Approved Code No. 59 Registry No. 1399-04. 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADM:INISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

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MARKING DEVICES 

INDUSTRY I c 

AS APPROVED ON OCTOBER 20, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

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· Approved Code No. 59 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

MARKING DEVl:CES INDUSTRY 

As Approved on Octob2r 20, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

Executive Order 

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

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial 

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

of Fair Competition for the l\1arking Devices Industry, and hearings 

having been held thereon and the Administrator having rendered 

his report containing 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: 

NOW, 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 adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and 

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

Fair Competition be and is hereby approved, subject to the following 

conditions: 

(1) To effectuate further the policies of the Act, a ~1arking Devices Industry Code Authority be created to cooperate with the 

Administrator as a Planning and Fair Practice Agency for the 

Marking Devices Industry, which Committee shall consist of eleven 

representatives of the Marking Devices Industry elected by a fair 

method of selection, to be approved by the Administrator, and three 

members without vote appointed by the Administrator. 

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. 

Approval recommended : 

H UGH S. JOHNSON, 

Administrator. 

THE vV HITE HousE, 

October 20, 1933. 

29102°-296-82-34 (13) 
OCTOBER 17, 1933. 

The PRESIDENT, 

T lie lV hite House. 

MY DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: A Public Hearing on the Code of Fair 

Competition for the Marking Devices Industry of the United States, 

submitted by the International Stamp Manufacturers Association,. located at 431 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois, wa,s conducted in Washington on the 14th of September 1933, in accordance 

with the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act. The 

Association claims to represent 75 percent of the industry. 

The maximum hours permitted under this Code are forty ( 40) per 

week, or, to provide for emergencies, not more than 48 per week, 

provided time and one third is paid for all hours in excess of eight 

per day. 

The minimum. wage is thirty-two and one half cents (321⁄2¢) per 

hour or thirteen dollars ( $13.00) per week. 

In considering this minimum wage it should be noted that it is 

the minimum wage for unskilled help. By far the greater majority 

1n this industry are highly skilled artisans and paid higher hourly 

rates. In 1931 the total average for employees in this industry was 

55.3 cents on the basis of a 47-hour week. 

Prior to the President's Reemployment Agreement the hours 

worked in this industry were 47 per week. A 40-hour week will 

raise the level of employment to a point slightly lower than the level 

of 1929 employment and will add approximately 874 productive 

employees to the payroll. If wages are paid on the basis of 1929 

weekly wage rates for a 40-hour week the total increase in payroll 

will be approximately $1,300,000. 

In 1929 the number of individuals employed in the industry 

totalled 4,112, out of which number 2,971 were wage earners. In 1931 

the number of wage earners had decreased to 2,496, or a decline of 

16 percent. 

To raise employment to the 1929 level would require the adoption 

of a 39.4-hour week. However, on the basis of the 40-hour week the 

increase in cost to the consumer as a result of higher wage rates will 

be 6.5 percent. 

This industry has relatively high labor costs, wages representing 

in 1931 33.6 percent of the total value of products, as compared 

with 17.4 percent for all industry combined. 

The value of commodities of the Marking Devices Industry in 

1929 was $15,036,023. This value declined in 1931 to $10,045,366, or 

33.2 percent. 

FINDINGS 

The Administrator finds that: 

(a) The Code as recommended complies in all respects with the 

pertinent provisions of Title I of the Act, including, without limita-

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tion, subsection (a) of Section 7 and subsection (b) of Section 10 

thereof; and that 

(b) The International Stamp Manufacturers Association, the applicant group herein, imposes no inequitable restrictions on admission to membership and is truly representative of the Marking 

Devices Industry; and that 

( c) The Code as recommended is not designed to promote monopolies or to eliminate or oppress small enterprises, and will not operate 

to discriminate against them, and will tend to effectuate the policy 

of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

This industry has cooperated in a most satisfactory manner with 

the Administration in the preparation of this Code. From evidence 

adduced during this hearing and from recommendations and reports 

of the various Advisory Boards it is believed that this Code as now 

proposed and revised represents an effective, practical, equitable solution for this industry, and its approval as herewith submitted is 

recommended. 

Respectfully submitted. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON, 

Adniinistrator. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

MARKING DEVICES INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSE 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the following provisions are submitted as a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Marking Devices Industry, and upon 

approval by the President, shall be the standard of fair competition 

for this Industry. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

(1) The term "Marking Devices Industry" as used herein includes the manufacture and sale by the manufacturer of any or all 

of the general classes 0£ articles or any part or parts of any one 

or more of such articles as listed in Exhibit A annexed to this Code 

and made a part hereof. 

(2) The term "employee" as used herein includes any person 

engaged in any phase of the Industry in any capacity receiving compensation for his services, irrespective of the method of payment of 

such compensation. 

(3) The term "employer" as used herein includes anyone by 

whom such employee is compensated or employed. 

( 4) The term "Association" as used herein shall mean the International Stamp Manufacturers' Association. 

(5) The term "member", or "members", shall include anyone 

engaged in the manufacture and/ or sale by the manufacturer of any 

or all of the general classes of articles or any part or parts of any 

one or more of such articles as listed in Exhibit A, annexed to this 

Code. 

( 6) The term "Administrator " as used herein is defined to mean 

the Administrator appointed by the President of the United States 

to effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act. 

(7) The term "effective date", as used herein, shall be ten (10) 

days after approval by the President. 

ARTICLE III-HoURs 

(1) No employee shall work or be permitted to work in excess of 

five hundred and twenty (520) hours in any thirteen (13) week 

period (average forty ( 40) hours per week) , nor in excess of fortyeight ( 48 ) hours in any one week, provided that overtime at the rate 

of time and one third shall be paid for all hours in excess of eight (8) 

hours in any one day. 

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(2) Watchmen shall be employed in pairs and shall work not more 

than thirty-six ( 36) and forty-eight ( 48) hours on alternate weeks, 

or an average of forty-two ( 42) hours per week. 

(3) The maximum hours fixed in the foregoing sections shall not 

appl! to-

( a Emergency repair crews and outside sales force. 

(b Engineers, electricians, firemen, designers, draftsmen, shipping 

crews, and truck or delivery wagon employees; but provided that 

employees in the group covered by this paragr aph shall be limited 

to forty-eight (48) hours in any one week, and that all such employees shall be paid at the rate of time and one third for all hours 

per day over eight (8). 

( c) Executives and supervisory staff receiving more than thirtyfive dollars ($35.00) per week, except when doino- productive or 

mechanical work; provided that the limitation of hours prescribed 

in this Article shall apply to all proprietors, executives, partners, 

sufervisors, and foremen whenever they shall engage in any mechanica or productive work. 

( 4) No employee shall work or be permitted to work for a total 

number of hours in excess of the number of hours prescribed, whether 

employed by one or more employers. 

ARTICLE IV-W .AGES 

(1) No employee shall be paid at less than the rate of thirty-two 

and one-half cents (321⁄2¢) per hour or thirteen dollars ($13.00) per 

week of forty ( 40) hours, except as provided in Section 2 of this 

Article. 

(2) (a) Learners who have had no previous experience or employment in this industry shall, during the first year's apprenticeship, 

be paid not less than ei~hty (80) percent of the minimum wage and 

during the second years apprenticeship shall be paid not less than 

ninety (90) percent of the minimum wage. In subsequent years 

they shall be paid not less than the full minimum wage. Each plant 

shall be entitled to at least on.e learner, but learners shall not exceed 

in number one learner to each six other employees. 

(b) Foot or bicycle messengers needed and exclusively used to 

call for orders and/or to deliver finished product shall be paid not 

less than eighty (80) percent of the minimum wage, but no such 

employee shall engage 1n any productive or mechanical work unless 

paid at a rate not less than the minimum wage as herein provided 

for such work. 

(3) The provisions for the minimum wage in this Code establish 

a guaranteed minimum rate of pay per hour of employment regardless of whether the employee's compensation is based on a time rate 

or on a piecework performance. 

( 4) It is the policy of the members of this industry to refrain 

from reducing the compensation for employment which compensation "as prior to June 16, 1933, in excess of the minimum wage 

herein set forth, notwithstanding that the hours of work in such 

employment may be reduced; and all members of this industry shall 

endeavor to increase the pay of all employees in excess of the mini-
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mmn wage as herein set forth, by an equitable adjustment of all pay 

schedules proportionate to the increase in compensation as determined by the minimum wage herein provided. 

ARTICLE V-CHILD LABOR 

No person under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed in the 

Marking Devices Industry, nor anyone under eighteen (18) years 

0£ age at operations or occupations. hazardous in nature or detrimental to health. The Code Authority shall submit to the Administrator for approval within a reasonable time after the effective gate 

of this Code a list of such hazardous occupations. Reliance in good 

faith by an employer upon any evidence as to age admissible in the 

courts of the state in which such employment takes place shall be 

deemed a compliance with this provision. 

ARTICLE VI-ADMINISTRATION 

( 1) To further effectuate the policies of the Act, a Code Authority 

is hereby established to cooperate with the Administrator in the administration of this Code. The Code Authority shall consist of 

eleven (11) members, selected by a fair method 0£ selection and approved by the Administrator, and not more than three (3) members 

without vote to be appointed at the discretion of the Administrator. 

(2) For the purpose of administering this Code the Marking Devices Industry shall be divided into the several divisions as follows: 

Rubber Stamps 

Rubber Printing Dies-Moulded 

or Cut 

Steel Stamps, Steel Dies, and 

Burning Brands 

Brass Stamps, Brass Dies, and 

Milled Brass Signs 

Checks, Badges, Metal Tags, 

and Stamped Plates 

Pressed Metal Plates and Signs 

Seals 

Stencils 

Merchandise Sundries. 

Subject to the control of the Code Authority and with the approval 

of the Administrator each division shall be independent and selfgoverning with respect to the conditions and problems relating exclusively to the several divisions. 

(a) Proposals in respect to matters affecting more than one division may be initiated by any division affected and shall be submitted 

£or consideration to the Code Authority; such proposals, after the 

approval 0£ the Administrator, shall become a part of the rules 

and regulations governing the members of this Industry on such 

matters of procedure or otherwise as they purport to cover. 

(3) Subject to the approval of the Administrator, the Code 

Authority shall: 

(a) From time to time reguire such verified reports from the 

members of the Industry as 1n its judgment may be necessary to 

adequately provide for the administration of, and to enforce the 

provisions of, this Code; 

(b) Upon complaint of interested parties or upon its own initiative, make such inquiry or investigation of the operation 0£ this 

Code as may be necessary; and 

( c) To submit to the Administrator from time to time for his 

approval such proposals, rules, and regulations as may be deemed 
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necessary for the proper administration and enforcement 0£ this 

Code. 

( 4) The International Stamp 1Ianu£acturers' Association is designated the Administrative agency under the Code Authority. 

(5) Me1nber1ship.-Any employer in the :Marking Devices Industry may part~c~pate in th~ _endeavor~ 0£ the Code ~uthority relative to the rev1s1ons or add1t10ns to this Code by acceptrng the proper 

pro rata share 0£ the cost and responsibility 0£ creating and administering it, either by becoming a member 0£ the International Stamp 

Manufacturers Association or by paying to it an amount equal to the 

dues from time to time provided to be paid by a member in like 

situation 0£ said Association. 

(6) When and as determined by the Code Authority of the Industry, on written notice subject to the approval of the Administrator, 

all members 0£ the Industr:y shall promptly forward to and file with 

the Code Authority such statistical data and information as may be 

necessary to effectuate the declared policies and provisions of this 

Code and/or the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

(7) Subject to the approval 0£ the Administrator, the Code Authority shall decide as to what schedules, lists, or studies shall be 

compiled £or the Industry as a whole and how and when any of 

this material and information shall be distributed to the members 

of the Industry. It is hereby provided that the individual figures 

of the respective members of the Industry shall not be disclosed 

and shall be treated as strictly confidential. 

ARTICLE VII 

COSTS 

(1) Prices of all products shall be based upon accurate and known 

costs, as established by an adequate cost-finding system, approved 

by the Admini trator. 

(2) No manufacturer in the Marking Devices Industry shall sell 

any products, merchandise ( except dropped lines as provided in Section (3)), or service at prices below his own individu~l cost as determined in accordance with the cost-finding system. 

(3) Dropped lines, sometimes designated as "close-outs", may be 

disposed of under such rules and regulations as may be recomn1ended 

by the Code Authority and approved by the Administrator. 

(4) Each manufacturer in the Industry shall, within thirty (30) 

days of the effective date of this Code and at least ten (10) days prior 

to the date on which his price lists shall be effective, file with the 

Code Authority and post in a conspicuous place in his place or places 

0£ business, his net current price lists or price lists and discount 

sheets, as the case may be, for merchandise, sundry, and standard 

products, and £or the made-to-order products on which it is customary in the Indu try to is ue price lists, and costing and pricing 

formulae £or all other products. 

( 5) Any member desiring to reYise his original price lists filed 

as provided in Section 4 0£ this Article, shall file and post his 

discount sheets and/ or costing and pricing formulae as provided 
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in Section 4 £or original price lists at least ten (10) days prior to 

their effective date. 

TERMS 

The standard maximum cash discount terms £or payment of products bought from manufacturers, jobbers, or retailers in the Marking Devices Industry are hereby declared to be 2% 10 days, net 

30 days, E.O.M. This shall be taken to mean that for any products 

purchased and delivered during any certain month (for example, 

January), payment shall be made for same on or before the 10th 

of the following month ( for example, February), less 2 percent; 

and any greater cash discounts given or taken by members of this 

industry on or after the taking effect of this Code shall be considered 

a violation hereof; provided, however, that nothing in this section 

shall be interpreted as preventing any member of the Marking 

Devices Industry from giving or taking cash discounts of less than 

2 percent if he so desires. 

ARTICLE VIII-UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES 

The following shall be considered Unfair Trade Practices £or the 

)Marking Devices Industry and any member who shall directly or 

i indirectly through an officer, employee, agent, or representative, em- 1 ploy or cause to be employed any such unfair practice or practices 

. shall be guilty 0£ a violation 0£ this Code. 

: (1) Selling, by any manufacturer in this Industry, directly or inI directly or through his dealers, or by any means whatsoever, any 

/standard or merchandise sundry product of the Industry at a price 

[ lower or at a discount greater, or on more favorable terms of pay1 ment than those provided in his current net price list or price list 

1 and discount sheets on file, or selling any made-to-order product of l this Industry or services at a price lower than that determined by the 

1 current costing and pricing formulae on file. 

J (2) Offering merchandise for sale at a price reduced from a 

marked-up or fictitious price. 

, ( 3) The practice 0£ giving special discounts, gratuities, or other 

1 merchandise at a price below a scheduled sale price as an inducement 'to purchase any commodity or commodities. 

' ( 4) The secret payment or allowance 0£ rebates1 refunds, com-

' missions, credits, or unearned discounts, whether 1n the form 0£ 

1 money or otherwise; or secretly extending to certain purchasers special services or privileges not extended to all purchasers, under like 

terms and conditions. 

( 5) No manufacturer shall discriminate as between purchasers 

of the same quantity or the same class. 

(6) To give or permit to be given, or the offer to give money or 

anything of value, either directly or indirectly, to customers or 

prospective cu tomers, their agents, employees, and/ or representatives; to purchase or contract to purchase Industry's products, 

either directly or indirectly, from the maker of such gift or offer, 

or to knowingly and in bad faith influence such employers, their 

agents and/ or representatives, to refrain :from dealing or contracting to deal with their competitors. 
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(7) Any practice of :fake, fictitious, or blind bids for the purpose of deceiving competitors or purchasers, or any attempt through 

connivance to have all bids rejected to the end that a more advantageous position may be secured in new bidding. 

(8) The sale or offering for sale of any product of the Industry 

by any false means or device whatsoever. 

(9) The practice of coercing the purchase of several, or a group 

of products, as a condition to the purchase of one or more products 

under the exclusive control of the seller. 

(10) The practice of knowingly shipping or delivering products 

which do not conform to the samples submitted or representations 

made prior to securing the orders. 

( 11) 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 

such means, with the purpose of unduly hampering, injuring, or embarrassing competitors in their business. 

( 12) The defamation of competitors by falsely imputing to them 

dishonorable conduct, inability to perform contracts, questionable 

credit standing, or by other false representations. 

(13) False representations concerning the grade or quality of the 

goods of competitors with the tendency to mislead or deceive purchasers or prospective purchasers. 

(14) The making or causing or permitting to be made or published 

any false, untrue, or deceptive statement by way of advertisement or 

otherwise concerning the grade, quality, quantity, substance, character, nature, origin, size, or preparation of any product of the industry. 

(15) Maliciously enticing the employees of competitors. 

(16) The circularization of threats of suit for infringement of 

patent or trade mark among customers of competitors, not made in 

good faith but for the purpose and with the effect of harassing and 

intimidating customers. 

(17) Seeking information from competitors concerning their 

business by false or misleading statement or representations or by 

false impersonations of one in authority. 

(18) The practice of usurping designs, styles, or patterns originated by a competitor and appropriating them for one's own use 

within a five-year period after such origination. 

(19) The imitation of the trade marks, trade names, slogans, or 

other established marks of identification of competitors. 

(20) The purchase of, or subscription to an interest in, capital 

stock or other obligation of a present or potential customer, where 

the intent is to furnish goods in payment under conditions which 

violate provisions of this Code applying to credit extensions, terms 

of payment, secret rebates, and allowances, or under conditions which 

are obviously designed to conceal the true nature of transactions 

between seller and buyer. 

(21) To make quotations or to give technical information to any 

individual or firm who is not a bona fide operator in the particular 

field or fields covered by the information or material wanted, for 

the purpose of permitting him or it to manufacture the products 

of this industry. 
ARTICLE IX 

Whereas the policy of the Act to increase purchasing power will 

be made impossible of consummation if prices of all goods and 

services purchased increase as rapidly as wages, it is recognized 

that price increases should be delayed and that when made the same 

should, so far as reasonably possible, be limited to actual increase 

in the seller's costs. 

ARTICLE X-GENERAL 

(1) Prior to any amendment or amendments to the constitution 

or bylaws of the International Stamp Manufacturers Association, 

such amendment or amendments shall first be submitted to the Administrator for his approval. 

(2) Any member of this Industry who, prior to June 16, 1933, 

contracted to buy or sell any goods, wares, or merchandise at a price 

fixed as of the date of said contract, for future delivery, shall make 

a bona fide effort to arrive at an equitable adjustment on the price 

thereof as fixed by said contract, to meet any proper increase in the 

cost of such goods, wares, or merchandise imposed by virtue of any 

provision of the National Industrial Recovery Act; and in the event 

such effort fails to result in a mutally satisfactory adjustment, either 

party to said contract may refer the same for adjustment to the Code 

Authority of the Industry, which said Code Authority with the aid 

and assistance of the Administrator or his properly designated agent 

or agents, shall endeavor to arrive at an equitable adjustment thereof. 

(3) 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 activities for the purpose 

of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. 

(4) 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. 

( 5) Employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, 

minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment approved 

or prescribed by the President. 

(6) 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 National Industrial 

Recovery Act, from time to time to cancel or modify any order, 

approval, license, rule, or regulation issued under Title I of said Act 

and specifically, but without limitation, to the right of the President to cancel or modify his approval of this Code or any conditions 

imposed by him upon his approval thereof. 

(7) Within each State, t his Code shall not supersede any laws 

of such State imposing more stringent requirements regulating the 

age of employees, wages, hours of work, or health, fire, or general 

working conditions, then under this Code. 

(8) Each employer shall post in conspicuous places full copies of 

this Code. 
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(9) No prov1s10n of this Code shall be so applied as to permit 

monopolies or monopolistic practices, or to eliminate, oppress, or 

discrjminate a<:rainst small enterprises. 

(10) In addition to the information required to be submitted to 

the Code Authority, there shall be furnished to the Administrator 

or his designated agent or agents such statistical information as the 

Administrator may deem necessary for the purposes recited in Section 3 (a) of the Act. 

( 11) After due notice and hearing, this Code may be amended 

npon the recommendation of the Code Authority or any interested 

party or group or upon the Administrator's own motion, and any 

amendment or modification so determined shall be effective when 

approved by the President, unless otherwise provided. 

The undersigned do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true 

copy of the Code of Fair Competition for the Marking Devices 

Industry, submitted to the Administrator under the National Indus• 

trial Recovery Act, as amended by authority of the Executive Com• 

mittee of the Marking Devices Industry. 

(Signed) J. R. SWIFr, 

President International Stamp Manufacturers Association. 

(Signed) W. L. LoRo, 

Secretary International Stamp Manufacturers Association. 

OCTOBER 1933. 

Approved Code No. 59. 

Registry No. 1399/04. 
EXHIBIT A 

LIST OF PRODUCTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFI ING DIVISIONS OF THE MARKING 

DEVICES INDUSTRY 

The following listings by di,ision and product shall serve as an index and 

definition : 

SECTION (1) Made-to-Order Products. 

(a) Rubber Sta1nps. 

Wood-mounted Rubber (band) stamps 

l\letal-mounted Rubber (band) stamps 

All Rubber-mounted (band) stamps 

Line daters and numberers, Special 

Die plate Daters, Time Stamps, Cancellers, etc. 

Self-Inkers-plain, dating, etc. 

Pocket stamps 

Ink and Ink pads, Special 

Movable Rubber type and Outfits of Special or unusual kinds 

Hand Operated Printing Wheels with Rubber Dies 

Printing Presses for use with Rubber dies and movable rubber type 

Special Holders, Racks, Rules, Attachments, and Accessories for any 

of the above 

(b) Rubber Printing Dies, Moulded 01· Out.-The e are commonly known as 

"rubber printing dies or plate ' and are used ou many different types of print• 

ing presse , for general printing purposes and for imprinting ad,ertising mat• 

ter, specifications, directions, etc., on corrugated, fibre, chip, and cardboard made 

into bo:s:es, shipping cases, di play bo:s:es, etc.; also on many different types of 

articles made from steel, rubber, cellophane, wood, paper, etc. 

(c) Steel Stamps, Steel Dies, and Burning Brands. 

Steel Stamps 

Steel Letters and Figures 

Steel Type 

Embossing Type 

Male and Female Embossing Dies 

Steel P1inting Dies for paper cartons and wood boxes 

Decorative tools for wood, paper, metal, etc. 

Steel Matrices 

l\letal Dies for branding by me3.ns of hen t or ink 

Machinery and appliances for working with the above 

( d) Brass Stamps, Brass Dies, and Milled Brass Signs. 

Brass Stamps engraved for stamping letters or designs into wood, 

cloth, leather, paper meats, etc. 

Brass Dies for embo ing book covers, paper, leather, etc. 

Brass Signs made by proce s of milling or engraving 

Brass Dies for moulding and marking soaps 

l\lachines having brass wheels and/or dies for dating, timing, number• 

ing, etc. 

(e) Checks, Badges, Metal Tags, Fibre Tags, Metal Labels, and Stamped, 

Plates. 

Metal Checks, l\letal Labels, Metal Tags, Fibre Tags, time, tool, key, 

trunk, trade, identification, etc., having raised or sunk letters 

Badges, all shapes and forms of metal badges such as employees, 

police, detective , sheriff, mar hall, firemen, etc. 

Stamped Plates, for identification, licen e, instruction, caution, brands, 

patent dates, trade marks, etc., stamped in various metals and fibres 

with steel dies. 

Medals, Tokens, and Pocket Pieces, etc. 

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(f) Pressed lifetai Signs, lifeta,l Vehicle Tax, and Aittomobile Liicense Plates. 

Embossed or Debossed sheet metal signs, finished or unfinished, made 

by stamping with male and female dies or type or by metal die 

against rubber counter 

(g) Seals. 

Notary, corporation, and official documental seal presses in all sizes 

operated by hand or power 

Similar presses used for embossing letter heads, photographs, and cards 

not exceeding 200# in weight 

Metal and Plastic Dies used in above presses with metal or plastic 

counters 

Lead Seal Presses for sealing cars, meters, vaults, mea.ts, cases, bags, 

etc. 

Wax Seals for sealing documents, valuable packages, etc. 

(h) Stencils. 

For Lettering or branding with paint or ink by means of brush or 

spray gun. 

For sand blasting letters and designs into glass, etc. 

SEO. (2). Merchandise Sundries.-Manufactured on standard specifications as 

kindred stock accessories to the above services and made-to-order products. 

Many of these are altered or modified by the manufacturing dealer to order: 

Line Daters and Numberers 

Self-Inking Line Daters and Numberers, etc. 

Alphabet stamps 

Cost and Selling Price Stamps 

Library and Revenue Dating stamps 

Rotary Dating and Time stamps 

Movable Rubber Type Sets 

Metal Type with Rubber Face 

Type Holders 

Stock Rubber Hand Stamps 

Marking Devices Inks 

Ink Pads for Marking Devices 

Numbering Machines (hand) (not typographic) 

Price and Sign Markers and Chart Printers 

Stamp Racks and Cases 

Adjustable Stencils 

Machine-Made Steel Letters and Figures 

Music Chart Printers 

Stencil Brushes and Pots 

Stencil Cutting Machines 

Holders, Racks, Rules, Attachments, and Accessories for any of the 

above 

Printing Presses (amateur hand operated) for metal type 

NOTE.-The listings in Sections (1) and (2) hereof are not intended to be 

complete or altogether restrictive in defining these Divisions of the Marking 

Devices Industry, but rather that they shall be suggestive of the Arts and 

facilities available for other products for similar uses. 
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EXHIBIT B 

REGULATIONS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF FAIB 

COMPETITION 

PA.RT OF AGREEMENT AND CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOB THE MARKING DEVIOES 

INDUSTRY 

1. Any employer or any employee of this Industry, or any purchaser of any 

of the products of the Industry, may enter a complaint of violation of this 

Code, providing such complaint is presented in writing to the Code Authority, giving the nature of the complaint in detail, supported by all the available 

evidence thereon. 

(a) The Executive Secretary shall, on receipt of such complaint, notify 

the alleged violator, and request his answer. Whenever, in the judgment of 

the Code Authority it shall be necessary, the Executive Secretary shall refer 

such report of violation to the Chairman of the Committee having jurisdiction 

over the particular division of the Industry in which the alleged violator 

operates. ( b) Copies of the complaint, of the evidence, and of the answer, shall be 

furnished to the Chairman of the Committee having jmisdiction, to the complainant, and to the alleged violator, in identical form and manner. 

(c) The said Chairman shall set a date for a hearing on the case, to be 

held not later than two weeks after the receipt by him of the complaint, and 

he shall immediately endeavor to adjust a settlement thereof, either alone or 

in consultation with the members of the .Committee. 

(d) In case such procedure fails to. settle the matter to the satisfaction 

of both parties, all papers r elating to the case with recommendations by the 

Committee of the division shall be placed before the Code Authority who, 

in the event of a failure to adjust the matter in hearing to the mutual satis- faction of both parties, shall forward all such papers to the Administrator or 

his duly authorized agent or agents for such f urther action as may be proper 

1n the premises. 

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