Approved Code No. 11-Consolidation No. I Registry No. 1151-11

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION

FOR THE

WIRE REINFORCEMENT

INDUSTRY

AS APPROVED ON AUGUST 13, 1934

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U.S.

WE DO OUR PART

INCLUDES AMENDMENT No. 1

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Approved Code No. 11-Consolidation No. I

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION

FOR TnE

WIRE REINFORCEMENT INDUSTRY

As Approved on August 13, 1934

ORDER

APPROVING THE APPROVED CODE FOR THE IRON AND STEEL IN

AS THE CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE WIRE REINFOR

INDUSTRY

An application having been made pursuant to Administrat

der No. X-61, dated July 10, 1934, by the Wire Reinforcement I

try for codification by consolidation under the approved Code 

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Competition for the Iron and Steel Industry and for the appr

said Code as the Code of Fair Competition for the Wire Rei

ment Industry as hereinafter defined and the annexed report t

having been made and directed to the President, and it appea

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me that said application is in full compliance with Title I 

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National Industrial Recovery Act;

NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the U

States, I, Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industrial Re

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of the P

dent, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated Decem

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1933, and otherwise, do hereby;

(a) Incorporate by reference said annexed report,

(b) Find that said Code complies in all respects with the pe

provisions and will promote the policy and purpose of sai

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of said Act,

(c) Order that said Code be and it hereby is approved 

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Code of Fair Competition for the Wire Reinforcement In

defined as follows:

" The manufacture and sale by the manufacturer of Mesh, F

or Mats, made from Drawn Wire or Wire Rods, in which th

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bers are attached at their intersections; in which no memb

or spaced for elements Gypsum, manufactured reinforciii 8601--11S1-5 less ofr than buildings, other g concrete two product plastic -34 (2) concrete material; inches pavements, involving sewers center(1) but the to or not floors use center; pipe,ncluding of or or Portland and which any other " paper conststrCiub
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fabric, or other fabric when used as a base or reinforcem

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plaster or stucco."

This order shall become effective ten (10) days from t

hereof unless prior to that time good cause to the contrary i

to me and I, by my further order, otherwise direct.

HUGLI S. JOHNSO

Administrator for Industrial Re

Approval recommended:

GEO. L. BERRY,

Division Adinihistrator.

WASHINGTON, D.C.,

August 1.3, 1934.
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT

The PRESIDENT,

T he White Homse.

SIR : This is a report on the approval of the approved C

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the Iron and Steel Industry as the Code of Fair Competition f

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Wire Reinforcement Industry.

HOURS AND WAGES

Eight (8) of the ten (10) members composing the Wir

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forcement Industry are at the present time operating un

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approved Iron and Steel Industry Code in the manufacture 

products. These eight companies produce eighty-five per cen

of the tonnage of wire reinforcement in the entire Industry.

The eight companies producing the eighty-five per cent of t

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duction in tons in this Industry do not operate a separate re

ment plant in that wire reinforcement is produced in the sam

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that produce the basic material of the product, which is Draw

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and Wire Rods, and merely operate a wire department 

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individual plants.

The same employees working under the wage and hour pr

in the approved Iron and Steel Industry Code work a small p

age of their time producing wire reinforcement.

The wage and hour provisions in the Wire Reinforcement I

are to be the same as in the approved Iron and Steel Industr

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE CODE

The Wire Reinforcement Industry, like all industries 

in construction endeavors, has suffered during the depressio

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number of employees in 1928 was seven hundred and fifty 

The number of employees in 1933 was seven hundred (700)

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senting a decrease of six and seven-tenths per cent (6.7%) f

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1928 level. The Industry is highly mechanized; hence, the n

of men employed is comparatively small. As production f

fifty and six-tenths per cent (50.6%) and the number of em

has only declined six and seven-tenths per cent (6.7%), it is 

that the number of man-hours was materially reduced and th

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was spread among the number of men available for work.

or The " Mats, The definition manufacture made from of the Drawn and Wire sale Wire DEFINITION Reinforcement by (3)the or Wire manufacturer Rods, Industry in ofwhich Mesh, is as thfFm
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bers are attached at their intersections; in which no mem

spaced less than two (2) inches center to center; and whic

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for reinforcing concrete pavements, the floors or other struc

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ments of buildings, concrete sewers or pipe, or any constr

manufactured product involving the use of Portland Cem

sum, or other plastic material; but not including " pap

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fabric, or other fabric when used as a base or reinforce

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plaster or stucco."

FINDINGS

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on s

havingv found as herein set forth and on the basis of all the p

ings in this matter:

I find that:

(a) Said Code is well designed to promote the policies 

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poses of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, i

removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate and for

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merce which tend to diminish the amount thereof and wi

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for the general welfare by promoting the organization of I

for the purpose of cooperative action among trade groups, bi

ing and maintaining united action of labor and managemu

adequate governmental sanctions and supervision, by el

unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest poss

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zation of the present productive capacity of industries, by 

undue restrictions of production (except as may be tempor

quired), by increasing the consumption of industrial and ag

products through increasing purchasing power, by reducin

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lieving unemployment, by improving standards of labor

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otherwise rehabilitating industry.

(b) Said Industry normally employs not more than 5e

ployees; it is not classified by me as a major Industry. (c) The Code as approved complies in all respects with t

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nent provisions of said Title of said Act, including withol

tion Subsection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Secti

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

tion is an industrial association truly representative of the 

industry; and that said association imposes no inequitable r

on admission to membership therein.

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

or monopolistic practices.

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

small enterprises and will not operate to discriminate again

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(f) Those engaged in other steps of the economic pro

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not been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approv

Code.

For AUGUST these Rpectfully, 13, reasons, 1934. therefore, I have approved HUGH this S. AdminCode. JOHNS
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE WIR

REINFORCEMENT INDUSTRY

See approved code for the Iron and Steel Industry, which i

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approved code for the Wire Reinforcement Industry.

Approved Code No. 11-Consolidation No. 1.

Registry No. 1151-11.

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Approved Code No. 11/Cl-Amendment No. 1

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITIO

FOR THE

WIRE REINFORCEMENT INDUSTRY

As Approved on September 12, 1934

ORDER

MODIFYINGG AND AMPLIFYING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER No. 1

DATED AUGUST 13, 1934, APPROVING THE APPROVED CODE T

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IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY AS TILE CODE OF FAIR COMPETIT

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THE WIRE REINFORCEMENT INDUSTRY

Having considered suggestions submitted by the applicanA

ciation which submitted the application referred to in Adm

tive Order No. 11/Cl-1 dated August 13, 1934, for codificab

consolidation under the approved Code of Fair Competition f

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Iron and Steel Industry and for the approval of said Code t

Code of Fair Competition for the Wire Reinforcement In

and no other criticisms of, objections to, or suggestions for th

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fikation or amplification of, said Administrative Order or 

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approval of said first mentioned Code as the Code of Fair 

tition for said Wire Reinforcement Industry having been su

as provided for in Administrative Order No. 11/C1-2 dated A

13, 1934, and the affective date of said Administrative OrN

11/C1-1 having been extended to September 15, 1934, by A

trative Order No. 11/Cl-3 dated August 22, 1934;

Now, TrHEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the U

States, I, Hiigh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industrial Re

pursllant to authority vested in me by executive orders of the P

dent, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated Decem3

1933, and otherwise, do hereby modify and amplify said A

trative Order No. 11/Cl-1 and do order as follows:

(1) The definition of the Wire Reinforcement Industry 

forth in said order is hereby modified to read, and the Wir

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as forcement the Msh, of The follows: iron United Fabric business or steel Industry States and or or of Mats from manufacturing to made iron which selling or from said steel (6) the or plain order wir causing following rods,r applies galvanized to in described be which is manufacthereby the drawprmiw
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are attached at their intersections, in which no members are 

less than two inches center to center, and which is designe(l f

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for reinforcing concrete pavements, the floors or other st

elements of buildings concrete sewers or pipe, or any constru

manuf act ured product involving the use of Portland 

Gypsimin or other plastic material; but not including " papeb

fabric or other fabric when used as a base or reinforcem

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plaster or stuco.

(2) The basing points for the above-described products 

Industry to which the applicable provisions of the Code F

Competition for the Iron and Steel Industry shall apply sha

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follows: Pittsburgli, Pa., Anderson, Ind., Chicago, Ill., (wovw

mesh only) and the Pacific Coast Ports enumerated in Sch

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of said Code.

(3) In any case in which by the provisions of said Code th

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bers thereof are, or have been required to do any act or thingsw

any period of time or on or prior to any date therein specified

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period of time or date has expired prior to the (late of this or

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time within which the members of the Wire Reinforcement I

shall be required to do the act or thing as prescribed by said r

tive provisions shall be the period terminating on December 3

(4) Any amendment that shall hereafter be made to said 

Fair Competition for the Iron and Steel Industry shall apply t

constitute an amendment of the Code constituted by said A

trative Order No. 11/C1-1 as modified and amplified by th

as the Code of Fair Competition for the Wire Reinforcem

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dustry, and, subject to earlier termination or modification, th

shall continue in effect so long as said Code of Fair Competi

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the Iron and Steel Industry shall be in effect.

This order shall become effective the 15th day of Septembe

unless prior to that date good cause to the contrary is show

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and I, by my further order, otherwise direct.

HUGH S. JoHNsoN

Administrator for Industrial Reco

Approval reconimnended:

JOSEPH F. BATTLEY,

Aotihq Division Adminitrator.

WASHINGTON, D.C.,

September 12, 1934.

Approved Code No. 11/Cl-Amendment No. 1.

Registry No. 1151-11.

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