with the Code Authority or its delegated 

agent. Any deviation from such published prices, t erms, and conditions of sale until new prices, terms, and conditions of sale shall have 

been published and filed shall be construed as unfair methods of 

competition. 

B. A dealer, upon request of the Code Authority, shall furnish to 

the said Code Authority or its duly constituted agent a list of items 

included in estimates or quotations showing the exact quantity, grade, 

species, quality, or brand of each item of merchandise and the exact 

sales price of each unit listed and proof of the quantity delivered. 

3. Breach of C ontract.-The wilful interference by any dealer by 

any means whatsoever with any existing sale between any dealer and 

his customer which has the effect of attracting business away from. 

the dealer interfered with is hereby declared to be an unfair method 

of competition. 

4. Commercial Bribery.-The granting of gratuities, special dis- counts, secret rebates, advertising allowances, free samples of commercial size, special services, the issuance of false invoices or 

quotations, or the granting of undue allowances or other special 

inducements is hereby declared to be an unfair method of competition. 

5. Guaranteed Products.- Any statement which shall be made, 

either oral, written, or printed, for the purpose of having the effect 

of mi leading or deceiving purchasers with respect to the quantity, 

quality, grade, brand, or substance of the goods purchased is hereby 

declared to be an unfair method of competition. 

6. Substitution.- A. The practice of selling or offering for sale 

nonstandard grades, sizes, dimensions, or classifications of lumber 

and building materials as standard or of sub tituting inferior grades, 

sizes, dimensions, or classifications of lumber and building materials 

below specifications for the purpose of evading the provisions of 

this paragraph, is hereby declared to be an unfair method of 

oompetition. 

B. The failure to include in retail bids and estimates the true 

grades and species of materials to be supplied and the failure to supply the true grades and species e. timated or bid upon is hereby declared to be an unfair method of competition. 

7. Grade Marlcing.-(a) V\ hen the provisions for the markin(J' or 

branding of lumber and bmber products, as required by Article XVI 

(b) and (c) of the code of Fair Competition of he Lumber and 
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Timber Product. Indu tries, approve 1 by the President Augu t- 192 1933 shall be 1 ut int eff t, as provided therein the pur ha e ot 

lumber or timber produ -t not mark d or brande 1 in accordance 

11ith sail proYision i her by cleclar cl to be an unfair metho l of 

comp titian. 

(b) No pcr8on enO'ao-ed in the eli tribution of lnmb r and timber 

products ut retail ·hall change, obliterate remove make sub ti ution for, or oth rwi eli turb the marks or brand placed on lum- ber and timber products in accordance wi h aid provi ion xcepting only ~ such mark or brands ar removed in the normal 

proce se of planino· and fabri atino·. The violation of this rule 

i her by leclar d to be an unfair method of comp titian. 8. o t.-N o per on shall sell lumber, lumber products, building 

material or building specialties as herein lefined, below cost. For 

the purpose of this paragTaph, cost is defined to inclu le the actual 

cost of merchandi e to the seller plus actual overhead. Overhead 

shall include actual disbursed expense involved in selling and delivering merchancli e as determined by accounting methods approved 

by the Code Authority and the Administrator, in accordance with 

Article VII, paragraph 9 of this Code, and shall be computed by 

the statistical mode method. If at any time the Code Authority 

desires to change this method of computing costs, application shall 

be made to the Administrator for a revisiOn of the factor to be 

included in the determination of costs, or for a revision of the 

methods b. which such factors are determined, or both, or if at any 

time the Administrator, upon his own initiative, desires to change 

this method of computing costs, he may make such appropriate re- vision · thereof as he may deem necessary. 

9. Defamation of Oompetitors.-Defamation of competitor disparaging tatements, directly or indirectly by words or acts which 

untruthfully reflect on a competitor, his service, credit standing, 

quality of merchandise, or conditions of employment, is hereby 

declared to be an unfair method of competition. 

10. Interference with Ernployees.-Inducing a competitor's sales- man or creditman to leave his employment for the purpose of injuring a competitor's business, is hereby declared to be an unfair 

method of competition. 

11. Transit Stock.- The purchase or ace ptance of lumber, lumber 

products, buildin materials, or building specialtie , shipped n consignment or placed in transit via rail or water thirty days after the 

approval of this Code without a previous rder or contra t there£ r 

by a purchaser subject to the provisions of this Code shall con titute 

an unfair method of competition. 

ARTICLE IX-GENER L 

1. Collective Bargaining.-All employ es shall hav the right to 

collective barO'aining on the ba is set up in Section 7 (a) of the 

National Indu trial Recovery Act, and mpl ym nt hall be on the 

basis prescribed as follows : 

A. That employees shall have the right to or aniz and bargain 

collectively, through representatives of their own hoo ing, and shall 
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be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of 

labor or their agents, in the designation of such representative or in 

self-oro·anization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of 

collectiYe bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; 

B. That no employee and no one seeking employment shall be 

required as a condition of employment to join any company union or 

to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization 

of his own choosing· and 

C. That employer shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, 

minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment approved 

or prescribed by the President. 

2. Special agree1nents.-Voluntary agreements, or proposed voluntary agreements, between dealers engaged in the distribution of lumber and building materials or between and among organizations or 

groups in the lumber and building material trade or in which such 

dealers, organizations, or groups propose to participate as provided 

in Title I, Section 4 (a) of the National Industrial Recovery· Act, 

shall be not in conflict with the provisions of this Code or with any 

approved rule issued thereunder. 

Such agreements or proposed agreements shall be submitted to the 

Code Authority and if not disapproved by it within thirty days as 

being in conflict with the provisions of this Code, they may thereafter 

be submitted to the President for approval, but no dealer engaged in 

the distribution of lumber and building materials shall participate 

in any such agreement which has been determined by the Code 

Authority to be in conflict with the provisions of this Code. 

3. M onopolies.-This Code shall not be construed, interpreted, or 

admini tered so as to permit monopolies or monopolistic practices 

and shall not be availed of for that purpose. 

The provisions of this Code shall not be so construed, interpreted, 

or administered as to eliminate or oppress small enterprises or to 

discriminate against them. 

4. M e1nbenhip.-N o inequitable restrictions on admission to membership shall be imposed by the National Retail Lumber Dealers 

Association or any of its constituent Divisions hereinafter referred to. 

5. A1'bitration.-The use of arbitration in the settlement of com- mercial disputes between employers or between buyers and sellers 

under the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association 

is recognized as an economical and effective method of adjnsting 

business controversies. Any complaint, difference, controversy, or 

question of fair competition which may arise between a member of 

this trade and a member of any other industry or trade un<lcr or 

out of this Code, of a code of Fair Competition adopted by such 

other industry, or any question involvin$ a conflict between provisions 

of this Code and of any other Code anecting this industry, may be 

submitted to arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration 

Association. 

6. A1nend1nent, Cancellation, and M odification.-A. Amendments 

to this Code may be proposed to the Code Authority by any Division 

and when approved by the said Code Authority shall be effective, 

upon the approval of the President. 

B. This Code or any of its provi ions shall be cancelled or modified 

and any approved rule i ued thereunder shall be ineffective to the 
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xtent necessary to c nform to any action by the Pre ident under 

Section 10 (b ) of the K ational Industrial Reco ry A tin cancellation or modification of any onl "1', approval, licen e, rule or regulation 

pertaining t hereto. . C. Any d i ion, rul regulation order, or findina male, or course 

of acti n followed. pur uant to the provi ion of thi ode may be 

ancelled or modi.fie l by the Administrator upon complaint of any 

interested part through th Code Authorit, or upon hi own initiative whenever he shall determine such cancellation or modifica- tion net: ¥sary to effe c nate the provision of the National Recovery 

Act. 

7. Supplemental Oocle Provuions.-Supplemental Code provi ions 

affectino· or pertaining to Divi ions an 1 Subdivi ions may be filed 

with the Code Authority and if not incon istent with the provi r--ions 

of this Code may be recommended by it to the Administrator. When 

approve l by the Admini trator such supplements shall have the 

same .force and effect as any other provisions of this Code. 

8. Appeal.-Any interested party shall have the right of complaint 

to any subdivision agency and of prompt hearing and decision , thereon in respect of any decision.-4 rule, regulation, order, findincr, or 

course of action of said agency. buch complaint and hearing shall be 

in accordance with such rules and regulations as said agency may 

prescribe. The decision of said agency may be appealed by any 

interested party to the division agency. 

Any interested party shall have the right of complaint to any 

division agency and of prompt hearing and d~cision thereon under 

such rules and regulations as said agency may prescribe in respect 

of any decision rule, regulation, order, finding, or course of action of 

said agency. The decision of said agency may be appealed by any 

interested party to the Code Authority. 

Any interested party shall have the right of complaint to the Code 

1Authority and of prompt hearing and decision thereon, under such 

rules and regulations as it shall prescribe in respect of any decision, , rule, regulation, order, finding, or course of action of the said Code ~uthority. The decision of said Code Authority may be appealed 

by any interested party to the Administrator. 

Any party desiring to appeal from action by the Code Authority 

shall within ten (10) days after said judgment or decision serve 

written notice upon the Code Authority of his intention to appeal and 

file a copy of said notice with the Executive Committee for transmittal to the Admini trator of the National Indu trial Recovery Act, 

requesting a date and place for hearing said app al. 

9. Violations.-Violation by any person subject thereto of any 

provi ion of this Code or of any approved rule is ned ther under 

or of any agreement entered into by him un ler this Code or any 

fal e statement or report made to the Pre id nt or to the ode 

Authority, or to any Divi ion or Subdivision ag ncy stabli heel under 

this Co e, sl all after determination th r on by the Ad mini tra tor 

constitute an unfair method of competiti n and the off nd r hall 

be subject to the penalties provided by the ational Indu trial 

Recovery Act. 
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ARTICLE X-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Code and the amendments thereto hall become effective on 

the tenth day after its approval by the President. 

Respectfully submitted for acceptance by the President of the 

United States, by, 

Attest: 

NATIONAL RETAIL LuMBER DEALERS AssociATION, 

By SPENCER D. B ALDWIN, P1"esident. 

FRANK CARNAHAN, Secretary. 

VVASHINGTON, D.C. 
SCHEDULE A 

SUPPLEMENTAL CODE-PROVISIOr S APPLICA-BLE TO DIVISION 29 (COOK 0 NTY, 

lLLINOI ) 0 LY 

WA-GES A-ND HOUTIS OF LA-BOR 

1. When the a(raregate volume of busine s of the lumber retailer at that 

time in busine s in ook County, Illinoi , who were in busine s as luml cr 

retailers in Cook County, Illinoi , in the calendar year 1926, hall reach 50o/o 

of the volume of busines done by such dealers in said year 1926, all the retail 

lumber dealers in Cook County, Illinois, shall reorganize their offi e and yard 

force not then connected with any Union, so as to increa e wages and salarie 

and give employment to more persons. For the pre nt, as to employee who 

are members of Labor Unions, agreements regarding wages and hour of 

emplorment shall be continu cl so long as they remain mutually atisfactory. Pending the increa e in volume of business to the 50% hereinbefore referred to, 

the Emergency Control ommittee, her inafter referred to, shall undertake to 

formulate plans in respect to the limitation of hour of labor, minimum wage, 

and other working conditions, so that as price realization and volume of bu iness incr ase salarie and wages can be concurrently increased, and, where 

neces ary, labor c nditions improved. The standards established by the Emer- gency Control ommittee as hereinafter described and approved by the Admin- istrator shall be bindino· on all retail lumber dealers in Cook County, Illinoi , including standard as to maximum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay and 

working condition . The provisions of this section are in addition and not in 

sub titution fo r the pr ovisions of Articles IV and V of this Code. 

MEMBERSHIP IN THE CHI CAGO RETAIL LUMBER DEALERS A-SSOC1A-TIO 

2. Any employer r egularly engaged in the retail lumber business in ook 

County, Illinoi , may become a member of the Chicago Retail Lumber D aler.' 

Association. Each member shall be entitled to one vote only. All applications 

for member hip shall be made in w riting to the Secretary; the Emeraency 

Control Committee shall act on such applications speedily and no applicant 

shall be refusecl election who i an employer in Cook County, Illinois, as the 

t erm employer is defined in this Code. I n the ca e of memb rs, other· than individuals, such firm or corporations 

shall, from time to time, notify the Secretary as to ''"hat ndi\~idua l or in Hvidual will r present th m at meetings. The word "firm " hall include 

common-law tru ts. Su h individuals shall be eligible to membership on the 

Emergency ontrol Committee. 

EMERGEN Y CONTROL CQoMMITTEEl 

3. The admini. tration and promotion of this Code in Divi i n 2B i ve ted in 

a Coordinating ommitt e of Seven, the title of hi h i Em ro-en y ntrol 

Committee, and which i to be elected geoaraphically, far a po:'sibl , from 

amona the memb rs of the A ociation. Wh n a memb r of th ommitt e 

cea. e to r pre. ent the firm or corporation '''hich h r pr nt d when he wn.:-

elected to the ommittee his membership in the ommitt e hall a ~e . \Yithin 

ten <.lay.· after this ode b c m ff ctiYe a m eting of th m ml cr of the 

As. o iation ·hall be alled by J. W. Embre , Jr., who i her by named the 

C nYener for that purpo. e, at which the memb r of aid Em r ncy ontrol 

Committee hall b elect d by fait' and r a. onabl m tbods by th memb r' nf 

the A. ociation pre ent. T whi ·h c mmittee there hall be ele -t d ne f til.~ 

three National R covery Admini trator members of the Code Authority provic.leu 

for in ection I, Art. VII. 

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A majority of the members of the As ociation hall be nee ary to con-·titute 

a quorum. At uch meetin<>" the members of the A o iation pr ent may adopt 

rule and re ulation for the conductinO' of the bu ine - f the hica o Hetail 

Lumber Dealer A ociation during the emergency, which rule and r O'ulations, 

how \er, ball be in furtherance of and not in conflict with the pr vi ions of 

thi Code. and hall be ubject to the approval of the Admini tr·ator. The 

EmerO' ncy Control Committee shall also act as a fact-findin"' committee, tlte 

pur1 e of whi h hall be to develop uch information a the President of tlle 

·nited tate , the Kational Recovery Administration, or the Federal Trade 

Commi ion may require in order to carry out the provisions of the Act. 

The fficers of the Emergency Control Committee shall be a President, a Vice 

Pre i<.lent, a Secretary, a Trea urer, and such other officer , a"'ents, and employee a~ the Emergency Control Committee shall thereafter find to be nece.:;-

sary. Su ·b Secretary and Treasurer hall, by such election become and be, 

re pectively, the Secretary and Trea urer of the Chicago Retail Lumber Dealers 

A sociation. The President, Vice Pre ident, and Treasurer shall be retail lumber dealers and members of the Emer"'ency Control Committee. The Secretary 

need not b either a member of the Committee or a retail lumber dealer. 

At any time after this Code shall have been in effect for six month. a 

special meeting of the A sociation may be called by a petition in writing filed 

with the Secretary and signed by not less than 25o/o of the member. of the 

A ociation, at '"bich meeting any member or members of the Emergency Control Committee may, by a majority vote of those present, be deprived of his 

office a a member of such committee, and his succe sor may be elected. Such 

petition hall name the date and place of the meeting and the Secretary shall 

issue the call by mailing a copy thereof to each member within 48 hours after 

such petition is filed in his office. Unless a member of the Emergen y Control 

Committee is so superseded be shall continue to erve as such member until 

June 16, 1935, unless prior to that time be ceases to be or to repre. ent an employer in Cook County, Illinois. 

Vacancies in the Emergency Control Committee cau ed by death, resignation, 

ceasing to be an employer dealer in Cook County, Illinois, or ceasing to represent 

the employer which be represented at the time of his election. shall be fi1led 

by the majority of the members of the Emergency Control Committee then 

remaining in office and persons elected to fill vacancies shall, except as otherwise herein provided, serve until June 16, 1935. 

SPECIFIC POWERS 

4. Consumer P rotection.-The Emergency Control Committee shall provide 

means for policing sales so that tbe consumer . hall recei\e the kind, the 

pecie , the grade, and the feetage of lumber covered by his purchase contract. Sales shall also be policed through the employment in caid County of a 

lumber in titute, free and independent of the control of any employer or group, 

or as ocia tion of such employer in the Chica "'O area or elsewhere, '\Yhich 

in titute on the application of any pro pecti\e consumer or customer for lumber 

shall, without expense to such customer or con umer. a chi. ·e him as to the 

proper lumber to be purchased by him to meet the stated needs and requirements 

of said prospecti\e cu tomer. 

5. Reports.-Each employer in Cook County, Illinoi. , shall make such reports 

to the Emergency Control Committee as it may require for the aclmini tration 

and promotion of the pro\i ions and purpose of this Code in Cook County. 

IllinOiR. 

6. Expense.-Employers subject to the juri. diction of Schedule A of this 

Code who are complyinO' with the requirement of this Code and of this Schedule A and " -ho a "'ree in writing, either individually or through the Chicago 

Retail Lumber Dealer . ociation of which they are members, to abide by 

the requirement of this Code and of this Schedule A, and to pay their reasonable hare of the expense incident to the initiation, approval, and administration thereof, . hall be entiilecl to the benefits of the actiYities of the Code Authority and of the EmerO'ency Control ommittee thereunder and to make use 

of the Tational Reco\ery Admini tration Code insignia. 

The rea onable share of the expense of initiation, approval, and admini tration of thi Code and thi Schedule to be borne hy employers ubject thereto 

shall be determined by the Code Authority and the Emergency Control Com-
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mitte-e, subject to review of the Admini trator, upon the ba i of volume of 

busine , and such other factors as may be deemed equitable to be taken into 

con ideration. 

ETHICS 

7. The folloiYing are specifically stated as unfair metl1od of competition: 

(a) The consignment of unordered lumber to a po, sible buyer; the forward· 

ing of lumber which has not actually been sold. 

(b) The ffe tino of aclju. tment of claim. with purcha er. of 1t1ml er in. ucb 

manner as to Tant secret allO\Yance.·, ·ecret rebate:, or ecrct once sious. 

(c) In the eveut of chang in publish I prices of lumber, the giving in any 

form of adjustment , allowances, discount. , credit , or refund~ to purcha er 

or seller of 1 umber, for the purpo e of, or \Vith tb effect, of altering retroactively the price quoted, in such a manner as to create price di~criminatioo. 

(d) The pre-dating or tlle post-elating of any invoice or contract for the 

purcha e or sale of lumber. 

(e) Terms of S le shall be open and strictly a(1bered to. The payment or 

allowance in con11ection with any ale of secret r ebates, refunds, crecli ts, or 

unearned di>::counts, wh ther in the form of money or otherwi e, or extending 

to certain purchasers such services or privileges not extended to all purcha ers 

under like terms and conditions. 

(f) Attempts to purchase business, or obtain information concerning a 

competitor's business, by gifts or bribes. 

( o-) The intentional misrepresentation of quality suitable for purchase , or 

makin,; or cau .. Jng, or permitting to be made, or publishing, or any fal·e, 

untrue, misleading, or deceptive statement, by way of adYertisement, invoice, 

or othenYise, concerning the size, quantity, character, nature, preparation, 

or origin of any lumber bought or sold. 

(h) The making of, causing or permitting to be made, of any false or 

deceptiYe statement, either ~Yritten or oral, of or concerning the business policy 

of a competitor, his product, selling price, financial, bu iness, or personal 

standing. 

(i ) The unauthorized use, either in written or oral forms-, of tracl mark. , trade names, slogans, or advertising matter already adopted by a competitor. 

(j) Inducing or att mpting to induce, by any means or deYice wllatsoeYcr, 

the breach of contract between a competitor and his customer during the 

term of such contract. 

PROVISION TO PREVE "T MONOPOLIES AND MO "OPOLISTIC PR CTICES 

8. No methods except those of ordinary competition shall be re orted to 

to prevent shipments of lumber into Cook County, lllinoi , from thee distributing points. This provision is in addition to the provi. ions contained in 

this Code under the article entitled "Ethics." . 

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