Approved Code No. 313 Registry No. 1118-22 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

STEEL WOOL INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 28, 1934 

WE DOOURP~ 

UNITED STATES 

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WASHINGTON : 1934 

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Approved Code No. 313 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

STEEL WOOL INDUSTRY 

As Approved on February 28, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE STEEL w OOL INDUSTRY 

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 approval of a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Steel Wool Industry, and heari~s having 

been duly held thereon and the annexed report on said uode, 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 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 Code of Fair 

Competition be and it is hereby approved; provided, however, that 

the provisions of Article VI, ( Sections 3 and 4) insofar as they 

prescribe a waiting period between the filing with the Code Authority 

and the effective date of price lists, as originally filed, and/ or revised 

price lists or revised terms and conditions of sale be. and they are 

hereby stayed pen din o- my further Order either within a period of 

sixty days from the elective date of this Code or after the completion 

of a study of open price associations now being conducted by the 

National Recovery Administration. 

HUGHS. JOHNSON, 

Adniinisfrator for Industrial R ecovery. 

Approval recommended : 

w. A. HARRIMAN, 

Division Adm,inistrator. 

WASHINGTON, D.C., 

Febrwary BB, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Srn: Thi is a report on the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Steel Wool Industry, the hearing having been conducted thereon 

in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 1934, in accordance with the 

provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

RES ME OF CODE AS TO WAGES A~ D HOURS 

This Code provide that 8 hours hall con titute the normal number of working hour per day, 40 hours the normal number of working hours per week. These provisions are applicable to all employees except traveling or outside ale men; employees engaged 

solely in Scientific or Re earch work, but who shall be employed not 

more than 48 hours per week; watchmen, who shall be employed 

not more than 56 hours per week; employees while engaged in in- ventory work, but no such inventory worker shall ·work more than an 

additional 20 hours in any one calendar year; provided, that such 

inventory workers shall be paid time and one-half for all overtime 

worked in excess of the maximum above pro,ided; employee when 

engaged in einergency maintenance or emergency repair work (but 

such employees shall be paid time and one-half for all hours in exce of 44 hours per week); and persons employed in managerial, 

executive or supervisory capacity receiving not less than $35.00 per 

week. 

The rate of pay provided for production labor is 35¢ per hour for 

both men and women. All other employees will be paid at not less 

than at the rate of $15.00 per week. 

_E9uitable adjustments are to be made of all wage rates above said 

m1n1ma. 

Child Labor is prohibited and no per on under 18 years of age 

shall be employed in a hazardous occupation. 

GENERAL STATEMENT 

The Steel Wool Industry as defined in the Code includes the 

manufacture and ale of teel wool and clean ers, which consist 

of teel wool with soap in packages, and its customers are the 

various mail order houses, department stores, grocery stores, paint 

and hardware dealers. 

The inve tment in the Indu try is approximately $4,333,000 and 

the number of wage earners in normal times about 700 employees, 

with an estimated annual payroll of $459,000. 

In 1929, whi h was considered a normal year, operations were 

at a rate of approximately 66% of capacity, with a production 

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of about 7,703,000 pounds of steel wool. Operations in 1930 ,vere 

about 45 % of capacity; in 1931 about 45 % of capacity; in 1932 about 

40% of capacity. 

I believe that the Code is fair to Industry, to Labor and to the 

Public, and is in accordance with the int.ent and purpo e of the 

National Iudu trial Recovery Act. 

FINDINGS 

The Assistant Deputy Administrator in his final report to me 

on said Code having found as herein set forth and on the basis of all 

the proceedings in this matter: 

I find that: 

(a) Said Code is well de. igned to promote the policie and 

purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, including removal of obstructions to the free flow of inter tate and foreign 

commerce which tend to dimini h the amount thereof and will provide for the general welfare by promoting the organization of 

indu try for the purpo e of cooperative action among the trade 

group , by inducing and maintaining unjted action of labor and 

management under adequate governmental sanctions and supervision, 

by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible utilization of the pre ent productive capacity of industries, by avoiding undue restriction of production ( except as may 

be temporarily required) by increasing the consumption of industrial and agricultural products through increasing purchasing 

power, by reducing and relieving unemployment by improving 

standards of labor, and by otherwise rehabilitating indu try. 

(b) Said Industry normally employs not more than 50,000 employees; and is not clas ified by me as a major indu try. 

( c) The Code as approved complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of aid Title of said Act, including without limitation Sub ection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Section 7, and 

Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof; and that the applicant group 

is an indu trial group truly representative of the aforesaid Indu try; 

and that aid group impo es no inequitable re triction on admi sion 

to member hip therein. 

( d) The Code is not designed to and will not permit monopolies 

or monopoli tic practices. 

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

small enterprises 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 the e rea on , therefore, I have aproved this Code. 

Re pectfully, 

FEBRUARY 28, 1934. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON, 

Administrator. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE ST E EL WOOL 

INDUSTRY 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, this Code is established as a Code of Fair Competition 

for the Steel "\i\Tool Industry, and its provisions shall be the standard 

of fair competition for such industry, and shall be binding upon 

every member thereof. 

ARTICLE I-DEFINITIONS 

1. The term, the" Industry", means tha business of producing and 

di tributing "Steel Wool." 

2. The term, "Member of the Industry", includes, but without 

limitation, any individual, partnership, association, corporation, or 

other form of enterprise operating a plant or plants for the produc- tion of steel wool, either directly or through an affiliating company. 

The term, "affiliated company" means a company whose relations 

to another company are such that either one has, directly or indi- rectly, a 51 % or more voting interest in the other, or that another 

company has, directly or indirectly, a 51 % or more voting stock 

interest in both. 

3. The term, "The Code", means this Code as originally approved 

by the President and all amendments hereafter made. 

4. The term, "The President", means the President of the United 

States. 

5. The term, "employee", as used herein includes any and all 

persons engaged in the industry, however compen ated, except a 

member of the indu try. 

6. The term, "employer", as used herein includes anyone by whom 

any such employee is compensated or employed. 

7. The terms " Act " and " Administrator " as used herein mean 

respectiYely Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, and 

the. Administrator for Industrial Recovery. 

8. The term, " the effective date of the Code", means the date on 

which the Code shall have been approved and made effective by the 

Pre ident. 

9. The term, "A sociation ", refers to "The Steel Wool Association"; the term "Executive Committee", refers to the Executive 

Committee of said A sociation, and the term "Secretary" refers to 

the " Secretary " of said " Association." 

10. The term "Code Authority" refers to the Executive Committee of the A sociation. 

11. The term "Primary :Manufacturer", a used herein is defined 

to mean a converter of wire into steel wool and/ or shavings. 

12. The term, "House Brand", as used herein i defined to mean 

a brand owned or used by a manufacturer of steel wool. 

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13. The term,." Private Brand", as u eel herein is defined to mean 

a brand owned or used by someone other than the manufacturer. 

ARTICLE II-GENERAL LABOR PROVISIONS 

1. In compliance with Section 7a of the Act, it is provided that: 

(a) Employees in the indu try shall have the right to organize 

and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of 

employers of labor, or their agents, in the de ·ignation of such representative or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for 

the purpo e of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. 

(b) 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 a si ting a labor organization of his 

own choo ing. 

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

minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment apprm ed 

or prescribed by the President. 

2. No per on under 16 years of age shall be employed in the indu try. Jo person under 18 years of age shall be employed at operations or occupations which are hazardous in nature or dangerous to 

health. In any state an employer shall be deemed to have complied 

with this provision as to age if he shall have on file a certificate or 

permit duly signed by the Authority in such State empowered to 

issue employment or age certificates or permits showing that the 

employee is of the required age. 

3. No employer shall reclassify employees or duties of occupations 

performed or engage in any other subterfuge for the purpo e of 

defeating the purposes or provisions of the Act or of this Code. 

4. Every employer shall make reasonable provision in accordance 

with existing law for the safety and health of his employees at the 

place and during the hours of their employment. 

5. vVithin each State no provision in this Code shall super ede a 

State or Federal law which impo es on employers more stringent 

requirement as to age of employees, wage , hours of work, or as to 

safety, health, sanitary, or general working conditions, or insurance, 

or fire protection than are impo ed by this Code. 

6. All employer hall po t complete copie of Articles II, III, and 

IV of this Code in conspicuous places accessible to employees. 

ARTICLE III-I-Io ns OF LABOR 

1. No employee hall be pennitted to work in excess of forty ( 40) 

hours in any one week, or eight (8) hours in any twenty-four hour 

period, except as in this Article otherwise provided. 

2. The provisions of this Article shall not apply to 

(a) Employees when engaged in emergency maintenance or emergency repair work (but such employees hall be compensated at the 

rate of ti1ne and one-half for all hours in excess of forty-four hours 

per week) . 

(b) Supervisors, or other .persons employed in a managerial or 

executiYe capacity who earn not less than thirty-five ($35) dollars 

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( c) Travelling or outside salesmen. 

( d) Employees engaged solely in scientific or research work, who 

shall not be employed more than 48 hours per week. 

(e) Employees while engaged in inventory ~?rk, but no su~h 

inventory worker hall work more than an add1t10nal 20 hours 1n 

any one calendar year; provided, further, that such inventory 

worker hall be compensated at the rate of time and one-half for 

all overtime work in excess of the maximum above provided. 

(f) Watchmen who shall not be employed more than 56 hours per 

week. 

3. No employee shall be employed or permitted to work for one or 

more employers in the industry in an aggregate in excess of the 

pre cribed number of hours. 

ARTICLE IV-WAGES 

1. No accounting, clerical or office, employee of any member of 

the industry shall be paid less than at the rate of $15.00 per week, 

and no other employee shall be paid in any pay period less than at 

the rate of thirty-five (35) cents per hour, except as otherwi ·e herein 

provided. 

2. The provisions of this Article IV do not apply to apprentices 

with less than 3 months' experience in the industry, who may be 

compensated at not less than 80% of the rate herein fixed, but the 

number of apprentices thus paid shall not exceed 5% of the total 

employees, and the .period of apprenticeship shall not exceed 3 

months. 

3. This Article establishes a minimum rate of pay which shall 

apply, irrespective of whether an employee is actually compensated 

on a time rate, piece rate, or other basis. 

4. No member of the industry shall reduce the rates of compensation for employment now in excess of the minimum wages hereby 

establi hed and there shall be an equitable adjustment of the wages 

of employees now receiving more than the minimum wage as provided in this Code. Such equitable adjustment shall' mean that differentials existing prior to the formulation of this Code shall be 

maintained for all workers. The first reports of wages required to 

be filed under this Code shall contain all wage increases made since 

J:vlay 1, 1933. 

5. Female employees performing substantially the same work and 

under the same conditions as male employees shall receive the same 

xate of pay as male employees. 

ARTICLE V-ORGANIZATION' POWERS, AND DUTIES OF THE CODE 

AUTHORITY 

1. A Code Authority is hereby constituted to administer this Code. 

2. The Code Authority shall consist of the Executive Con1mittee, 

and, in addition thereto, there may be not to exceed three ( 3) member without vote, to be appointed by the Administrator, whose terms 

of office hall be so arranged that they will not expire at the same 

time. The Secretary of the Association shall act as Secretary of the 

Code Authority; wherever provision is made in this Article for the 

filing of any documents with or the giving of notice to or by the 
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Code Authority, such documents shall be filed with and/or the notice 

shall be given to and/or by said Secretary. 

3. The Association shall (1) impose no inequitable restrictions on 

membership, and (2) submit to the Administrator true copies of its 

articles of association, by-laws, regulations, and any amendments 

when made thereto, together with such other information as to mem- bership, organization, and activities as the Administrator may deem 

necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Act. 4. In order that the Code Authority shall at all times be truly 

representative of the industry and in other respects comply with the 

provisions of the Act, the Administrator may prescribe such hearings as he may deem proper; and thereafter if he shall find that the 

Code Authority is not truly representative or does not in other 

respects comply with the provisions of the Act, may require an 

appropriate modification in the method of selection of the Code 

Authority. 

5. Members of the industry shall be entitled to participate in and -hare the }Jenefits of the activities of the Code Authority and t o 

participate in the selection of the members thereof by assenting to 

and complying with the requirements of this Code and sustaining 

their reasonable share of the expenses of its administration either by 

becoming a member of the Association or by paying to the Association an amount equal to the dues from time to time provided to be 

paid by a member in like situation of the Association. The amount 

of any such payment or payments shall be subject to review and 

approval by the Administrator. 

6. Nothing contained in this Code shall constitute the members of 

the Code Authority partners for any purpose. Nor shall any member of the Code Authority be liable in any manner to anyone for any 

act of any other member, officer, agent, or employee of the Code 

Authority. 

7. If the Admini trator shall determine that any action of a Code 

Authority or any agency thereof may be unfair or unjust or contrary 

to the public interest, the Administrator may require that such action 

be uspended to afford an opportunity for investigation of the merits 

of such action and further consideration by such Code Authority or 

agency pending final action which shall not be effective unless the 

Administrator approves or unless he shall fail to disapprove after 

thirty (30) days' notice to him of intention to proceed with such 

action in its original or modified form. · 

8. The Code Authority shall have the following duties: 

a. To insure the execution of the provisions of this Code and provide for the compliance of the industry with the provisions of the 

Act. 

b. To adopt by-laws and rules and regulations for its procedure 

and for the administration of the Code. 

c. Upon complaint or upon its own initiative to investigate the 

operations of this Code. 

9. Each member shall prepare and file with the Code Authority, 

such statistics, data and information relating to plant capacity, volume of production and volume of ales in terms of pounds of steel 

wool, number of employees, wage rates, employee earnings, and hours 

of work, as the Code Authority or the Administrator may from time 
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to time require, which are pertinent to the administration of the 

Code. 

10. Except as otherwise provided in the Act, o_r in this Code, _all 

statistic data and information filed or required 1n accordance with 

the provi ions' of thi Code shall be confidential and the statistic , 

data and information of one member shall not be revealed to another 

m n;ber. No such data or information hall be published except in 

combination with other similar data and in such a manner as to avoid 

the disclosure of confidential information. 

11. The Code Authority shall make such reports to the Administrator as he may from time to time require. 

In addition to information required to be submitted to the Code 

Authority, all or -any of the persons subject to this Code, agreement, 

or licen e shall furni h such statistical information as the Administrator may deem necessary for the purposes recited in Section 3 (a) 

of the Act to such Federal and State Agencies as the Administrator 

may designate; nor shall anything in this Code, agreement, or license 

relieve any person of any existing obligation to furnish reports to 

Government Agencies. 

12. A member of the Industry by one of its representatives on the 

Executive Committee may at any time make inquiry of any other 

member concerning alleged violations of this Code. The member to 

,Yhom such inquiry is addressed shall answer it by the affidavit of 

one of its representatives on the Executive Committee. 

13. Until such time as it adopts other by-laws, meetings of the 

Code Authority shall be governed by the regulations of the Association governing meetings of the Executive Committee. 

ARTICLE VI-AccouNTING-SELLING 

1. The Code Authority shall cause to be formulated an accounting 

system and methods of cost finding and/ or estimating capable of use 

by all members of the industry. After such system and methods have 

been formulated, full details concerning them shall be made available 

to all members. Thereafter all members shall determine and/ or 

estimate cost in accordance with the principles of such methods. 

2. Within fifteen (15) days after the approval of this Code, every 

such member shall file with the Code Authority a schedule of prices 

and term of sale for such products as designated by the Code 

Authority. 

3. All such schedule shall be in such form as the Code Authority 

shall_ prescribe and hall contain all information necessary to permit 

any ~nterested person to determine the exact net price per unit after 

all ch counts or other deductions have been made, whether pertaininoto a single _o~der, a commitment for future delivery, or a contract. 

All such original schedules shall become effective not later than ten 

( 10) _days from the date_ of filing. Any such schedule, or any price 

therem, may apply nationally or may be limited to one or more 

geographical divi ions. 

4. A revi ed chedule or schedules, or a new schedule or schedules. 

mav be filed by a member with the Code Authority at any time: 

A!ly schedules filed _hereunde! shall become effective five ( 5) days 

1 after the elate of filmg, provided, however, that an increased price 
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may become effective at such earlier date as the member filing the 

same shall fix. 1 

5. The Code Authority shall promptly supply all members of the 

industry with copies of all schedules and revised schedules. Immediately on receipt of information that a schedule then on file has 

been revised, or that a new schedule has been filed, any member may 

file a revised schedule conforming as to price and terms to the 

schedule o:f such other member, and effective on the same date. 

6. No such schedule of prices and terms of sale filed by any member, or in effect at any time, shall be such as to permit the sale of 

any product at less than thP- cost thereof to such member determined 

in the manner provided in Section 8 of this Article, provided, however, that any member may sell below his own cost to meet a 

competitor's price. 

7. When the Code Authority determines that an emergency exists 

in this industry and that the cause thereof is destructive price cutting 

such as to render ineffective or seriously endanger the maintenance 

of the provisions of this Code, the Code Authority may cause to be 

determined the lowest reasonable cost of the products of this industry, such determination to be subject to such notice and hearing as 

the Administrator may require. The Administrator may approve, 

disapprove, or modify the determination. Thereafter, during the 

period of the emergency, it shall be an unfair trade practice for any 

member of the industry to sell or offer to sell any products of the 

industry for which the lowest reasonable cost has been determined 

at such prices or upon such terms or conditions of sale that the buyer 

will pay less therefor than the lowest reasonable cost of such 

products. 

When it appears that conditions have changed, the Code Authority, upon its own initiative or upon the request of any interested 

party, shall cause the determination to be reviewed. 

8. Cost for the purposes of this Article, shall be determined pursuant to the method of accounting and costing prescribed as provided in Section 1 hereof as soon as such method is adopted, and 

approved, and theretofore pursuant to the method en:!ployed by such 

member subject to such preliminary rules as the Code Authority 

shall from time to time prescribe with the approval of the Administrator. 

9. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the disposition of distress merchandise required to be sold to liquidate a 

defunct or insolvent business in such manner at such price and such 

terms and conditions as the Code Authority may approve. 

10. Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed to prevent 

the fulfillment of a bona fide contract existing on the effective date 

of this Code. 

ARTICLE VII-TRADE PRACTICES 

For all purposes o:f the Code the acts described in this Article shall 

constitute unfair practices. Any member of the industry who shall 

directly, or indirectly through any officer, employee, agent or representative, use, employ, or permit to be employed, any of such unfair 

practices shall be guilty of a violation of the Code. 

1 See paragraph 2 of orcler approving this Code. 

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1. No member of the industry shall sell or offer to sell any product 

at prices or sales terms other than those filed with the, Secretary of 

the Association as above provided, or violate any of the other provisions of Article VI hereof. · 2. No member of the industry shall withhold from or insert in any 

quotation or invoice any statement that makes it inaccurate in any 

material particular. 

3. No member of the industry shall pay a buyer for a special ad- Yertising or distribution service by such buyer (a) except in pursuance of a written contract made in good faith and explicitly defining 

the service to be rendered and the payment for it; (b) unle s such 

service is duly rendered; ( c) unless such payment is entirely separate 

and di tinct from the sales price and not used to reduce that price; 

and ( d) unless such payrn.ent is equally available to all competitive 

buyers in the ame trade area under like conditions. 

4. No discount, contribution, preference,, rebate, gift, donation, or 

allowance of any kind, either in cash or steel wool or other merchandise, or any other device, shall be made or used, the purpose or effect 

of which would be to reduce the price of the product to the purchaser 

below the price specified in the seller's current open price list filed 

with the Secretary as above provided. 

5. No member of the industry shall require a buyer to purchse one 

product in order to purchase another. 

6. No member of the industry shall offer any prize or premium or 

gift to either a consumer or buyer in pursuance o:f a plan (a) which 

involves fraud or deception or lottery or (b) which is, because of any 

other injurious abuse, detrimental to the trade or consuming public, 

but the provisions o:f this subdivision shall not be deemed to modify 

the limitations already imposed by subdivision "4" above. 

7. No member o:f the industry shall give, permit to be given, 01 

directly offer to give, anything o:f value :for the purpose of influencing 

or rewarding the action o:f any employee, agent, or representative 

o:f another in relation to the business of the employer of su~h 

employee, the principal of such agent or the represented party, 

without the knowledge o:f such employer, principal, or party. Commercial bribery provisions shall not be construed to prohibit :free 

and general distribution of articles commonly used for ad vcrtising 

except so far as such articles are actually used for commercial bribery 

as hereinabove defined. 

8. No member of the industry shall brand or mark or pack any 

goods in any manner which is intended to or does deceive or mislead 

purchaser with respect to the brand, grade, quality, origin, size, 

substance, character, nature, finish, material content, or preparation 

of such goods. 9. No member o:f the industry shall guarantee any purchaser 

against decline of prices subsequent to the date of shipment. 

10. Orders :for delivery beyond sixty days from the date of the 

receipt of such orders, shall be taken only on a standard form of con- tract which shall be prepared by the Code Authority and approved 

by the Administrator. 

11. Primary manufacturer selling teel wool in carton packages, 

sleeves or tubes shall plainly mark such cartons, packages, sleeves 

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or tubes with the manufacturer's name and address and the grade 

contained therein. 

12. No member of the industry shall manufacture or sell private 

brands of clean ers consisting of steel wool with soap in packages, 

unless such packages are plainly marked with the name and address 

of the manufacturer and the grade contained therein. 

13. Mixed, second or off-grade steel wool shall not be offered for 

sale. 

14. Nothing in this Code shall prevent the exchange, purchase, 

or sale of merchandise between primary manufacturers on such terms 

as the purcha er and sel1er may agree, but provided that such 

exchange, purchase, or sale is solely for the purpose of equalizing 

grades in stock. 

15. No member of the industry shall allow a cash discount which 

is not earned by payment in accord with his published cash-discount 

offer. No cash discount shall exceed two percent ten days from. date 

of invoice, or one percent tenth proximo. 

16. Any member of the industry may sell its products through any 

agent at the current list prices and allow such agent a commission, 

provided that the member of the industry bills such product direct 

to the customer and that the agent sells none of its products on his 

own account but only as a representative of the member of the industry; and provided further that no member of the industry shall 

knowingly use an agent who directry or indirectly splits his com- mission or other compensation with a buyer. 

17. No member of the industry shall publish or circulate unjustified 

or unwarranted threats of legal proceedings which tend to have the 

effect of harassing competitors or intimidating their customers. 

18. Nothing in this Code nor anything done hereunder shall be 

deemed to affect or prejudice in any way the rights to contest any 

claims to any patents, trade marks, trade names, or copyrights. 

19. All members of the industry shall list all house or private 

brands, together with full description thereof, with the Secretary 

of the Code Authority and any new brands hall be so listed prior 

to being offered for sale. _ 20. No member of the industry shall publish advertising ( whether 

printed, radio, display or of any other nature) which is misleading 

or inaccurate in any material particular, nor shall any mern.ber in 

any way misrepresent any goods (including but without limitation 

its use, trade mark, grade, quality, quantity, origin, size, substance, 

character, nature, finish, material content or preparation) or credit 

terms, values, policies, services or the nature or form of the business 

conducted. 

21. No member of the industry shall publish advertising which 

refers inaccurately in any material particular to any competitors 

or their goods, prices, values, credit terms, policies or services. 

ARTICLE VIII-EXPORT TRADE 

1. No provision of this Code relating to prices or terms of selling, 

shipping, or marketing shall apply to export trade or sales or shipments for export trade. 
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ARTICLE IX-1\fomFICATION 

1. Thi Code and all the provi ions thereof are expres ly made 

ubject to the right of the President in accordance with the proviion of . ub ection (b) of Section 10 of the Act, from time to time 

to cancel or modify any order, approval, licen e rule or regulation 

i . uecl under aid Act. 

2. Thi. Code, except a to provi ion required by the Act may 

be modified on the ba i of experience or change in circum tance , 

uch modifications to be ba eel upon application to the Admini trator 

and uch notice and hearing as he hall pecify, an l to become 

effectfre on approval of the Pre ident. 

3. Such of the provi ions of thi Code as are not required to be 

jncludecl herein by the ational Inclu trial Recovery Act may be 

amended modified, or eliminated. Such amendments may be propo eel by the Executive Committee on the favorable vote of it entire 

member hip. At the request of any member of the Committee, the 

amendment a .., approved hall be ubmitted to a meeting of the member of the Indu try which hall be called for such purpo e upon 

notice given in accor lance with the rules and by-laws of the As ociation. The propo eel amendment shall be deemed approYed if 

at uch meeting, all the member of the Industry are in favor thereof. Upon approval of the Executive Committee or of the Indu try, 

the amendment hall be submitted by the Executive Committee to 

the Pre iclent for approval if approval thereof by him shall then 

be required by law. Such amendment shall be effective as part of 

the Code upon approval by the Pre iclent, provided however nothing in thi Article contained shall be con trued to prevent a truly 

repre entative group from submitting am ndn1ents to the Pre ident 

or to the Admini trator for such action as he may deem appropriate. 

ARTICLE X-MOXOPOLIES, ETC. 

No provision of thi Code hall be so applied as to permit monopolies or monopoli tic practices, or to eliminate, oppre s or di criminate 

again t mall enterpri es. 

ARTICLE XI-EFFECTIVE DATE 

Thi Code hall become effective ten clay after its approval by the 

President. 

Approved Code No. 313. 

Registry No. 1118-22. 

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