Registry No. 1743-15 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PROP·OSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

COTTAGE CAMP AND RESORT 

INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 28, 1933 

The Code for the Cottage Camp and Resort Industry 

in its present form merely reflects the proposal of the above-mentioned 

industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 

to be regarded as having received the approval of 

the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. - - - - - - - - Price 5 cents 

A CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE COTTAGE CAMP 

AND RESORT INDUSTRY 

PREAMBLE 

To effect:uate the policy of Title 1, of the National Recovery Act 

during the period of the emergency, by reducing and relieving unemployment, improving the standards of labor, eliminating competitive 

practices destructive to the interests of the public, employees, and 

employers, hastening the rehabilitation of the Cottage Camp and 

Resort Industry, as well as the industrial rehabilitation of theN ation 

as a whole, with its resulting beneficient effect upon all classes of our 

c-itizens, the following provisions are submitted as a code of fair 

competition for the Cottage Camp and Resort Industries. 

1. Definition of a Cottage Oamp and Resort.-Any corporation, 

co-partnership, individual, or individuals, owning or operating a 

business wherein cottages, cabins, or apartments are rented to tourists 

or transient travelers, with or without bedding, dishes, and other . miscellaneous camping equipment, shall be construed a cottage camp, 

within the meaning of this Code, and shall be subject to all the 

provisions herein. 

2. The Cottage Camp and Resort Industry, as required by Section 

7 (a) of Title 1, of the National Industrial Recovery Act, subscribe 

to the following provisions : 

(1) " That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain 

collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall 

. be free from interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of 

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

in self organization or in other concerted activitivies for the purpose 

of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; 

(2) "That no employee and no one seeking employment shall be 

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

to refrain from joining, organizing or assisting a labor organization 

of his own choosing and 

(3) "That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of 

labor, minimum rates of pay, and other working conditions of employment approved by the President. 

A. Working Hours. To effectuate the policy of this code of Fair 

Competition, maximum hours of labor shall be uniform for the 

whole country. Standard working hours shall be five days of eight 

hours each for all janitors, chambermaids, porters, and clerks. vVhen 

necessary, overtime and extra shifts shall be permitted, provided 

that no employee shall work more than the 1naximum of forty hours 

per week during the present emergency. It is not the intention of 

this paragraph to limit the number of days a cottage camp or resort 

may operate. 

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. B .. M}nimum Wages. A minimum wage of 30¢ per hour is estab- hs~ed for all classes of labor and fourteen dollars per week in cities 

designated under the Presidents blanket code with a minimum of 

$12.00 per week in towns and villages under 2,500 population. 

3. Trade Practice Rules.- · 

A. Cost and Accounting. Every cottage camp and resort shall 

maintain some approved co t-finding system and approved standard 

accounting methods. 

B. Secret Rebates. Secret payment of rebates, cmnmissions, creel· 

its or unearned discounts, whether in fonn of money or otherwise, 

or secretly extending certain customers special services or privileges 

not extended to all customers, under like terms and conditions, shall 

constitute a violation of this Code. · 

C. Defamation of Competitors. Defamation of competitors by 

falsely imputing to . them dishonest or dishonorable conduct, inability to perform contracts, questionable credit standing, or by 

other false statements or representations, or by false disparagement 

of the quality or grade or efficiency of their cottages or services, with 

the purpose of 1nisleading or deceiving a purchaser, or of injuriously 

affecting the business of such competitor, shall constitute a violation 

of this Code. 

D. Breach of Contract. Any attempt to avoid contractual obligations; or maliciously inducing or attempting to induce the breach of 

existing contracts between competitors and their customers, by any 

false or deceptive means whatsoever, or interfering with or obstructing the performance of any such contractual duties or services by any 

means what oever, with the purpose of unduly hampering, injuring, 

or embarrassing competitors in their business, shall constitute a violation of this Code, but nothing herein shall hamper or restrain the 

owner or operator of a cottage camp or resort, or his agent or employee, in any ethical or legitimate effort to secure business. 

E. Commercial Bribery. Directly to give or indirectly to give or 

permit to be given or an effort to give money or anything of value to 

agents, employees or representatives of customers, or prospective customers, or to agents, employees, or representatives of competitor's 

customers or prospective customers, or principals, as an inducement 

to influence their employees or principals to purchase accommodations at certain cottage camps and resorts, constitutes a violation of 

this Code. This paragraph shall not be construed as affecting cOinmissions allowed regular agencies. 

F. Competitor's Employees. Maliciously enticing away the employees of competitors with the purpose and effect of unduly hampering or embarrassing competitors in their business shall constitute a 

violation of this Code. 

G. False Records. Wilfully maintaining an inaccurate, improper, 

or false record, or false method of determining cost of operation,. 

shall constitute a violation of this Code. 

H. Grievances. All grie' ances or complaints shall be forwarded to 

"Associated Camps and Resorts", the recognized National A sociation for handling and adjustment. 

4. Stabilization of Prices.-

A. All cottage camps and resorts shall be required to keep uniform 

accurate records of costs of operation, and in computing costs, all 
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cottage camps and resorts shall include labor performed by owners, 

partners, or members of their families at not less than the minimum 

wage rates provided herein for the class of labor performed. 

B. No cottage camp or resort shall rent any cottage for sleeping 

or housekeeping purposes for less than cost of doing business plus 

a fair profit. 

C. The following prices represent the minimum which may be 

charged and at the same time provide a fair profit: 

(1) Single cottages with community toilet and shower bath, $1.00 

per day; $5.00 per week. 

(2) Double cottages with community toilet and shower bath, $1.50 

per day; $7.00 per week. 

(3) Single cottages with private toilet, $1.50 per day; $7.00 per 

week. 

( 4) Single cottages with private toilet and shower, $1.75 per day; 

$8.00 per week. 

(5) Two-room cottages, community toilet and shower, $1.75 per 

day; $8.00 per week. 

( 6) Two-room cottages with private toilet and bath, $2.00 per day; 

$9.00 per week. 

(7) A charge of 25¢ per day will be made for extra cot, and 40¢ 

for bedding. 

(8) A charge of 50¢ per day will be made for each car parking or 

tenting. 

5. Temporrary Nature of 0 ode.-This code shall be operative ten 

days after approval by the President and shall be in force for six 

months or until a permanent code has been formed and substitution 

made. It is impossible at this time to form a permanent code until 

conditions are checked in all parts of the Nation. 

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