NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SAW SERVICE INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 26, 1933 

REGISTRY No. 1149-10 

The Code for the Saw Service Industry 

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

industry, and none of the provisions contatned therein are 

to be regarded as having received the approval of 

the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

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UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON: 1933 

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TENTATIVE CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

SAW SERVICE INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE 1-PURPO E 

This Code is set up pur uant to the r equirement of the National 

Indu trial Recovery Act, for the purpo e of increa ing employment, 

establi hino- fair and adequate wage , improving standards of labor, 

granting the right of collective baro-aining to employees and applicants for employment eliminating unfair trade practices, and such 

other purpo es as may be required by the duly con tituted administrative director of the Act, to the end of rehabilitating the Saw 

Service Indu try and enabling it to do its part toward establishing 

that balance of indu tries which is necessary to the restoration and 

maintenance of the highest degree of public welfare. 

It is the declared purpose of the Saw Service Industry, and adherent to this Code, to bring, insofar as may be practical, the rates of 

wages within the Industry to such levels as are necessary for the creation and maintenance of the highest practical standards of living; 

to restore the income of enterprise within the Industry to levels 

which will make pos ible the payment of uch wages and avoid the 

further depletion and destruction of capital assets ; and to make 

provision for the periodical revi ion of wages in uch manner as will 

reflect the equitable adjustment to variations in the cost of living. 

ARTICLE 2 

Any individual, firm, partnership, or corporation, whose principal 

business is servicing, exchanging, lending or leasing meat-saw 

frames blade , meat-chopper plates, or meat-chopper knive hereinafter called equipment shall, for the purpose of this Code, be deemed 

a member of this Indu try. 

ARTICLE 3 

The Committee on Trade Practices for the Saw Service Industry 

shall con i t of five members elected by the United Saw Service Association. aid Committee shall act in behalf of the Indu try for 

the purpo e of administering the provisions of the Code; to secure 

adherence thereto; to hear and adjust complaints ; to con ider propo als for amendments thereof and exceptions thereto; to formulate 

plan for ub-admini trative oro-anizations and otherwi e to carry 

out for the Industry the purpo e of the National Indu trial Recovery 

.Act a et forth in this Code. 

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ARTI LE 4 

E TI N I. The ommitt n Tracl Pra tice forth aw 

Indu tr hall b the o·en r.al planning an l coordinating a en for 

the Indu tr '· It memb r hall b mp w r d t a t c n lu i ly 

in r p ct t all matter b f re it and within it juri i ti n. The 

ommitte hall have p w r and du i a provi d h r in and in 

a lli ion th r t it hall: 

A. From tim to tim r quir u h r ort from th re pecti e 

m mbers a ma be nee ary t advi it ad quately f the admini - tration an nforcement of thi od . 

B. Upon om plaint of jnt r t d parti , or upon it own initiati' , mak uch inquiry and inY tigation into the operation of the de 

a rna. be n e ar , and 

. :Make rules and r ~ulation nece ary for the admini ration 

and enforcement of this vode. 

D. The co t of the sup rvi ion needed to secure proper ob ervance 

of thi Code and any additions thereto, compilation of stati tical 

~ata and uch other activities ~ may be nece sary, hall be apportioned pro rata so far as practicable to all member of the Unit d 

Saw Service A ociation. 

EO. II. The Committee may delegate any of its authority to committees or such agents as it may determine. 

ARTICLE 5.-LABOR CoDE (:MANDATORY) 

ECTION I. Employees in the Saw Service Industry shall have the 

right to organize and bargain collectively through repr sentative of 

their own choosing and shall be free from the interference, restraint, 

or coercion of employers of labor, or their ao-ents, in the designation 

of su h repre entatives or in self-oro-anization or in other lawful 

concerted activitie for the purpose of collective bargaining or other 

mutual aid or protection. 

EC. II. No employee in the Saw Service Industry, and no one 

seeking employment ther in, shall be r quired as a condition of mployment to join any company union or to refrain from joining a 

labor organization of his own choosing. 

E . III. Employers of labor in the aw Service Industry ao-r e 

to comply with the maximum hour f labor, minimum ra es of pa r, 

an 1 other working condition approv l or prescrib by the 

President. 

SEo. IV. No person under 16 y ar of age shall be empl y 1n 

an. department of the indu try at any tim . E . V. Forty hours hall con titut the maximum num r of 

hours per we k for factory and offi e h lp, (outside sal m n an jor 

fi ld repre entati es except ) and the maximum hours p r da. hall 

be ight hour . In special ca and m r en ies wh r produ ti n 

w uld be th rwi unavoidabl re tri t thi maximum will n t 

a ply, but in uch pecial case time and on third shall b pai f r 

hour w rk in x s of th maximum. In no a hall an mpl y e work ver fifty hour in an n w k and only f r a p ri d 

of two week in any thr e-m nth period. 
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It i a()"re d that night watchmen, over the age of 55 years whose 

dutie on i t of watching the plant and rino-ing time clock one per 

hour, hall be allowed to w rk twelve hours in any one day a 

maxi,mum of eighty-four hours per week, at a minimum rate of. 32¢ 

per hour. 

EC. VI. 1. l\1inimum "'\\aae for male factory or office employees 

o-ver 21 ar of ao-e hall be at the rate of forty cents per hour. 

2. l\1inimum waae for male factory or office emplo3 ees, ag s 16 

to 21, hall be at the rate of 30¢ per hour. 

3. l\1inimum wage for female employees shall not be less than 

thirty cent p r hour. 

4. No female help will be used to replace any m.ale help in any 

factory department of the saw-service industry where male help 

was employed on or before June 1, 1933. 

5. l\1inimum rate for pieceworkers shall be such that they can 

earn the minimum rate of wage by a reasonable day's work, and the 

minimum wage schedule shall be set to meet such State and local 

conditions as may exist, but in no case shall the minimum wage 

be le s than hereinbefore specified. 

ARTICLE 6.- TRADE PRACTICE RuLEs FOR SAw SERVICE INDUSTRY 

SECTION I. Rule I.-It is an unfair trade practice for one company knowingly and wilfully to induce or attempt to induce purcha ers or les ees of saw service and meat-chopper service from 

competitors to breach their contracts with such competitors, or to 

interfere with or obstruct the performance of any contractual duty 

or service, ·with the purpose and effect of unduly hampering, injuring, 

or embarras ing competitors in their business. 

Rule I I.- It is an unfair trade pra~tice to make false, untrue, and 

deceptive tatements regarding the business standing, credit, and 

integrity of competitors and regarding the quality, durability, and 

workmanship of equipment sold or leased by competitors for the 

purpose of deceiving purchasers and inducing, or attempting to 

induce u ers of saw service and meat-chopper service to breach their 

contracts with such competitors, or of preventing or attempting to 

prevent the sale or lease of equipment manufactured, sold, or leased 

by competitors. 

Rule I I I.- It is an unfair trade practice to make secret payments 

or allowances of rebates, comrmis ions, refunds, credits, or unearned 

discounts, whether in the form of money or otherwise, or secretly 

extend to certain purchasers or lessees special services or privileges 

not extended to all purchasers or lessees under like terms or conditions with the intent and effect of injuring the competitor. 

Rule IV.- It is an unfair trade practice to give a grinding service on meat-chopper plates and knives on the condition that the 

purchaser or lessee use exclusively the saw service of said company 

with the intent and effect of injuring the competitor. 

Rule V.-It i an unfair trade practice to induce or attempt to induce persons who have been selling or leasing agents of equipment 

manufactured by competitors to enter into agreements, arrangements or understandings wher by such persons should become the 

selling agents for the inducing company, and at the same ti1ne to 
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retain th sellin()" agency of h mpetitor of th a1 company, 

but with ut int nding in go l faith, to ell or l a e quipm nt 

manufacture l by u h mpetitor . Rul ri.-::\Iali iou ly nti·in ·awayth mpl , e. of· mr tit r 

with th purp e an l ff t f undul hamr rino- injuring or mbarra i1 g omp i or in their bu in i an un 'air tra l })l:a ti . Rul r //.-It i an unfair trad practi t li riminat in pri e, 

either lir ctl. r in lir tl) b tw n lift r nt I ur ha r r l..,voJ'-"oJ 

of aw fram blad meat- h PIer I late · an kni\r h re the 

effe t that u h li rimination 1nay be to ub antiall l n c mp titi n or t n l to r ate a monor oly pr ide l that no hino- her in 

contain l hall prev nt r ons ngag d in ellino- or l a ino- the 

produ t of thi In lu try in comn1er e fr m l ting th ir O\ n 

cu ton er in b na-fid tran action and not in re traint of trade. 

Rule l 111.-I t is an unfair trade practi e to ll or 1 a e goo l 

below du allowance for repla ement-pur hase o t plu co t of 

doing bu ine , plus a rea onable return on the capital in-.; e t l. 

That all discrimination between customer shall be abolish d. To 

that end, all ervice hall be soll only upon open price an term 

n1ade known to all parties interested therein. 

Rule IX.-It i an unfair trade practice to give, or permit to be 

given, or offer to give money or anything of value, ither directly or 

indirectly to agents, employee , or repre entatives of cu tomer or 

prospective cu tomers, or to agents or representatives of ompetitor 

cu tomers or prospective customer without the knowledge of their 

employers or principals, a an inducement to influence their employers or principals to purcha e or tease or contract to purcha e or 

l ase equipment from the maker of such gift or offer, or to influence 

such employer or principals to refrain from dealing or contracting 

to deal with competitors. R·ule X.-The prac ice of persons or corporation of sending their 

agents to the customers of competitors, and clisgui ing and f io-ninO" 

their i lentity a repres ntatives of competitors, representing to the 

customer that the knives, aws or blades, or other articles und r lea e 

to the u tomers are ob olete and not u d and th n ubstitutino- one 

or some of hi own, appropriatin~ to his own use an monie due his 

comp titor, carrying away his competitor kniv , aw or blad s, 

and failing to disclose any part of said fraud is an unfair trade 

practice. 

Rule X I.-Leaving equipm nt on trial for a 1 erio l 1 no- r than 

30 da. s i an unfair tra le practice. 

Rule X I I.-It is an unfair trade practice to ithhold frmn or 

in ert in a rec ipt left with cu tomer statement hi h mak a 

r ceipt a false r cor l, wholl. or in part, of th tran a ti n whi h 

said r ipt ov r . The Indu try r o niz that if a mp::my 

omits from the receipt th prop r late th ag nt all d ur on th 

cu tom r. the am unt coll t l an l th p rio l th olle ti n a tually 

coYer c1 it is d n in fraud of mpetitor an l i c ndemn 1 . th 

Inclu tr . Lik wi , th In lu try r cognjz that \Yh r a fr e trial 

is giv n an l th r ceipt fails to tat th prop r lat an 1 luration 

of ai trial it i don in frau l f mp ti or an l i con 1 mn d y 

the Indu try. 
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Rule .XI/I.-It is an unfair tra le practice to o-ive free deals or 

free s;er ice or premiums which affect injuriou ly all branches of 

the Indu tr. and the public. 

Rtde XIV.-In the competition attendant upon the exchanging, 

lending, .. elling and leasing of saw frames, blades, meat-chop per 

plate and knive the said articles are frequently lost and come into 

the hand of a competitor or competitors of the owner who fails to 

disclo e the fact of his find but actually converts the said saw frames, 

blade meat-chopper plates, and knives ~o his own use. This is an 

unfaii' trade practice. 

l?'U}e XV.-For the purpose of effecting the practical application 

of this Cole and assisting in realizing the intent of the Industrial 

Recovery Act it shall be required of every individual, firm, partnership, or corporation who is a member of this Industry to keep a 

record of his business transaction through such an accounting system 

as he may deem suitable for his business and which will permit him 

to have a record of the chief essentials of his business, namely, purcha e total , sales totals, wages, and all operating expense totals. 

Failure to keep such a record shall be an unfair trade practice. 

Rule XV /.-While it is not the spirit of this Code to attempt to 

tix prices, it is considered an unfair trade practice for any company 

to have more than one price for any identica.l service under the same 

conditions. 

SEc. II. (a) Any complaint concerning an alleged violation of the 

Code shall be submitted to the Code Committee in writing and by 

registered mail. The complaint shall contain a complete statement 

of the facts and shall refer specifically to that part of the Code which 

is alleged to have been violated. The Code Committee shall obtain 

such information as shall be necessary to establish the facts. If it 

shall appear to the Code Committee that there has been a violation 

of the Code, a statement of the charges shall be sent by registered 

mail to the person who is alleged to have committed the violation. 

The statement of charges shall fix the time and place for a hearing 

and at this hearing the person who is charged with the violation shall 

be given an opportunity of presenting his defense. If it is the decision of the Code Committee that a violation of the Code has been 

committed it shall report the violation to the Administrator of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act or take such action as the Admini trator may approve to enforce the provisions of the Act. 

(b) If the Code Committee, upon full examination of the alleged 

facts of violation of the Code, does not render a decision that the 

Code has been violated it shall notify the complainant in writing and 

by regi tered mail to this effect. In cases where the complainant 

believes that his case has not been properly heard, he is accorded the 

privibge of repeating his complaint direct to the Administrator of 

the National Recovery Act, at the same time so notifying the Code 

Committee. Nothing in this section shall be construed, however, as 

giving a complainant the right to appeal to the Administrator before 

he ha fir t made complaint to the Code Committee. 
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ARTI LE VII 

No pro vi ion in this ode shall be interpreted or applied in uch 

measure as to: 

A. romot monopolie . B. Permit or en ourage unfair competition . . Eliminat or OI pre small nt rpri e . D. Di criminate again t small enterprises. 

This Co e or any of its pro i ions may be cancelle 1 r mo ifi d 

and any approved rule i ued th r und r hall b ineff tiv to the 

extent n ce ary to conform to any action by the Pre i l nt un 1 r 

Section 9 (b) of theN a tiona! Recovery Act. 

This cole hall b in effect beo·inning ten days aft r it appro' al by 

th Pre ident. 

Code a approved a meeting of Unit d aw Service \.. ociation on 

Auaust 22 1933. 

G. A. ANDER ON, ec1·eta1·y. 

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