659-B Registry No. 1407-1-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

MARKING DEVICES INDUSTRY 

AS REVISED FOR PUBLIC HEARING 

WE DO OUR PART 

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The Code for the Marking Devices 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 ce nts 
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SUBMITTED BY 

INTERNATIONAL STAMP MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION 

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PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

MARKING DEVICES INDUSTRY 

(As Revised 9/2/33) 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSE OF THE CODE 

To effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, during the period of the emergency, by reducing and relieving unemployment, improving the standards of labor, eliminating 

competitive practices destructive of the interests of the public, 

employees and employers, and otherwise rehabilitating the marking 

devices industry and by increasing the consumption of industrial and 

agricultural products by increasing purchasing power, and in other 

respects, the following provisions are established as a code of fair 

competition for the marking devices industry. 

ARTICLE II--DEFINITIONS 

As used herein the term "marking devices industry" is defined to 

mean the manufacture and production of any or all of the general 

classes of articles as listed in Schedule A annexed to this code, or any 

part or parts of any one or more of such articles, and the distributi~n 

of such articles and/or such parts by the manufacturer. 

The term" employer" as used herein includes every person (whether 

individual, partnership, association or corporation) who is engaged 

in production of any or all of the articles as listed in Schedule A 

annexed to this code, or any part or parts of any one or more of such 

articles. 

The term "employee" as used herein shall include all persons employed in the conduct of any phase of the Marking Devices Industry, 

(except as hereinafter specifically excluded) and shall include all proprietors, supervisors, and foremen, when doing productive or mechanical work. 

The term "association" as used herein shall mean the International 

Stamp Manufacturers Association. • 

The term "member of the industry" includes any manufacturer, 

wholesaling and/or retailing, who shall be subject to this Code. 

The term "member of the Code" includes any member of the Industry who shall have expressly signified assent to this Code. 

ARTICLE III-Houns 

SECTION 1. No employee shall work or be permitted to work in 

excess of five hundred twenty (520 hours in any thirteen) (13) w ek 

period (average forty (40) hours per week) nor in '-'Xcess of fortyeight (48) hours in any one week, nor in excess of eight (8) hours in 

any one day. 

EC. 2. There shall be no limitation on the maximum number of 

hours for which a watchman may be employed for a period of three 

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months after the effective date of this Code. On or before the end 

of this period the Code Authority shall submit to the Administrator 

for his approval a schedule of wages and hours to govern the employment of watchmen. 

SEc. 3. The maximum hours fixed in the foregoing section (1) shall 

not apply to-

(a) E1nergency maintenance and repair shop crews, or outside sales 

force; 

(b) Engineers, ele trician , firemen, designers, draftsmen, shipping 

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

that all such e1nployees shall be paid at the rate of time and one-third 

for all hours per week over forty. 

(c) Executives, and supervisory staff receiving more than $35.00 

per week except when doing productive or mechanical work. 

SEc. 4. No employee hall 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-WAGES 

SECTION 1. No employee shall be paid at less than the rate of 

thirteen ($13.00) dollars per week of forty (40) hours, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article; provided, however, that where a 

State law provides a higher 1ninimum wage, no person employed 

within that state shall be paid a wage lower than that required by such 

State law. 

SEc. 2. (a) Learners in either factory or office during the first 

year's apprenticeship shall be paid not less than eighty (80) percent 

of the minimum wage, and during the second year's 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 and each office shall be entitled to at least one 

learner, but learners shall not exceed in number one learner to each 

six other employees. 

(b) Foot or bicycle mess 0 ngers needed to call for orders and/or to 

deliver finished product, hall be paid not less than eighty (80) percent 

of the minimum wage, but no such employee shall engage in any 

productive or mechanical work. 

SEc. 3. The provisions for a minimum wage in this Code establish 

a g\laranteed minimum rate of pay per hour of employment regardless 

of whether the employee's compensation is otherwise based on a time 

rate or on a piecework performance. 

ARTICLE V-CHILD LABOR 

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

Marking Devices Industry except that persons between 14 and 16 

years of age may be employed (but not in productive or mechanical 

work) for not to exceed 3 hours per day and those hours shall be 

between 7 a .m. and 7 p.m. and such as not to interfere with hours of 

day school. Provided, however, that where State law provides a 

higher minimum age, no person below the age specified by such State 

Law shall be employed within that State. 
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ARTI LE VI-ADMI ISTRATION 

ECTIO 1. Dim ions of the Industry.- For the purpose of administ ring thi code, th Industry hall be divided into the divisions as 

et forth below. Each division may be ind pend nt and self-governing , ith re pect to all onditions and problems relating exclusively 

to th aid division, subject to the approval of the Code Authority 

and the Admini trator. Proposals in respect to matters affecting 

more than one divi ion may be initiated by any division affected, and 

shall be submitted for consideration to the Code Authority of the 

Industry her inafter described; and, with the approval of the Admini tra.tor, its determination shall be binding upon the proposing 

di isions and all other divisions affected thereby. 

The following constitute the divisions of the 11arking Devices 

Indu try: 

Rubber Stamps. 

Seals. 

Press d 11:etal Plates and Signs. 

Steel Stamps, Steel Dies, and 

Burning Brand . Checks, Badges, and Stamped 

Plates. 

Rubber Printing Dies-Moulded 

and Cut. 

Brass Stamps, Brass Dies, and 

Milled Brass Signs. 

Stencils. 

Merchandise Sundries. 

SEc. 2. Division Committees.-Each of the above-named divisions, 

and any others which n1ay subsequently be formed within the Industry 

may by a fair n1ethod of selection set up a Division Committee, subject to the approval of the Code Authority and the Administrator, 

consisting of not more than five members, which committees shall, 

subject to the approval of the Administrator, administer the provisions 

of the general code of the Industry, secure adherence thereto, con ider 

proposals for amendments thereof and exceptions thereto, hear and 

adjust complaints, and otherwise carry out within the division the 

purposes of the National Industrial RecQvery Act, as set forth in this 

code. 

SEc. 3. Code Authority.-The Code Authority for the Marking 

Devices Industry shall consist of a National Committee for the Marking Devices Industry which is constituted herein as a planning and 

fair practice agency to cooperate with the Administrator in the 

administration of this Code. 

(a) Members.-The National Committee of the Marking Devices 

Industry shall be composed of not less than seven members, who shall 

be nominated by the Board of Directors of the International Stamp 

Manufacturers Association and appointed by the Administrator. This 

ommittee shall, in the same manner, be augmented from time to 

time with due regard to full and true representation of the industry. 

This ational Committee shall meet and organize immediately after 

appointment. 

(b) Quorum.-Two-thirds of the ational Committee, present after 

due notice, and ample travel time, shall constitute a quorum, and a 

majori y of the members present shall onstitute a vote on any matter b fore the ommittee. 

(c) Power. and Duties.-The ational Committee of the Marking 

Device Indu tr ~hall be the general planning and coordinating 

agency for the Industry. ubject to the approval of the Adminis-
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trator, its members shall be empowered to act conclusively in all 

matters before the Committee and within its jurisdiction. 

Subject to the approval of the Administrator, the National Committee shall have powers and duties as provided herein, subject to 

the approval of the Administrator, the National Committee shall: 

(1) From time to time require such reports from the members of 

the Industry as in its judgment may be necessary to adequately provide for the administration of, and to enforce the provisions of, this 

code; 

(2) Upon complaint of interested parties or upon its own initiative, 

make such inquiry or investigation of the operation of this code, as 

may be necessary; and 

(3) Make rules and regulations necessary for the administration 

and enforcement of this Code. The Committee may delegate any of 

its authority to Division Committees or other special committees or 

such officers or agencies as it shall determine, and which are permitted under the Act. 

SEc. 4. Executive Committee.-An Executive Committee, consisting 

of three members of the National Committee, chosen by the National 

Committee, shall carry out, under the provisions of this code, the 

instructions of the National Committee. 

ARTICLE VII-ADMINISTRATION AND PARTICIPATION 

SECTION 1. The Code Authority of the International Stamp Manufacturers Association, now situated at 431 South Dearborn Street, 

Chicago, Illinois, is hereby constituted the administrative agency 

in cooperation with the Administrator in accordance with the provisions of this Code. 

SEc. 2. Any employer in the Marking Devices Industry may 

participate in the endeavors of the Code Authority of the International Stamp Manufacturers Association relative to the revisions 

or additions to thjs Code by, accepting the proper pro rata share of 

the cost and responsibility of creating and udministering it, either 

by becoming a member of said Association or by paying to it an 

amount equal to the dues from time to time provided to be paid by 

a nrnmber in like situation of the International Stamp Manufacturers 

Association. 

ARTICLE VIII-DURATION, MODIFICATION, AND CANCELLATION 

SECTION 1. E.-fl'ectite date.-This Code of Fair Competition shall 

become effective ten (10) days after it shall be approved by the 

rresident of the United States. 

SEc. 2. Cancellation or Modification of Government Approval.- This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made subject 

to the right of the President, in accordance with the provisions of 

Clause 10 (b) Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, fron1 

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

regulation, issued under Title I of said Act, and specifically to the 

right of the Pre ident to cancel or modify his approval of this Code 

or any conditions imposed by him upon his approval thereof. 
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ARTICLE IX- LABOR PROVISIONS 

Employers in the Marking D vices Industry shn,ll comply with the 

requir m nts of th ationul Industrial Recovery A t a follows: 

(1) That employ es hall have the right to organize and bargain 

ollectively through representatives of their own hoo ing, and shall 

be free from the interference, restraint, or coer ion of employers of 

labor, or their agents, in the de ignation of such representatives or in 

s If-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of 

colle tive bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; 

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

r quired as a condition of employment to join any ompany 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 conditions of employment, 

approved or prescribed by the President . 

. ARTICLE X-CosTs 

· SECTION 1. Prices of all products shall be based upon accurate and 

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

which shall be open to inspection at reasonable times by authorized 

nonmember representatives of the International Stamp Manufacturers Association. 

SEc. 2. No manufacturer in the Marking Devices Industry· shall, 

except as provided in Section 3 of this Article, sell any products, 

merchandise, or service at prices below a cost which shall include all 

materials, labor, and all expenses in connection with procuring, 

processing, producing, marketing, and distrbuting of such products, 

merchandise, or service plus all other expenses incidental and necessary to the continuous conduct of his business as determined in accordance with the cost-finding system provided for in Section 1 of this 

Article. 

SEc. 3. Dropped lines, sometimes designated as "close-ou-ts ", may 

be disposed of under such rules and regulations as may be recommended by the Committee of each Division, and approved by the 

National Committee and the Administrator. 

SEc. 4. Each manufacturer in the Marking Devices Industry shall, 

ten (10) days prior to the effective date of his price list to the trade, 

file with the Association net current price lists or price list and discount sheets, as the case may be, for stock or merchandise sundry 

produ ts, and costing and pricing formulas for made-to-order goods 

and service . EC. 5. Revised price lists of each and every item of stock or merchandise sundry products with or without discounts thereon and/or 

costing and pricing formulas for made-to-order goods shall, ten (10) 

da s prior to the effective date of the revised price li t and/or formula, be filed from time to time thereafter with the As ociation. 

SEc. 6. o manufacturer hall sell directly or indirectly or through 

hi dealer , by any means whatsoever, any stock or m r handise 

sundr product of the industry at a pri e lower or at a discount 

gr ater, or on more favorable terms of payment that tho e provided 

in his urr nt net price list or price li t and discount sheet on file, 
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nor sell any made-to-order product of this industry or services at a 

price lower than that determi..11.ed by the current costing and pricing 

formula on file. 

ARTICLE XI-STATISTICS 

When and as determined by the National Committee of the Industry, on written notice from the said committee, all members of the 

Industry shall promptly forward to and file with the Executive 

Secretary of the Association, or such agency as the National Committee may designate, such statistical data and information as may be 

determined necessary to the preparation of the schedules listed under 

this agreement or necessary to effectuate the declared policy and provisions of this code and/or of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

In the same manner the said Committee shall decide as to what 

schedules, lists, or studies shall be compiled for the purposes of the 

Association and the Industry as a whole and how and when any of this 

1naterial and information shall be distributed to the members of the 

Industry. And it shall be provided that the individual figures of 

the respective me1nbers of the Industry shall not be disclosed and shall 

be treated as strictly confidential by the Exectutive Secretary or other 

agency of the Association. 

ARTICLE XII-BusINESS ETHICS 

SECTION 1. Prices.-a. This industry, recognizing the manufactur- er's right to safeguard his assets and protect the standing of his prod- ucts, established through advertising and other promotional effort, 

declares in favor of the resale price maintenance policy, such prices to 

include a fair profit to manufacturer and dealers. 

b. Offering merchandise for sale at a price reduced from a marked- up or fictitious price constitutes a violation of this c.ode. 

c. The practice of giving special discounts, gratuities, or other 

merchandise at a price below a scheduled sale price as an induQement 

to purchase any commodity or commodities constitutes a violation 

of this code. 

d. The secret payment or allowance of rebates, refunds, commissions, credits, or unearned discounts, whether in the form of 

m.oney OT otherwise; or secretly extending to certain purchasers 

special services or privileges not extended to all purchasers, under 

like terms and .conditions, constitutes a violation of this code. 

e. No n1anufacturer shall discriminate as between purchasers of 

the san1.e quantity or tbe same class. 

SEc. 2. Terms of Payment.-a. The standard maximum cash 

discount terms for 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 example1 January), payment shall be made for 

same on OT before the 10th of the following month (for example, 

February), less two percent; and any greater cash discounts given or 

taken by recognized members of this industry on or after the taking 

effect of this agreement shall be considered a violation thereof; 

provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be interpreted as 
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pr venting any rec o-nized m mber f the 1v1arking Devices Industry 

from o·iving or takino· a h di counts of les than 2% if he o desires. 

SEc. 3. nfair Sale Practi,ce . . -a. Directly or indirectly to give or 

permit to be giv n or offer to give money or anything of value to 

agent , employees, or representatives, or customers or prospective 

ustom rs, or to agents, employee , or r presentatives of competitors' 

u tomers or prospective customers, or prin ipals, to purchase or 

contra t to purchase industry products from the maker of such gift 

or offer, or to influence such employers or principals to refrain from 

dealing or contracting to deal. with competitors, constitutes a violation of this code. 

b. For any person, firm, or corporation to give anything of value 

to those employed in any capacity involving special trust, upon the 

condition or understanding, express or implied, that its goods be 

recommended or used by such person in preference to the goods or 

equipment of a competitor or competitors of that person, firm, or 

corporation, constitutes a violation of this code. 

c. This industry approves the "one-bid" policy on competitive 

bidding, and any practice of fake, fictitious, or blind bids for the purpose of deceiving con1petitors 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, constitutes a violation 

of this code. 

d. The sale or offering for sale of any product of the industry by 

any false means or device constitutes a violation of this code. 

e. 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 constitutes a violation of this code. 

SEC. 4. Urifair Business Tactics.-a. The practice of shipping or 

delivering products which do not conform to the samples submitted 

or representations made prior to securing the orders constitutes a 

violation of this code. 

b. 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 han1pering, injuring, .or embarrassing competitors in their business constitutes a violation of 

this code. 

c. The defamation of competitors by falsely imputing to them dishonorable conduct, inability to perform ontracts, questionable credit 

standing, or by other false representations constitutes a violation of 

this code. 

d. The false disparagement of the grade or quality of the goods of 

competitors with the tendency to mislead or deceive purchasers or 

pro pecti e purcha ers constitutes a violation of this code. 

e. The making or causing or permitting to bo 1nade or published 

any fol e, untru , or deceptive statement by way of advertisement 

or othcrwi e, concerning the grade, quality, quantity, sub tance, 

hara ter, nature, origin, siz , or pr paration of any product of the 

indu try constitute a violation of this code. 

f. 1uliciou ly enticing away the emplo. e of competitors with the 

purpose and effect of unduly hampering, injuring, or mbarrassing 

competitor in their bu ine ', con titnte a Yiolation f thi code. 

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g. The circularization of threats of suit for infringement of patent 

or trade mark among ustomcrs of competitors, not made in good 

faith but for the purpose and with the effect of harassing and intimidating customers constitutes n, violation of this code. 

h. Securing information fro111 competitors concerning their business 

by false or 1nisleading statement or representations or by false imper- sonations of one in authority, and the wrongful use thereof to unduly 

hinder or stifle the competition of such competitors constitutes a 

violation of this code. 

SEc. 5. Simulation-Design Piracy.-a. With due recognition to 

initiative in business, the practice of usurping designs, styles, or 

patterns originated by a competitor and appropriating them foT one's 

own use within a five-year period after such originations, constitutes 

a violation of this code. 

b. The imitation of the trade-marks, trade names, slogans, or other 

marks of identification of competitors, constitutes a violation of this 

code. 

SEc. 6. Credit.-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, is a violation of this code. 

SEc. 7. Modification of this Article.---Any and/or all provisions of 

this article may be an1ended, altered, repealed, or added to by a 

majority vote of the recognized members of the Marking Devices 

Industry, through their duly elected representatives subject to ap- proval of the Administrator. 

ARTICLE XIII-ENFORCEMENT-VIOLATION 

The National Committee of the Marking Devices Industry shall 

provide facilities and methods for the proper operation, supervision, 

and enforcement of all of the provisions of this Code of Fair Competition. All regulations so adopted shall be in addition to and not in 

lieu of any administrative or enforcement provision included within 

the Recovery Act, or provided by the Administrator, government 

regulations concerning same, or any amendment to said Act or Government regulations. The regulations so adopted by the Committee 

shall be subject to approval by the President or his administrator and 

shall be attached hereto and become a part hereof as Exhibit B ... 

ARTICLE XIV 

Such of the provisions of this Code as are not required to be included 

therein by the National Industrial Recovery Act may, with the ap- proval of the President, be n1odified or eliminated as changes in circumstances or experience may indicate. It is contemplated that from 

time to time supplen1entary provisions to this Code or additional 

codes will be submitted for the approYal of the President to prevent 

unfair competition in price and other unfair and destructive competitive practices and to effectuate the other purposes nnd policies of 

Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act consistent with the 

provisions hereof. 
SCHEDULE A 

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LIST OF PRODUCTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFINING DIVISIONS OF 

THE MARKING DEVICES INDUSTRY 

SECTION I. The methods of manufacture, training of employees, cataloguing 

and otherwise marketing the products developed through a long period of years 

have resulted in the groupings listed in Section 3 of this schedule. For the purpose of deciding upon the proper division for a product or the suitability of present 

divi ion designations for new incoming numbers or groups, the following listings 

by division and product shall serve as index and definition: 

SEc. II. The National Committee of the Marking Devices Industry shall 

provide within three months (3) from the effec,tive date of this Code, regulations 

with respect to modifying present divisions or adding other divisions of the 

Industry, and the manner in which other groups shall be included or refused 

inclusion in this Code. 

SEc. III. Divisions Indicated by Products. 

A. Custom Made Products (made to order) to meet special and individual 

requirements: 

1. Rubber Stamps: 

Wood-mounted Rubber (hand) stamps. 

Metal-mounted Rubber (hand) Stamps. 

Line daters and numberers, Special. 

Die plate Daters, Time Stamps, Cancellers, Etc. 

Self Inkers-plain, dating, etc. 

Inks and Ink pads, Special. 

Movable Rubber type and Outfits of Special or unusual kinds. 

Printing presses for use with rubber dies and movable rubber type. 

Printing Presses (amateur hand operated) for metal type. 

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

2. Rubber Printing Dies, Moulded and Cut: 

These are commonly known as box-printing dies, used on printing presses 

of many classes for imprinting such materials as wooden boards, corrugated board, fibre board_, and chip board; in fact any material from 

·which a box can be made, carrying advertisements, brand names, etc., 

and which arc imprinted in one or more colors. These rubber printing 

dies are made from rubber of varying degrees of hardness, and they may 

be moulded or hand cut. 

3. Steel Stamps, Steel Dies, and Burning Brands: 

Steel Stamps. 

Steel Letters and Figures. 

Steel Type. 

Embossing Type. 

Male and Female Embossing Dies. 

Steel Printing Dies for paper cartons and "·ood boxes. 

Decorative tools for wood, paper, metal, etc. 

Steel Matrice . Metal Dies for branding by means of heat or ink. 

1achinery built for marking with the above. 

4. Brass Stamps, Brass Die , and 1\1illed Bra s Signs: 

Brass Stamps engraved for stamping letters or designs into wood, cloth, 

leather, paper, meats, etc. 

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

Brass Sign made by process of milling or engraving. 

Complete Machines having brass "'heels and dies for dating, numbering, 

etc. 

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5. Checks, Badges, and Stamped Plates: 

Metal Checks, time, tool, trunk, trade, and etc., having raised or sunk 

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

detective, sheriff, marshall, fireman , etc. 

Stamped Plates, for identification, instruction, caution, brands, patent 

dates, trade marks, etc., stamped in various metals with steel dies. 

Medals and Pocket Pieces for advertising purposes, etc. 

6. Pressed Metal Signs: 

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

stamping with male and female dies or type. 

7. 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. Brass, steel and copper dies used in above presses with soft metal or plastic 

counters. 

8. Stencils: 

For lettering or decorating with paint or ink by means of brush or spray 

gun, made in thin sheetings of brass, copper, zinc, or paper. 

For sand blasting letters and designs into glass, etc., made of thin 

perforati ve steel. 

N OTE.-The listings above are not intended to be 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. 

B. Merchandise Sundries.-Manufactured on standard specifications as kindred 

stock accessories to the above ser vices and made-to-order products. Many of 

these are altered or modified by the manufacturing dealer to order. 

Line daters anfal Numberers. Numbering Machines (Hand) (not 

Self Inking Line Daters and numberers. t ypographic). 

Alphabet stamps. Price and sign Markers. Cost and Selling Price stamps. Stamp Racks and cases. 

Express and Hotel daters. Adju table stencils. 

Library dating stamps. Machine Made Steel letters and figures. 

Movable rubber type sets. Music Chart printers. 

Type holders. Stencil brushes and Pots. 

Stock Rubber Hand stamps. Stencil cutting Machines. 

M arking Inks. Ink Pads. 
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LIST• , OF SIGNATORIES TO THE AGREEMENT AND CODE OF FAIR 

OMPETITION OF THE MARKING DEVICES INDUSTRY 

Company City 

Acme tamp ompany ____ _________ ____ __________ _ Acme tamp ompany, The ________ ___ ___ ________ _ 

American ea! & tamp Company ___ _______ ______ _ 

Detroit_. ___ , __ ___ . _ ... __ _ Cleveland ________ __ __ ____ _ Chicago ____ _____ __ ______ _ 

American Stamp 1fg. Company __ __ ______ __ ______ _ Art Novelty lfg. Company ______________________ _ 

New York ___ ___ _______ _ Chicago_. _______________ _ Atlantic Rubber Mfg. Company _______ _____ ______ _ Badger Engraving ompany _______ _____ __________ _ New York _____ _________ _ M ilwaukee ______________ _ Bankers & l\lerchants Stamp Wks _____ ___________ _ '·B1ue Dot" tamp Company ____________________ _ Chicago __ . ________ . ___ ... Detroit _____ _____________ _ Brakmeier Bros ___________________________ ________ _ Louisville _______________ _ adiJlac tamp Co., Inc _____________ _____ ________ _ Detroit _____________ _____ _ 

olumbia tamp Works __ ------------------------- Chicago _________________ _ on olidated 'tamp Mfg. Co _________ __ __________ _ New York _____ _________ _ ooke Time Stamp Company __ . _______ __________ _ Omaha __________________ _ ooke Company, The J. p _________ ____ ___________ _ Omaha ______ . ____ .. __ .. __ Dayton tencil Works, The ___ ________ ____________ _ Dayton __________ .. _____ _ 

De :Moines Rubber tamp Works ___ _____________ _ Des Moines _____________ _ Detroit o. 1achine ompany ___________________ _ Detroit __________ ________ _ Detroit & Regal R . . Company _______ ___________ _ Dimond- nioo Stamp Works _______ ______________ _ Detroit .~----------------- Boston. __________ __ . ____ _ Eagle Stamp Works _______________________________ _ Chicago ___ __________ ----- Excelsior Stamp Works, The ______ ________________ _ Cleveland _______________ _ F . & . Engraving Works, The ___________________ _ Poree & Co., Wm. A _____________ _____ ______ ______ _ Fries, Anthony F . ___________ _____________________ _ 

Chicago. _____ ___________ _ 

C~ic~go ai:id New York __ CmcmnatL _____________ _ Frost Office Appliance Co _________________________ _ \Vorcester, Mass ________ _ Fulton Specialty o _____ . _. ______________________ _ Elizabeth, N.L _________ _ Gorton Machine Company, Geo __________________ _ Han on Company, C. H ________________ __________ _ Hathaway Stamp Company ______________________ _ 

Racine, Wis __ ___ ________ _ 

Chicago ______ _____ ------- OincinnatL _________ . ___ _ Hay Rubber tamp Company ____________________ _ Hellesoe, Han H _____________________ ____________ _ 

Hill-Independent M fg. Company ___ ______________ _ Bis tamp Works, The ___________ _______________ _ 

Washington __ ___________ _ Chicago _________________ _ 

Philadelphia _______ ___ . __ olumbus ___________ ____ _ Hoff Rubber tamp Company ________________ ____ _ Hudon, Geo. w __________________ ________________ _ Jo Jin Mfg. ornpany, A. D _______ _______________ _ Kauffman Inc., Geo. p ________ _____________ ______ _ Los Angeles Rubber Stamp Co ___________________ _ Martin & ompany _______________ _______________ _ !atthews & ompany, Jas. ]l ___ _________________ _ 

Matthews & ompany, Jas. H ____ ________________ _ 

Minneapolis _________ ___ _ Springfield, IJ1 _________ _ _ Manistee, Mich ____ _____ _ Denver, Colo ___________ _ Los Angeles ____ _________ _ hicago _________________ _ 

Chicago_. __ _____________ _ ew York ___ ____ _______ _ Iatthews & Company, J as. H _______ _____________ _ Boston ______ __ __________ _ 

Iattbews & ompany, Jas. H _________ ___________ _ ?-Iatbys & o., John w ___________________________ _ layer ompany, Geo. J_ _________________________ _ 

Ielind Company, Louis ___ ____ _________ _________ _ _ lessing, Ou . n ______________________ _________ ___ _ 1\Ieyer & Wenthe __ __________ ______ _______ ______ __ _ 

Morgan tamp Work ______ ___________________ ___ _ Mos· omp ny. Inc., The ________________ _____ ___ _ 

Pittsburgh ___ ___________ _ Chicago ______ _________ __ _ 

Indianapolis __ ______ ____ _ hicago _________________ _ 

Minneapolis __ __ ________ _ hicago _________________ _ bicago _____________ ____ _ New York ____ _______ ___ _ rational tamp \\·orks ____________________ ____ ___ _ 'auert. F. C ____ __________________ ________________ _ -obler Stamp , cal ompany ________ ___________ _ • orthwcstern tamp \Yorks ______________________ _ Pannier Bro . tamp Company ___________________ _ Parker tamp Work , Inc _______________ _____ _____ _ Patrick & :\Ioise-Klinker Co ______ _________________ _ 

Cb icago ____________ _ ----- hicago ___________ ___ ___ _ hi ago ________ _____ ____ _ 

Iinncapolis. ______ _____ _ Pittsburgh_. ______ __ .. __ . Ilartrord, onn. ______ __ . San Francisco ________ ___ _ Proj?ress tamp \\' orks. __________________ _____ ____ _ Quality Die ompany ___ _________________________ _ Reliance Stamp · 'tencil Co _____________________ _ 

bicago ____________ _____ _ 

hicago __________ _____ __ _ Milwaukee ___ ___________ _ Republic Eng. De ·i"'n. Co __________________ __ __ _ Rohert ·• tamp & Ptg. o., Osce __________________ _ , alTord 'tamp \\'orks _______ ____ _____ ________ _____ _ , t. Paul tamp \Yorks ____________________ ____ ____ _ , cott Rice omp:my ___ ___________________________ _ chweizer o., Chi . K __________________________ _ _ 

hi cago __ _____ __________ _ 

Birmingham ____ _______ _ _ 

Chicago _____ ._ -- _ --· -· --- t . Paul. ___________ _____ _ 

'I'ulsa, Okla __________ ___ _ t. Louis ___________ _____ _ 

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By 

Verne E. Sorge. 

M. . Lederer. Jos. A. Pardi. 

Harry Jonas. F. B. Eyman. Al. Gerlich. 

J. J. Bandlos. F. F. Crawford . H. W . Boctticher. Gus. W. Brakmeier. Wm. A. Nev-ille. 

Mark Davis. 

B. F. Schmidt. 

J.P. Cooke. 

A.G. Fales. C. G. Jauch. 

Frank Child. 

Jos. F. Foerg. L. J. Reilly_ 

Jos. Levy. 

W. Ruefl'ers. H. R. Seefried. 

August C. Froiman. Wm. A. Force, 3rd. 

F . E. Frost. 

E. R. Underwood. Geo. Gorton. 

Henry J. Hanson. U. R. Schmick. Robert H. Bay. 

B. A. Stewart. 

Herman A. Bloom,, 

Henry Hoff. 

Geo. Hudson. M . H . Sheras. 

Geo. P . Kauffman. F. T . Rinehart. 

0. W. Martin. 

E. F. Skeppstrom. Wm. Jenkins. 

Wm. J enkins. 

Wm. Jenkins. 

August Sanke. Walter P. Mayer. Louis Melind. 

G. Meyer. G. T. Blau!. 

Franklin Moss. 

E. H . Hanson. 

F . . Tauert. 

Barry M. Nobler. 

Geo. Rousopolous. R. F. Hershey. 

Herman L. Alter. J. :r-.r. Patrick. 

W.W. House. T . Hoffman. 

0. II. chumann. 

P. L. Duncan. 

Naldo Roberts. 

has. L. afford. 

Ed. Mellgren. II. J. Scott.. 

H. L. Schweizer. 
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LIST OF SIGNATORIES TO THE AGREEMENT AND CODE OF FAIR 

COMPETITION OF THE MARKING DEVICES INDUSTRY-Con. 

Company City By 

E. C. Shaw Company __ ___________________________ _ Cincinnati_ ______________ C. A. Grome. Sheridan & Nichol, Inc ___________________________ _ 

Stewart ~~e~~~~ ~Vri·. & Company, %~--= = = = = R== .= A = = ________________________ ==== = = = === = ===== = = = = == = = _ 

New York _______________ Philip V. Sheridan. 

Detroit ___________________ Chas. W. Taylor. Boston ___ ________________ R. E. Beckert. 

New York __________ ___ __ R. R. Roe. Superb Stamp Pad Company _____________________ _ Superior Seal & Stamp Co __ ______________________ _ Superior Type Company, The ____________ ________ _ 

Taylor Bros. Co., The_---------------------------- Time & Energy Company ________________________ _ Toledo Stamp & Stencil Co., The ______ ___________ _ 

Auburn, N . Y ____________ A. Woodrufl. 

Detroit_ __________________ Chas. 0. Lee. 

Chicago __ _____________ ___ J. R. Swift. 

Cleveland __________ ___ ___ W. J. Tnylor. 

Chicago _________ ~------- - H. W. Fogelsor.g. Toledo ___________________ H. E. Willard. 

Victor Stamp Company ___________________________ _ Detroit__ ____ _____________ R. E. Smith. Volger Company, B. G ___________________________ _ Volk Stamp & Stencil Co _________________________ _ Passaic, N.L _____________ Roger Brett. 

Detroit__ ____________ ____ _ H. L. Volk. ·wand Rubber Stamp 'l\' orks ___ ___________________ _ New Orleans ______ ______ _ H. A. Wfmd. 

Winona Stamp Works ____________________________ _ Winona, Minn __ _________ 0. L. Taylor. 

To ALL MEMBERS OF THE MARKING DEVICES INDUSTRY: 

The regular Annual Convention of the International Stamp Manufacturers 

Association (The Marking Devices Industry) was held at the Edgewater Beach 

Hotel, June 19, 20, and 21. Action of the greatest importance to this Inudstry 

was taken by the members present, in preparing the Agreement and Code of Fair 

Competition to file with the President's Administrator in Washington, D.C., 

under the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

The Convention was well attended and the Agreement and Code of Fair 

Competition, together with a Code of Business ·Ethics, received unanimous 

approval of those present, who later signed the Agreement which was passed 

around in the meeting. 

It is. the belief of our Convention that President Roosevelt is a square shoot er, 

sincere, honest, and conscientious in his desire to see American business and 

industry in a position to make enough money to employ all avilable workers who 

want to work. It is also our belief that it was up to us to be cooperative and just 

as sincere as the President. We all feel that we have at last been given an oppor- tunity to do something constructive for the health and continuance of our industry, 

collectively and separately, and that we should all go into it whole-heartedly 

and so far as possible, without reservations. 

As time is the very essence of the Emergency Act and as the F ederal authorities 

are calling upon us to file all required information at the earliest possible moment, 

we ask every member of the industry to put himself to work earnestly and helpfully for a few days, until we have the information necessary to complete schedules 

that will put us all in line to secure the benefits which should come to us through 

the Recovery Act. Copies of agreement, codes, and questionnaire with instructions 

and explanations will be sent to each member of the industry for his consideration 

and action. Will you be kind enough to give them your immediate attention? 

Sincerely yours, 

J. R. SWIFT, 

President, International Stamp Manufacturers Association. 
EXHIBIT B 

REGULATIONS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF 

THE CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

PART OF AcREEMEr T A D CODE OF F :\IR COMPETITION OF THE MARKING 

DEVICES INDUSTRY 

ny subscriber to this Code, any employee of any member of the Industry, or 

any purchaser of any of the products of the Industry, may enter a complaint (or 

complaints) of violation of this Code, providing such complaint is pre ented in 

writino- to the Executive Secretary of the Association, giving the nature of the 

complaint in detail, supported by all the available evidence thereon. 

The Executive Secretary shn.ll, on receipt of such complaint, notify the alleged 

violator, and request his ans,ver. Whenever, in the judgment of the Board of 

Directors or the Emergency ational Committee, it shall be deemed necessary, the 

Executive Secretary shall refer such report of violation to the Chairman of the 

Committee having jurisdiction over the particular branch of the Industry in 

which the alleged violator operates. 

Copies of the complaint, of the evidence, and of the answer, shall be furnished 

to the Chairman of the Committee having jurisdiction, to the complainant, and to 

the alleged violator, in identical form and manner. 

The 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 cornpln.int, and he shall immediately 

endeavor to adjust a settlement thereof, either alone of in consultation with the 

members of the Committee. 

In case such procedure fails to settle the matter to the satisfaction of both 

pn.rties, all papers relating to the case with recommendations by the Committee 

of the Branch shall be placed before the Emergency National Committee, either 

becau e of their desire so to do or on request from either party to the controversy 

and the Emergency ational Committee shall consider the case. 

It is pre urned that all members of the industry hn.ving subscribed to the Agre ◄ 

ment and Code of Fair Competition under the Recovery Act, desire to comply with 

all of its proyisions, including Exhibit D, the Code of Business Ethics of the 

Industry. It is also presumed that violations will be due to misunderstanding 

or misinterpretation or perhaps to circumstances beyond the control of the 

alleged violator. Hence it is the desire of this Industry to give each seeming 

offender full notice and fair opportunity to defend himself, without resorting to 

the more expensiYe and devious recourses of law. 

With this in mind it is proposed that we shall first resort to moral suasion, then 

to arbitration and then to the exn.ctment of full penalties under the law. 

In those cases where we resort to arbitration, the complainant shall choo e an 

arbitrator, the defendant shall choose an arbitrator, and these two arbitrator so 

named hall choose a third. 

These three arbitrators then shall receive and con ider all the facts of the case 

and their decision shall be final or at least a consideration precedent to ahy further 

action taken. 

If the Emergency ational Committee should be called upon to consi~er a case 

of violation and its decision upholds the complaint, the violator shall be notified 

to cea e and desist such or similar violations. If the violator fails to comply with 

such ord rs the Association may notify all subscribers to this Code as to the com◄ 

plaint the decision rendered, and the facts in connection with any continuing 

violation. In case such publicity should fail to stop the violation, the A ociation 

may refu e all further A sociational sen·ices to the Yiolator and notify all mem◄ 

ber of the Industry of such action. 

iolator hall be notified that n, second Yiolation will subject them to having 

both the first and second violations referred to the proper authorities, for pro ec ◄ 

tion by the Administrator under the Provi ions of the Recovery Act. 

hould there be any expense involved in ascertaining the justice of the com ◄ 

plaint, such as an audit of th violator s record,, etc., uch expen emu t be borne 

by the violator, if the complaint is found ju tifiecl and an actual violation found, 

and uch expen e mu t be borne by the complainant if the violation be found not 

to exi t. 

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