Approved Code No. 88-Supplement No.2 Registry No. 1137-03 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

SUPPLEMENTARY 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

FILING SUPPLY INDUSTRY 

(A Division of the Business Furniture, Storage Equipment 

and Filing Supply Industry) 

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AS APPROVED ON JULY 30, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 88-Supplement No. 2 

SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

FILING SUPPLY INDUSTRY 

As Approved on July 30, 1934 

ORDER 

SUPPLE~IENTARY CoDE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE FILING SUPPLY 

INDUSTRY, A DmsiON OF THE BusiNEss FuRNITURE, STORAGE EQUIP1\fENT AND FILING SUPPLY INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made fursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I o the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of a Supplemental Code of Fair Competition for the Filing Supply Industry to 

the Code of Fair Competition for the Business Furniture, Storage 

Equipment and Filing Supply Industry, and hearings having been 

duly held thereon and the annexed report on said Supplemental Code, 

containing findings with respect thereto, having been made and 

directed to the President: 

NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

States, I, Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industrial Recovery, 

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of the President, including Executive Order No. 6543-A dated December 30, 

1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate by reference said annexed report and do find that said Supplemental Code complies in 

all respects with the pertinent provisions and will promote the policy 

and purposes of said Title of said Act; and do hereby order that 

said Supplemental Code of Fair Competition be and it is hereby 

approved; provided, however, that the Provisions of Article VII, 

Section 1, insofar as they prescribe a waiting period between the filing with the designated agency and the effective date of revised price 

lists or revised terms and conditions of sale be and they are hereby 

stayed pending my further order either within a period of 60 days 

from the effective date of this Supplemental Code or after the completion o£ a study of open price associations now being conducted 

by the National Recovery Administration. 

HuGH S. JoHNSoN, 

Administrator for Industrial Recovery. 

Approval recommended : 

c. E. ADAMS, 

Division Administrator. 

w ASHINGTONJ D.C., 

uly 30, 1931;.. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

Th.e White House. 

Sm: The proposed Supplemental Code of Fair Competition for 

the Filing Supply Indu try was submitted to the Admini trator on 

December 4 1933 l?_y a group of manufactur r engaged in the production of Filing Supplie , representing approximately 85% of the 

total lmown volume of the :Member of the In ustry engaged in the 

manufacture and national distribution of the products covered by 

said Code. · 

hearing wa ond ucted in Washington on December 20, 1933. 

The Code was revi ed during the recess and is submitted in its 

present form for approval. Every person who requested an appearance was properly heard in accordance with statutory and regu- latory requirements. The Code of Fair Competition for the Filing Supply Industry 

is a supplement to the Code of Fair Competition for the Business 

Furniture, Storage Equipment and Filing Supply Industry, approved on November 4, 1933, and its effect on labor and wages was, 

therefore, included in my report to you submitted with the proposed 

Code of Fair Competition for the Business Furniture, Storage 

Equipment and Filing Supply Industry under date of November 2, 

1933. 

RESUl\IE OF CODE 

Article I, Purposes, states the purpose of the Code. 

Article II, Definitions accurately defines specific terms applicable 

to the Filing Supply Industry as used in this Code. 

Article III Labor Provisions, adopts the Labor Provi ion as 

set forth in Articles V, VI, VII and Exhibit A of the Code of Fair 

Competition of the Business Furniture, Stora~e Equipment and 

Filino- Supply Industry, as approved on NoYemt>er 4, 19332 making 

specific reference to the inclu ion of Section 7 (a) of 'f1tle I of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, and further provides for a 

minimum wage rate of 40¢ per hour for male factory employees and 

3-5¢ per hour for female factory empl } e . Article IV Organization Powers and Duties of Code Committee, 

e tabli hes a Code Authority of seven memb r to be sel ted by a 

fair method of election. It further provides that not more than 

three additional members, without vote, may be appointed by the 

Administrator for such terms as he may specify. This Article also 

sets forth the powers and duties of said Code Authority. 

Article V, Planning an la ification, provide that M mber of 

the Indu try shall make available samples of all Industry Products 

to a Planning and Classification Board and further provid s that 

new stock items shall be classified by said Board before pr cnta-

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tion to the general public. This Article, however, in no way r estricts 

the manufacture of any Industry Product. 

Article VI, Discrimination, prevents discrimination between 

customers of the same class. 

Article VII, Marketing and Trade Practice Rules, sets forth trade 

practices for the Industry including an Open Price Association. 

Article VIII, Extras and Deductions Not Covered in Price Schedules, provides that Members of the Industry shall include in their 

prices all co ts of additions to and deductions from variations of 

Industry Products not covered in their Price Schedules. 

Article IX, Specials, pr vents a manufacturer from pricing a 

special item in competition with a stock item at an unfair price for 

the purpose of evading his then currently effective Price Schedule. 

Article X, Price Increases, provides that the increase in S~" lling 

prices shall be limited, in so far as possible, to actual increases in 

seller's costs. 

Article XI, .J)1onopolies, provides that no provisions of the Code 

shall eliminate, oppress or discriminate against small enterprises. 

Article XII, :Modification, makes all the provisions of the Code 

expressly subject to the right of the President to cancel or modify 

any order, approval, license, rule or regulation issued under Subsection (b) of Section 10 of the Act. 

Article XIII, Termination, provides that the Code shall expire on 

June 16, 1935, or on the earliest date prior thereto on which the 

President or Congress shall by joint resolution declare the emergency 

recognized by Title I of the Act to be ended. 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said Supplemental Code having found as herein set forth and on the basis of 

all the proceedings in this matter: 

I find that: 

(a) Said Supplemental Code is well designed to promote the 

policies and purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, including removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate 

and foreign commerce which tend to diminish the amount thereof 

and will provide for the general welfare by promoting the organization of Industry for the purpose of cooperative action among the 

trade groups, by inducing and maintaining united action of labor 

and management under adequate governmental sanctions and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the 

fullest possible utilization of the present productive capacity of 

industries, by avoiding undue restriction of production (except as 

may be temporarily required), by increasing the cdnsumption of 

industrial and agricultural products through increasing purchasing 

power, by reducing and relieving unemployment, by improving 

standards of labor, and by otherwise rehabilitating Industry. 

(b) Said Industry normally employs not more than 50,000 employees, and is not classified by me as a major Industry. 

(c) The Code as approved complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation subsection (a) of section 3, subsection (a) of section 7, and 

subsection (b) of section 10 thereof, and that the applicant association is an industrial association truly representative <'f the afore-
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said Industry, and that said association imposes no inequitable 

restrictions on admission to membership therein. 

(d) The Co e is not de igned to and will not permit monopolies 

or monopolistic practices. 

(e) The Code is not de igned to and will not eliminate or oppress 

small enterpri es and will not operate to discriminate against them. 

(f) Those engaged in other steps of the economic process have 

not been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of said 

Code. 

For these reasons, therefore, this Code has been approved. Respectfully, 

JULY 30, 1934. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Administrator. 
SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE FILING SUPPLY INDUSTRY, A DIVISION OF THE 

BUSINESS FURNITURE, STORAGE EQUIPMENT AND 

FILING SUPPLY INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-P RPOSES 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, to supplement and to make specifically applicable the 

provisions of the Code of Fair Competition approved November 4, 

1933, for the Business Furniture, Storage Equipment and Filing 

Supply Industry this Supplemental Code is hereby established as a 

Code of Fair Competition for the Filing Supply Industry and shall 

be the standards of Fair Competition for this Industry and be 

binding upon every member thereof. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

In addition to the definitions contained in Article II of the Code 

of Fair Competition for the Business Furniture, Storage Equipment 

and Filing Supply Industry the terms enumerated in this article 

shall have the meaning herein defined wherever used in this Code 

or in any supplement appertaining thereto. SECTION 1. The term "Filina Supply Industry" or "Industry" 

as used herein means the manufacture and original sale of industry 

products by a Member of the Industry either by himself or by his 

agent which includes without limitation any person or corporation 

occupying a subsidiary or controlling relation ship or one of common, 

mutual or joint ownership or control to a Member of the Industry. 

(a) The term "Industry Product" as used herein includes, without limitation the products listed under Filing Supply Division in 

Article II of the Code of Fair Competition for the Bu in es~ Furni· 

ture, Storage Equipment and Filing Supply Industry. 

SECTION 2. The term " National Emergency Cmnmittee" as used 

herein means the National Emergency Committee, the Code Authority for the Business Furniture, Storage Equipment and Filing 

Supply Industry, elected pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article III of 

the Code of Fair Competition for the Business Furniture, Stor age 

Equipment and Filing Supply Industry as approved on November 

4, 1933, by President Roosevelt. 

SECTION 3. The term " Exhibit B" wherever mentioned in this 

Supplemental Code means Exhibit B attached to and made a part 

of the Code of Fair Competition for the Business Furniture, Stor age 

Equipment and Filing Supply Industry as approved by President 

Roosevelt on November 4, 1933. 

ARTICLE III-LABOR P ROYISIOXS 

The provisions governing l:lbor, of the Code of F air Com petition for the Bu iness Furniture, Stor age Equipment and Filing 

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Supply Industry, as et forth in Article V VI, and VII, and 

Exhibit 'A' of aid od , as appro ed by the President on N ovember 4, 1933, are rna e condition of thi o , including ections 

(a), (b), and (c) of aid Article V, by which the pro i ions of 

Subsec wns (1) (2) and (3) of S ction 7 (a) of Title I of the 

Act are made c ndition of the od , ar p ifically incorporated 

h r in and mad a part hereof as the \V aO' , Hour and Labor provision of thi od ; pro ided, however that the minimum rat of 

pay for factory lab r und r this Cod , hall n t be les than at the 

rat of forty cent ( 40¢) per hour for mal mployees and thirtyfi e cents (35¢) per hour for female employe . 

ARTicLE IV-Ono NIZ-<\TION, PoWERs AND DUTIE OF CoDE C MMI'l'TEE 

ECTION 1. The ode Committee to administer this Code is hereby 

con ti uted which shall con ist of seven (7) voting members to be 

lected from ~iember of the Industry. The election of all m mbers of the Code ommittee shall be by a fair and equitable m thod 

of election to be approved by the Admini trator. 

SECTION 2. In addition to the above member hip there may be not 

more than three additional members, without vote and without compen ation from the Industry to be appointed by the Administrator 

to erve for such term from date of appointment as he may specify. 

SECTION 3. Each trade or industrial association directly or indirectly participating in the selection or activities of the Code Committee shall (1) impose no inequitable restrictions on member hip2 and (2) submit to the Administrator true copies of its articles ot 

as ociation, by-laws, rules and regulations, and any Amendments 

when made thereto, together with such other information as to membership, organization and activities as the Administrator may de m 

neces ary t.o effectuate the purposes of the Act. 

SECTION 4. In order that the Code Committee shall at all time be 

truly repr entative of the Industry and in other re pects comply 

with th provisions of the Act, the Administrator may pre cribe such 

hearing a he may deem proper; and thereafter if he hall find that 

th o lc Committee i no'" truly representative or does not in th r 

re pect comply with the provisions of the Act, may r quire an 

appropriate modification in the method of selection of the de 

ommittee. 

E TION 5. Nothing contained in this Code shall con titut the 

m mber of the Code ommittee partners for any purpo n r hall 

an. member officer aa nt, or employ e of the de ommitt be 

liable in any mann r to anyone for any act of any oth r m mber, 

offi er, a ent or mpl y e of the Code ommitt e. r r hall any 

m mber f th ode ommittee, exerci ina r a nnble ili n in 

the c ndu t of hi duties hereunder be liable to any n f a ti n 

or 01 i i n to act under this Code, x ept f r hi 1rillful 

mi ·fca. an ·e or n nf a ance. 

E TI N 6. ubj ct to such rule an l r aulation a may b i u d 

by the Admini trator the Code Committe hall ha h foll 

further pow rs and luti s, the x rei e of \ hi h hall be r J?Ort 

th Admini ra r throu h the National Em r n y mm1 t and 

hall be ubject t the Admini trator' right n r view to i approve, 

after such hearing as he may prescribe, any action taken by the 
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Code Committee. If the Admini trator shall determine at any time 

that any action of the Code Committee or any agency thereof is unfair or unju t or contrary to the public interesS the Adnrinistrator 

may require that uch action be usp nded to anord an opportunity 

for in e tigation of the merits of su h action and further con ideration by such Code Committee or agency pendino- final a ·tion which 

shall not be effective unless the Administrator approves or unles. he 

shall fail to disapprove af er thirty days' notice to hjm of intention 

to proceed with such action in its original or modified form. 

(a) To make inve tigations as to the functionjng and ob ervance 

of any of the provi ions of this Code at its own instance or upon 

the complaint of any person affected and shall report the result 

thereof to the National E1nergency Committee. To receive complaints of violations of this Code or disputes arising thereunder, make 

investigations thereof, provide hearings thereon, adjust such complaints and bring to the attention of the National Emergency Committee unadjusted complaints of violations or disputes. 

(b) To aid the National Emergency Committee in the execution 

of the provisions of this Code and provide for the compliance of the 

Industry with the provisions of the Act. 

(c) To adopt By-Laws and Rules and Regulations for its procedure and for the administration and enforcement of the Code. The 

Code Committee shall promptly furnish to the Administrator through 

the National Emergency Committee true copies of the By-Laws, 

Rules, and Regulations adopted pursuant to this paragraph. 

(d) To obtn.In from Members of the Industry through a confidential agency (for the purposes of this paragraph the Secretary 

of the Committee may be considered as said agency) such statistical 

information and reports as are required for the admini tration of 

the Code and to provide for submission by Members of the Industry 

vf such statistical information and reports as the Administrator may 

deem necessary for the purposes recited in Section 3 (a) of the 

Act, which information and reports shall be submitted by Members 

of Industry to such Federal and/or State ae;encies as the Administrator may designate; provided, that nothing in this Code shall 

relieve any :Member of the Industry of any existing obligations to 

furnish reports to any Government agency. No individual statistical reports shall be disclosed to any other :Member of the Industry 

or any other party except to such confidential agent or to such Governmental agencies as may be directed by the Administrator~ 

(e) To use such trade associations and other agencies as it deems 

proper for the carrying out of any of its activities provided for 

herein, provided that nothing herein shall relieve the Code Committee of its duties or responsibilities under this Code and that such 

trade associations and agencies shall at all times be subject to and 

comply with the provisions hereof. 

(f) To make reconnnendations to the National Emergency Committee and the Administrator for the coordination of the administration of this Code with such other codes, if any, as rna y be related to 

the Industry. 

(g) To cooperate with the Admini trator in regulating the use 

of any N R A In ignia by those ~!embers of the Indu try who are 

complying with this Code. 
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(h) To recommend to the Admini trator through the Natiomd 

Emero-ency Committee further fair trade practice provisions to govern Members of the Indu try in their relations with each other or 

with other industries, and to r commend to the Administrator 

through the National Em rgency Committee measures for industrial 

plannmg, including tabilization of employment. 

(i) To formulate within thirty (30) day after the approYal of 

the ode a cost formula ubject to the approval of the Admini trator 

which co t formula shall set forth the items to be included and the 

item to be excluded in arriving at ost as used in this Code. 

(j) To aid the National Emergency Committee in the e tablishment of a Planning and lassification Board pursuant to Article 

VIII of the Code of Fair Competition for the Busines Furniture, 

Storage Equipment and Filing Supply Industry. 

ARTI LE V-PLANNING AND CLAS IFICATION 

SECTION 1. In ord~r to effectuate the purpose of Article VIII of 

the Code of Fair Competition for the Business Furniture, Storage 

Equipment and Filing Supply Industry, Members of the Industry 

shall submit a list and make available samples of all items of industry products now being offered for sale as stock merchandise within 

thirty (30) days after the election of the Planning and Classification 

Board to said Board for proper classification and assignment, of ~uch to their respective industry base products listed in Schedule A 

attached hereto and hereby made a part of this Code. 

SECTION 2. No stock item not included in the list originally submitted by him shall be sold or offered for sale by any member until 

after classification by the Planning and Classification Board, as 

above provided, and approval o£ said classification by the Code Com· 

mittee, nor until after all requirements for publication contained i!l 

Article VI hereof have been completely fulfilled. All action under 

this Article shall be taken within thirty (30) days after submission 

by the member. In no event shall this Article be construed as permitting the Planning and Classification Board to restrict the manufacture of any industry product. 

ARTICLE VI-DrsCRIMIN ATION 

SECTION 1. No member shall make any sale, contract of sale, or 

offer of sale, directly or indirectly by any means whatever, of any 

industry products at a price or on terms and conditions more fa orable to one purchaser of the same class than to another, wheth r 

such purchasers shall be private individuals, corporations, or firm , or Federal, State, Municipal, or other public bodies; pro ided that 

this shall not prevent price differences necessarily re ultino- from 

differences in the model, grade, quantity, or point of d liv ry of 

the products sold. 

SECTION 2. No member shall make any purchase of or allowance 

for used industry products in connection w1th a sale of new indu try 

products or as an independent cash trn.n action, directly or in irectly, by any means whatever, at a pri e or on terms and conditions 

more favorable to one seller than to another. 
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ARTICLE VII-1\fARKETING AND 'TRADE PRACTICE RULES 

SECTION 1. rice Schedules.-(a) Each Member of the Industry 

within thirty (30) days after the effe"ti-' e date of thi Code shall 

file with the Code Committee as many copies as the Code Committee 

may require of price lists and schedules of additions to and deductions :from base prices at which such member is offering indu try 

products for sale as stock merchandise and terms or conditions of 

sale to each of the classes of customers defined in Schedule A which 

is attached hereto and made a part of this Code. 

(b) The original schedules filed in accordance with the above 

paragraph (a) hall become effective on the date of filing thereo-f 

with the Code Committee. 

(c) The Code Committee forthwith on such original filing shall · 

notify all interested Members of the Industry of the contents thereof. 

(d) Any Member of the Industry desiring to change any price or 

prices and/ or schedules of additions to and deductions from base 

prices, and/ or terms or conditions of sale shall notify the Code 

Authority of such intention by filing a revised schedule, which shall 

become effective ten (10) days thereafter. The revised schedule so 

filed with the Code Committee shall be immedia,tely distributed 

among the interested Members of the Industry who thereupon, at any 

time before the effective date of the revised schedules so filed, may 

file if they so desire, revisions of their schedules to meet such revisions in the revised schedule first filed, and which shall become effective upon the date the revised schedule first filed becomes effective. 

In the event that any Member of Industry shall not receive within 

the ten (10) day period sufficient notice of the filing by any other 

Member of Industry of revisions in such other Member of Industry's 

price or prices and/ or terms or conditions of sale as will enable him 

to meet such revisions of such other member on the effective date 

thereof, then if such member shall file with the Code Committee such 

revisions of his price or prices and/ or terms or conditions of sale as 

may be required to meet the revisions filed with such other member, 

within 48 hours after the receipt of notice thereof, the revisions. so 

filed by such member shall become effective on the same date as the 

revisions of such other member, or if they be already effective shall 

become effective immediately. · 

(e) Published or filed prices shall include terms or payment, :f.o.b. 

point, or points, of origin or delivery, and such other provisions as 

may be neces ary to :fully inform the trade and consuming public of 

all conditions of sale. 

(:f) Original schedules and all revisions thereof shall be made 

available to the public. 

(g) Subject to the approval of the Code Committee, the Planning 

and Classification Board shall prescribe rules and regulations providing for the sale of distress merchandise, surplus inventories, and 

products not up to specification; and to meet the competition of other 

materials competitive with the products of this Industry, which shall 

become effective upon approval by the Administrator. 

(h) No publication of prices, terms or conditions of sale applying 

to sales of indu try produrts by one manufacturer to another manufacturer of kindred products for resale by them shall be required. 
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No such sale, howe er, shall be made at less than the manufacturer's 

co t as determined pursuant to section 6, sub ection (i) of Article IV.1 

SE TION 2. T1·ade Practice Rttles.-The following trade practices 

in a ldition to Exhibit B are d clared to constitute metho of unfair ompetition between M mbers of the Indu try, and no Member 

of the Industry shall use or engage in any of them directly or indirectly, through any offic r ao-ent or employee. Engagincr in any 

one of such trade practices or of any other practice which hereafter 

may be declared to be unfair methods of comp tition by the Code 

Committ e, approved by the Administrator, shall, after such hearing or hearings as he may prescribe, be de med a violation of this 

Code. 

(a) S lling offering for sale, or participating in any sale of any 

industry product by a Member of the Industry at any price other 

than that set forth in his then currently effective schedule or upon 

any terms or conditions contrary to those contained in such schedule. 

(b) Failing to file such schedules or changes therein, as required 

by Section 1 of this Article. 

(c) Failing to submit the list of stock items of industry products 

being offered for sale by a Member of Industry pursuant to Article V. 

(d) Selling or offering for sale a stock item not included in the 

original list submitted by a Member of the Industry before classification by the Planning and Classification Board pursuant to the 

provisions of Section 2 gf Article V. 

(e) Permitting, directly or indirectly, the consummation of any 

sale made with the intent, or having the effect, of violating the 

provisions of the Act or the Trade Practices of this Code. 

(f) Pricing to the Consumer andjor sellin~ industry products by 

any Member of the Industry at a price below his or its cost as determined pursuant to paragraph (i), Section 6 of Article IV; provided, 

however, that a member may meet the price of a competitor whose 

price does not violate the Code; and provided further that a member 

may make such sales as necessary to dispose of distress merchandise 

andjor products not up to specification, pursuant to such rules and 

regulations as issued by the Code Committee under Section 1 (a) of 

this Article. Full information concerning such sales shall be reported to the Code Authority and to all Members of the Industry. 

(g) Failing to report to the Code Committee within ten (10) days 

after the effective date of this Code all buying contracts or agreements in force and to publish and make · available to all int rested 

parties consolidated lists showing discounts, terms and expiration 

dates of such contracts or agreements. 

(h) Promulgating, renewing, extending or automatically continuing after the effective date of this Code any buying contra L or 

agreements unless they be firm binding obligations on all parti s 

thereto, specifying that applicable discounts and terms of elling as 

filed shall be based upon definite quantities of In u try Product 

delivered within a specified time not exceeding one . ear. Provi eel 

however, that subsections (g) and (h) of this tion 2 hall not 

apply to sales made between Members of the Indu try. 

1 See paragraph 2 of order o.pprovlng tbls Code. 
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( i) Falsely marking or labelling any industry product. 

(j) Failing to comply with any rule or regulation of the Code 

Committee promulgated under the powers and duties delegated to 

it by this Code. 

ARTICLE VIII-ExTRAs AND DEDUCTIONS NOT CoVERED IN PRICE 

ScHEDULEs 

Each Member of the Industry on the basis of cost as determined 

pursuant to paragraph (i), Section 6 of Article IV, shall include 

in his price the minimum additions to and the n1aximum deductions 

from the base prices of the various lines of industry products, which 

maximum deductions and minimum additions a Member of the Industry shall use to determine the prices of variations from his base 

products, and make information regarding each such sale available 

to the Code Committee. 

ARTICLE IX-SPECIALS 

No item of industry products which is not covered by the published list prices of the manufacturer thereof shall be sold or offered 

for sale in competition with a stock item at net prices, discounts, 

or terms more favorable to the purchaser than the most favorable 

published discounts, terms, or net prices applying to the nearest 

comparable listed stock item. 

ARTICLE X-PRICE INCREASES 

Whereas the policy of the Act to increase real J?Urchasing power 

will be made more difficult of consummation if pnces of goods and 

services increase as rapidly as wages, it is recognized that price 

increases except such as may be required to meet individual co:t 

should be delayed but when made such increases should, so far as 

possible, be limite~ to actual additional increase in the seller's costs. 

ARTICLE XI-NIONOPOLIES 

No provisiOn of this Code shall be so applied as to promote 

monopolies or monopolistic practices, or to eliminate, oppress or 

discriminate against small enterpri es. 

ARTIOLE XII-MODIFICATION 

SECTION 1. This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly 

made subject to the right of the President in accordance with the 

provisions of subsection (b) of Section 10 of the Act, from time to 

time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule, or r egulation issued under said Act; and specifically but without limitation~ 

to the right of the President to cancel or modify his approval ot 

this Code, or any conditions imposed by him upon his approval 

thereof. 

SECTION 2. Such of the provisions of this Code as are not required 

to be included herein by the Act may with the approval of the Ad-
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mini trator, be amended as pro ided in S ction 3 hereof in such 

manner as may be indicat d by the needs of the _public, by chang s 

in circumstances or by experience; all of the provisions of thi ode, 

unle s so modified or liminated, shall r main in ffect until June 16, 

1935. 

ECTION 3. An Amendm nt may be proposed by any inter sted 

party, either to the National Em raency mrnitte or dir ctly by 

or to the Admini trator. All propo ed Am ndments hall be referred to the Code Authority who hall gi e 1'Iembers of the Indu - try an opportunity to be heard thereon; and thereafter the ode 

Authority shall make such r commendations thereon as is deemed 

proper, provided, however, that when appro ed by the Administrator, as necessary to effectuate the policies of the Act, after such 

notice and hearing as he may pre cribe, any propo ed Am ndment 

shall thereupon become effective as a part of the Code. 

SECTION 4. The National Emergency Committee may make recommendations for modifications of this Code to the Administrator 

which shall become effective as a part of this Code upon approval 

by the Administrator after such notice and hearing as he may 

prescribe. 

ARTICLE XIII-TERMINATION 

This Code and all Supplementary Provisions thereto shall expire 

on June 16, 1935, or on the earliest date prior thereto on which the 

President shall, by proclamation, or the Congress shall by Joint 

Resolution,., declare that the emergency recognized by Title J of the 

Act has enaed. 

Approved Code No. 88-Supplement No. 2. 

Registry No. 1137-03. 
SCHEDULE A 

F'ILING SUPPLY DIVISION-DIVISIONAL SUPPLEMEl~T.AL CoDm 

L~DUSTRY BASffi PRODUCTS 

The indu. try base produ ts are hereby listed graded, and classified as 

follows: 

Product 1. Index cards and record card forms: 

Cards, 3 x 5 inches--

lOOo/o rag. 

75o/o rag. 

50o/o r ag. 

25o/o rag. #1 sulphite. 

#2 sulphite. Product 2. Vertical letter and card index guides and indexes: 

Vertical file guides, Letter size, ¥5 -cut blank25 point Pressboard. 

17 point Manila. 

Card guides, 3 x 5 inchesBristol, blank. 

25 point Pressboard. 

Product 3. Filing folders, not handfolded and expanding and with open 

ends: 

Letter size1st grade Manila 8 point square cut. 

2d gTade Manila 8 point square cut. 

Kraft 8 point square cut. 

Jute or Duracel 8 point square cut. 

Pressboard 25 point squa re cut. 

Miscellaneous---

100 division, not celluloided. 

Product 4. Celluloid index tab strips. 

NoTID.-Revision of this list may be made from time to time by the. Code 

Committee, or by the Administrator in his discretion. 

DEFINITION OF CUSTOMERS 

Retailer (Agent or Dealer)-One who buys direct from manufacturer or 

his j obber for resale solely to consumer and who carries his own stock. 

Jobber-One who maintains an adequate wholesale stock and who buys 

from the manufacturer f or resale solely to retailer. 

J obber Dealer-One who buys from the manufacturer for resale to both 

the retailer and consumer, but who transacts a sufficient volume of legitimate 

jobber business to properly retain this classification. 

Consumer-One who buys direct from manufacturer's agent, dealer, or his 

representati>e for his own consumption on a one-order-one-delivery basis. 

DISCOUNTS 

The discounts as provided in Article VII allowed to each of the above defined classes of customers, shall be applied to all list prices published under 

the provisions of said Article, and shall truly r epresent variance in cost of 

distribution to the ultimate consumer. 

TERMS 

Terms of sale f or all industry products shnll be a follows : 

Wholesale Sales.-All clas es of purchasers-2 percent lOth prox., net 30th 

prox. 

R etail Sales.-Extension of terms to be not more than 30 days. No discount 

for ea rly payment. 

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