NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION \ 

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FOR THE 

FLOWER 

AND FEATHER INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 24, 1933 

REGISTRY No. 1603-03 

The Code for the Flower and Feather 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 

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as applying to this industry 

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UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 j 

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CODE OF ETHICS FOR THE FLOWER AND FEATHER 

INDUSTRIES 

In order to effectuate the policy outlined in Title I of the N ationa! Industrial Recovery Act during the period of emergency by 

reducing and relievino· unemployment, improving the standards of 

labor, eliminating unfair competitive practices, and otherwise elevating the Flower and Feather Industries, the following provisions 

are established as a code o.f fair competition for all those engaged in 

the Flower and Feather Industries. 

FIRST-DEFINITIONS 

The term "effective date" as used herein is defined to be the first 

Monday following the approval of this code by the President. 

The term " persons " as used herein shall include natural persons, 

partnerships, associations, and corporations. 

The term "employer" as used herein shall include every person ,(whether individual, partnership, association, or corporation) engaged in the production, manufacture, and/or distribution of 

flowers, feathers, and flower and feather novelties. 

The term " Manufacturing employee " as used herein is defined to 

mean one who is engaged in cutting, coloring, pressing, pasting, 

branching, and petal rolling, and otherwise engaged in the manufacture and production of flowers, feathers, and flower and feather 

novelties. 

The term" nonmanufacturing employee" as used herein is defined 

to mean all persons engaged in the flower and feather industries and 

the flower and feather novelty industries, not included in any of 

the above classifications. 

The term "industry" as used herein is defined to mean the manufacture of flowers, feathers, and flower and feather novelties. 

SECOND 

On and after the effective date, employers in the industry shall 

not employ any person under the age of sixteen (16) years in any 

capacity whatsoever. 

THIRD 

On and after the _effective date, employers in the industry shall 

not operate on a schedule of hours of labor for their employees, 

except clerical and service employees working in offices and shipping 

departments, in excess of forty ( 40) hours per week. Such work 

for manufacturing employees shall be divided into five (5) working 

days, which shall be from Monday to Friday inclusive; the working 

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hours to commence not earlier than 8 A.M. and to terminate not 

later than 6 P.M., with one hour interval for lunch. 

Manufacturers shall be required to submit to the Supervisor, 

who shall be selected in the manner hereinafter provided, a statement showing the opening and closing hours of the factory, and all 

employees in the said factory shall be required to work on a uniform 

basis during such hours, which shall be in accordance with the 

schedule established in paragraph "Fourth" herein. 

FoURTH 

Nonmanufacturing employees shall not work in excess of forty 

( 40) hours per week. There shall be no more than one shift of 

workers in any day. No overtime is permitted, except that the 

Administrator may grant an extension of hours in the busy season, 

when and if in his judgment, labor in the industry is fully employed and conditions make such an order advisable. This provision 

shall apply to any individual who may do the work of a manufacturing employee as defined herein. 

FIFTH 

No home work shall be allowed, and no work shall be done or 

permitted in tenement houses, basements, or in any insanitary 

building or buildings unsafe on account of· fire risks, or in any back 

or rear parts of stores. 

SIXTH 

On and after the effective date, the basic minimum wage that shall 

be paid by employers in the industry to any of their nonmanufacturing employees shall be at the rate of Twelve ($12.00) Dollars per 

week. 

SEVENTH 

On and after the effective date, experienced manufacturing .employees in the crafts enumerated below shall be paid not less than 

the following minimum wage scale : 

Worker: Per hour Colorer ________________________________________________________ $0.62~ 

Cutter_________________________________________________________ .50 

All other manufacturing employees______________________________ . 37~ 

On and after the effective date, inexperienced manufacturing employees shall receive not less than $0.25 per hour. 

EIGHTH 

Manufacturing employees in the feather industry shall be re- .quired to have at least three (3) months' training before they may 

be considered experienced. 

Manufacturing employees in the flower industry shall be required 

to have at least six (6) months' training before they may be considered experienced. 
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NINTH 

The responsibility for the administration and enforcement of this 

code shall be vested in a Supervisor who shall be selected by the 

Association submitting this code. The said Supervisor shall be 

authorized to perform such acts as may be necessary to carry into 

effect the purpose and intent of this code. He shall make such recommendations to the Administrator for the establishment of rules as to 

practices by persons engaged in the Flower and Feather Industries; 

as to methods and conditions of trading and reporting of prices 

which may be appropriate to avoid discrimination, to promote the ~tabilization of industry, to prevent and eliminate unfair and 

destructive prices and practices. He shall make recommendations 

for dealing with any inequalities that may otherwise arise that may 

endanger the stability of the industry andjor production and 

employment. 

Such recommendations when approved by the Administrator shall 

have the same force and effect as any other provision in this code. 

TENTH 

No employer shall be permitted to grant any secret rebates, deductions, allowances, or gratuities to the customers, otherwise than the 

recognized terms of discount. The recognized terms of discount are 

hereby decreed to be two (2%) percent, ten (10) days; E.O.M. and 

net thereafter. It shall be a violation of this code for any employer 

to make or grant any allowances, deductions, compromise, or claim, 

or any other gratuity for the purpose of underselling competitors. 

In the event any employer shall desire to extend terms of discount 

in excess of the amount decreed herein, then such employer shall 

make application to the Supervisor, who shall investigate the circumstances surroundin.g the trades with which the said employer shall be 

dealing, and the decision of the Supervisor shall be final upon the 

subject matter. 

ELEVENTH 

No merchandise shall be shipped on memorandum or consignment 

for sale. 

TwELFTH 

In order to carry out the declared policy of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, each manufacturer shall furnish such periodic reports 

as may be prescribed by the Supervisor, in such form or substance 

as he may direct. A wilfully false report to such Supervisor shall be 

deemed a violation of this code. 

THIRTEENTH 

Employers in the Industry shall comply with the requirements of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, as follows: 

(a) Employes shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be 

free from interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, 
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or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in selforganization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of 

collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. 

(b) That no employe, and no one seeking employment, shall be 

required, as a condition of employment, to join any company union 

or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing; and 

(c) That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of 

labor, minimmn rates of pay, and other conditions of employment 

approved or prescribed by the President. 

FouRTEENTH 

(a) This code is not designed to promote monopolies and shall 

not be availed of for that purpose. 

(b) The provisions of this code shall not be so interpreted or 

administered as to eliminate or oppress small enterprises or to discriminate against them. 

FIFTEENTH 

Wherever in this industry agreements between employers and 

employes arrived at by collective bargaining shall exist or shall come 

into existence hereafter, all the provisions of such agreement with 

reference to labor standards not prohibited by law and not inconsistent with .NIRA shall be administered as though a part of this 

code. 

SIXTEENTH 

This code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the provision 

of Clause 10 (b) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, from time 

to time, to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule, or 

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

right of the President to cancel or modify his approval of this code 

or any conditions imposed by him upon his approval thereof. 

Such of the provisions of this code as are not required to be included therein by the National Industrial Recovery Act, may with 

the approval of the President, be modified or eliminated as changes 

in circumstances or experience may indicate. It is contemplated 

that from time to time, supplementary provisions to this code or 

additional codes will be submitted for approval of the President 

to prevent unfair competition in price and other purposes and policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act consistent 

with the provisions hereof. 

In the event any provision of this Code shall be disapproved or 

held invalid, such action shall in no way affect any other provision 

thereof. 

Respectfully submitted. 

NATIONAL FLOWER & FEATHER 

MANUFACTURERS AssociATION, 

By ROBERT HUTCHISON, President. 

%Rosette Flower Co., 23 West 36th Street, New York, N.Y. 

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