Approved Code No. 201-Sui)plement No. 17 Registry No. 1114-01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

SUPPLEl\iENTARY 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WHOLESALE HARDWARE 

TRADE 

(A Division of the Wholesaling or Distl"ibuting Trade) 

AS APPROVED ON JULY 30, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 201-Supplement No. 17 

SUPPLEl\tfENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WHOLESALE HARDWARE TRADE 

As Approved on July 30, 1934 . 

ORDER 

SUPPLEMENTARY ConE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE WHOLESALE 

liARDW ARE TRADE 

A DIVISION OF THE WHOLESALING OR DISTRIBUTING TRADE 

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 Supplemental Code of Fair Competition for the Wholesale Hardware Trade 

to the Code of Fair Competition for the Wholesaling or Distributin~ 

Trade, and hearings having been duly held thereon and the annexed 

report on said Supplemental Code, 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 Supplemental 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 Supplemental Code of Fair Competition be and it is hereby 

approved; subject, however, to the condition that the provisions of 

Article IV, Section 6 be deleted from said Code and the following 

provisions substituted therefor: 

" SEc. 6 (a) . Destructive price cutting is an unfair method of 

competition and is forbidden. Any sale shall be deemed prima facie 

destructive price cutting if the net sales price shall be less than the 

seller's net invoice cost plus transportation charges to seller's 

warehouse. 

"Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section any wholesaler 

may sell any article of merchandise at a price as low as the price 

set by any competitor on merchandise which is identical or essentially the same, where such competitor's price does not violate this 

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Section or where such competitor is not subject to the provisions oi 

this Supplemental Code. 

" Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section it shall not be 

deemed destructiYe price cutting for a wholesaler to sell the following merchandi e at less than net invoice cost plus transportation 

charges, as provided above: obsolete goods, bona fide closeout merchandi e, d, maged 1nerchandise, stocks being liquidated, merchandise sold for charitable purposes or to unemployment relief agencies, 

and such other merchandi ·e as may be designated by the Divisional 

Code Authority. 

"(b) If the Administrator shall at any time find (1) that an 

emergency has ari en within the trade, adversely affecting small 

enterpri e or vmges or labor conditions, or tending toward monopoly 

or other acute conditions which tend to defeat the purposes of the 

Act, and (2) that the finding of a basis for determining minimum 

prices for all or any specified products sold by the trade is necessary for a limited period to correct the conditions constituting such 

emergen cy and to effectuate the purpo es of the Act, the Code 

Authority may cause an impartial agency to investigate costs and 

to recommend to the Administrator a basis for determining minimum 

prices of said products. Thereupon the Administrator may fix a 

basis for determining the minimum price of any of said products 

for a stated period. During such period no member of the trade 

shall sell such products at a net realized price below the minimum 

price determined in accordance with the base so fixed. From time 

to time the Code Authority may recommend review or reconsidera- tion or the Administrator may cau e any determination hereunder 

to be reviewed or reconsidered, and appropriate action taken." 

HuGHS. JoHNSON, 

Administrator for Industrial Recovery. 

Approval recommended: 

RoBERT L. HousTON, 

Division Adm4nistrator. 

WASHINGTON, D.C., 

July 30, 1931,.. 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House 

Sm: This is a report of the Hearing on the Supplemental Code 

of Fair Competition for the Wholesale Hardware Trade, a division 

of the Wholesaling or Distributing Trade, conducted in the Oak 

Room of the Raleigh Hotel on Thursday, April 19, 1934. The Supplemental Code, which is attached, was presented by duly qualified 

and authorized representatives of the Trade 

TltE TRADE 

Due to the overlapping of this Trade with other trades, completely accurate statistics are not available. According to data 

submitted by the Trade, in 1933 there were approximately 1,249 

concerns with aggregate annual sales of $866,158,332. The Trade 

employed about 41,497 persons in 1930. 

PROVISIONS OF THE CODE 

This Code contains no Supplemental Labor Provisions, the employees being subject to the wage and hour provisions of the Code 

of Fair Competition for the Wholesaling or Distributing Trade. 

The Labor Advisory Board in its report protests against the noninclusion of Supplemental Labor Provisions. 

In his final report to me the Deputy Administrator points out 

that the overlapping and intermeshing of competition exists in this 

Trade to a most unusual degree and for that reason it is essential 

that this Trade operate under the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Wholesaling or Distributing Trade. 

The provisions containing supplemental definitions are considered 

inclusive and accurate. 

The administrative provisions establish a Divisional Code Authority which fairly represents all the different elements in the Trade. 

The trade practices proposed are not considered to be objectionable. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his f:inal report to me on said Supn 

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

all the proceedings in this matter: 

I find that: 

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

policies and purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, including removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate 

and foreign commerce which tend to diminish the amount thereof, 

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and will provide for the general welfare by vromoting the organization of industry for the purl?ose of cooperative action among trade 

groups, by inducing and maintaining united action of labor and 

management under adequate governmental sanctions and supervision, 

by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest 

J?Ossible use of the present 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 industry. 

(b) Said Trade normally employs not more than 50,000 employees 

and it is not classified by me as a major industry. 

(c) The Supplemental Code a approved complies in all respects 

with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including 

without limitation Subsection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of 

Section 7, and Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof; and that the 

applicant asc·ociation is a trade association truly representative of 

the aforesaid Trade; and that said association imposes no inequitable 

restrictions on admission to member hip therein. 

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

monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

(e) The Supplemental Code is not designed to and will not eliminate or oppress small enterprise 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 the approval of this 

Supplemental Code. 

For these reasons, the Supplemental Code has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

JULY 30, 1934. 

HuoH S. JoHNsoN, 

Administrator. 
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SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE WI-IOLESALE HARDWARE TRADE, A DIVISION OF 

THE WHOLESALING OR DISTRIBUTING TRADE 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, this Supplemental Code is established as a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Wholesale I-Iardware Trade pursuant to 

Article VI, Section 1 (c) of the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Wholesaling or Distributing Trade, approved by the President of 

the United States on January 12, 1934. All provisions of the said 

General Code which are not in conflict with the provisions of this 

Supplemental Code are hereby incorporated by reference in this 

Supplemental Code and made a part hereof. Such provisions of the 

General Code together with the supplementing provisions of this 

Code are the standards of fair competition for and are binding upon 

every member of said Wholesale Hardware Trade. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

SUPPLEMENTING ARTICLE II OF THE GENERAL CODE 

SECTION 1. Wholesaler.-The term "wholesaler" as used herein 

shall mean any individual, partnership, association, corporation, or 

other form of enterprise, or an organized division thereof set up to 

render and rendering a general distribution service, which deals pri· 

marily in hardware and kindred lines, which buys and maintains at 

his or its place of business an adequate stock of hardware and/or 

kindred lines, and which, through salesmen, advertising and/or sales 

promotion devices, sells to retailers and/or to institutional, commercial and/or industrial users for manufacturing, equipment, supply, and/or maintenance purposes only, but which does not sell in 

significant amounts to ultimate consumers. It is the character of a 

concern's selling rather than the character of its buying which 

distinguishes it as a wholesaler. 

SEc. 2. The Tracle.-The term" Trade" as used herein, shall mean 

the business in which "wholesalers "z as above defined, are engaged. 

SEc. 3. General cocle.-The term ' General Code" as used herein 

shall mean the Code of Fair Competition for the Wholesaling or 

Distributing Trade. 

SEc. 4. Supplernental cocle.-'l'he term " Supplemental Code " 

as used herein shall mean this Supplemental Code of Fair Competition for the Wholesale Hardware Trade. 

SEc. 5. Divisional code authority.-The term "Divisional Code 

Authority" for the Wholesale Hardware Trade, a Division of the 

Wholesaling or Distributing Trade . 

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SEc. 6. 0 onsiq1'1J11h,ont.-The term " consignment " as used herein 

shalJ mean delivering or leaving merchandise with a customer, the 

title to remain in the wholesaler until such time as the retailer shall 

sell the merchandise. 

SEc. 7. K indred lines.-The term "kindred lines" as used herein 

shall include all such lines as have heretofore customarily been carried by wholesale hardware distributors. 

ARTICLE III-ADMINISTRATION 

SUPPLEl\IENTING ARTICLE VI OF THE GENERAL CODE 

SECTION 1. The Divisional Code Authority shall be composed of 

seventeen (17) members, one (1) member to represent each of the 

following ten (10) geographical areas: 

1. New En~land: I\1aine, New Hampshire, Vermont, I\1assachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, 

2. North :Middle Atlantic: New York, New Jersey, Delaware, 

Pennsylvania, 

3. South Middle Atlantic: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, 

South Carolina, District of Columbia, Georgia, 

4. Gulf: Florida, Alabama{ Louisiana, Tennessee, 1\fississippi, 

5. Southwestern: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, 

6. Eastern Central: Ohio, 'Vest Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, 

Michigan (except the Upper P eninsula), 

7. Northwestern: Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, "\Visconsin 

(North and West of a line drawn from Green Bay to La Crosse), 

the Upper Peninsula of 1\fichigan, 

8. West Central: Illinois, Iowa (East of a line drawn directly 

North and South through Des Moines and including Des Moines), 

I\1issouri (East of a line drawn directly North and South through 

Fulton and including Fulton), Wisconsin (South and East of a line 

drawn from La Crosse to Green Bay) , 9. Missouri River: :Missouri (West of a line drawn directly North 

and South through Fulton but not including Fulton), Kansas, Iowa 

(West of a line drawn directly North and South through Des Moines 

but not including Des Moines), Nebraska, South Dakota, 

10. Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast: Colorado, Utah, Arizona, 

California, Oregon, 'V ashington, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, 

Wyoming, and seven (7) members at large. 

SEc. 2. The members of the Divisional Code Authority shall be 

elected in the following manner : 

(a) The Executive Committee o£ the National Wholesale Hardware Association shall appoint two (2) members and the Executive Committee of the Southern Hardware Jobbers Association shall 

appoint one (1) member o£ an Electoral Board o£ three persons to 

conduct the election. 

(b) The Electoral Board shall send out nominating ballots to all 

wholesalers discoverable by diligent search. Each of these ballots 

shall contain spaces in which the voter may write the names of his 

choices for the member o£ the Divisional Code Authority and an 

alternate member thereto, for his geographical area. To each nominating ballot shall be attached a letter assenting to and promising to 
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comply with this Supplemental Code and the General Code. 

Twenty (20) days after these ballots are sent out the Electoral 

Board shall publicly count the votes which are then in its possession. 

Only those ballots which are accompanied by a signed statement of 

assent and compliance shall be counted. The person in each area 

receiving the highest number of votes for tl:!e position of member 

of the Divisional Code Authority shall be declared to be a candidate 

for that position in that area. The person receiving the highest 

number of votes for alternate in each area shall be declared to be 

the candidate for the position of alternate in that area. 

(c) The Executive Committees of the National Wholesale Hardware Association and the Southern Hardware Jobbers Association 

shall nominate seven (7) candidates at large and seven (7) alternates at large. 

(d) The Electoral Board shall prepare and mail to all wholesalers 

discoverable by diligent search ballots containing the names of all 

the candidates and alternates nominated according to the foregoing 

paragraphs. These ballots shall contain for each position a blank 

space in which the voter may write his personal choice. vVholesalers 

in all ~eographical areas shall vote for all members of the Divisional 

Code Authority and for all alternates. Twenty (20) days after the 

mailing of these ballots the Electoral Board shall publicly count the 

votes which it has received. Only those ballots shall be counted 

which are accompanied by a signed statement of assent and compliance or by a statement that the voter has previously submitted such 

a staten1ent of assent and compliance. The candidates for member 

of the Divisional Code Authority and for alternate receiving the 

highest vote for each of the geographical areas and the seven (7) 

candidates at large and the seven (7) alternates at large receiving the 

highest vote shall be declared to be elected. 

(e) The Electoral Board shall certify to the Administrator the 

method in which it has conducted the election and the results of the 

same. 

SEc. 3. The terms of office of members of the Divisional Code 

Authority and the method of electing their successors whether for 

full new terms or for unexpired terms shall be established in the 

by-laws of the Divisional Code Authority, subject to the approval of 

the Administrator. ' 

SEc. 4. The Divisional Code Authority shall have the following 

duties and powers subject to such rules and regulations as the Administrator may prescribe: 

(a) To represent the Trade in conferring with the President or his 

agents or the General Code Authority, with respect to the Administration of this Supplemental Code and the General Code and in 

respect to the Act and any orders or reg-ulations issued thereunder. 

(b) To study the trade practice provisions of this Supplemental 

Code and the operations thereof, and make such recommendations 

from time to time to the Administrator as it may deem desirable for 

modification of or addition thereto, which upon the approval of the 

Aillninistrator or his agents after such hearing as he may prescribe, 

shall become a part of this Supplemental Code and have full force 

and effect as provisi()ns thereof. 
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. '(c) To appoint a Trade Practice Committee, which shall meet 

with the Trade Practice Committees appointed under such other 

Codes as may be related to the Trade except other Codes supplemental to the General Code, for the purpose of formulating Fair 

Trade Practices to govern the relationships between production and 

distribution employers under this Supplemental Code and under such 

other Codes to the end that such Fair Practices may be proposed to 

the Administrator as amendments to this Supplemental Code and 

such other Codes. 

(d) To appoint such regional committees and agents as the Divisional Code Authority may establish to assist the Divisional Code 

Authority in administering this Supplemental Code and the General Code, provided, however, that nothing herein shall relieve the 

Divisional Code Authority of its responsibilities as such. 

1 (e) To organize, elect officers, hire employees, and perform such 

other acts as may be necessary for the proper administration of the 

Supplemental Code and the General Code. 

1 (f) To appoint a Special Committee on Overlapping which shall 

meet with Trade Practice Committees and/or Special Committees 

on Overlapping which may be appointed by the General Code Authority andjor by the Divisional Code Authorities administering 

other Supplemental Wholesaling and Distributing Codes covering 

kindred lines andjor by the Code Authorities administering other 

basic codes covering the wholesaling and distributing of kindred 

lines, for the purpose of formulatine; recommendations to be submitted to the respective Code Authonties and to the Administrator 

for such modifications of this Supplemental Code andjor such other 

Code or Codes as may be necessary to eliminate, insofar as possible, 

conflicts between the fair trade practice provisions of this Supplemental Code and such other Code or Codes. 

(g) To adopt bylaws and rules and regulations for its procedure. 

(h) To use such trade associations and such other agents or 

agencies as it deems proper for the carrying out of any of its activities provided for herein provided that nothing herein shall relieve 

the Divisional Code Authority of its duties or responsibilities under 

this Supplemental Code or under the General Code and that such 

trade associations and agencies shall at all times be subject to and 

comply with the provisions hereof. 

( i) To obtain from members of the Trade such information and 

reports as are required for the administration of this Supplemental 

Code. In addition to information required to be submitted to the 

General Code Authority and to the Divisional Code Authority members of the Trade subject to tllis Supplemental Code shall furnish 

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 he may designate; provided that nothing in this Supplemental Code shall relieve any member of the 

Trade of any existing obligations to furnish reports to any government agency. No individual report shall be disclosed to any 

other member of the Trade or any other party except to such other 

governmental agencies as may be directed by the Administrator. 

SEc. 5. Nothing contained 1n this Supplemental Code shall consti1tute the members of the Divisional Code Authority partners for any 
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purpose nor shall any member of the Divisional Code Authority, 

exercising reasonable diligence in the conduct of his duties, hereunder, be liable to anyone for any action or omission to act, under 

this Supplemental Code except for his own wilful malfeasance or 

nonfeasance. SEc. 6. If the Administrator shall determine that any action of 

the Divisional 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 suspended to afford an opportunity for 

investigation of the merits of such action and for further consideration by such Divisional 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 days' notice to him 

of intention to proceed with such action in its original or modified 

form. 

SEc. 7. (a) It being found necessary in order to support the administratiOn of this Supplemental Code and to maintain the standards of fair competition established hereunder and to effectuate the 

policy of the Act the Divisional Code Authority is authorized. 

1. To incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and proper 

for the foregoing purpose, and to meet such obligations out of funds 

which may be raised and hereinafter provided and which shall be 

held in trust for the purposes of this Supplemental Code; 

2. To submit to the Administrator for his approval, subject to 

such notice and opportunity to be heard as he may deem necessary 

( 1) an itemized budget of its estimated expenses for the foregoing 

purposes, and (2) an equitable basis upon which the funds necessary 

to support such budget shall be contributed by members of the 

Trade; 

3. After such budget and basis of contribution have been approved 

by the Administrator, to determine and obtain equitable contribution 

as above set forth by all members of the Trade, and to that end, if 

necessary, to institute legal proceedings therefor in its own name. 

(b) Each member of the Trade shall pay his or its equitable 

contribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the Divisional 

Code Authority, determined as hereinabove provided, and subject to 

rules and regulations pertaining thereto issued by the Administrator. 

Only such members of the Trade complying with the Supplemental 

Code and contributing to the expenses of its administration as hereinabove provided unless duly exempted from making such contribution shall be entitled to participate in the selection of members of 

the Divisional Code Authority or to receive the benefits of any of its 

voluntary activities or to make use of any emblem or insignia of the 

National Recovery Administration. 

(c) The DivisiOnal Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay 

any obligation in excess of the amount thereof as estimated in its 

approved budget, except upon approval of the Administrator; and 

no subsequent budget shall contain any deficiency item for expenditures in excess of prior budget estimates except those which the 

Administrator shall have so approved. 
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ARTICLE IV-ThADE PRACTICES 

SUPPLEMENTING ARTICLE VII OF THE GENERAL CODE 

The following practices are hereby declared to be unfair methods 

of competition and are prohibited : 

SECTION 1. To allow cash discounts greater than 2 percent in 

anticipating the due date of any invoice. This shall not apply to 

those lines where manufacturers' terms provide for greater cash 

discounts in anticipating payment. 

SEc. 2. To allow cash discount on any note settlement or to accept 

a noninterest bearing note in payment of a matured obligation. 

N oninterest bearing notes may be accepted from insolvent debtors. 

SEc. 3. To ship any goods on consignment except products of 

manufacturers whose general plan of distribution is by consignment 

and not by sale for resale. 

SEc. 4. For a wholesaler who, in addition to his definitely organized wholesale division, operates a retail store or division, to sell 

like commodities in the same quantities to retailer customers at a 

higher figure than such commodities are charged or billed to his 

retail store or division. 

SEc. 5. The Divisional Code Authority shall study the subject 

of terms of payment and future datings in the Wholesale Hardware 

Trade for the purpose of recommending uniform terms of payment and datings for that Trade. When such recommendation shall 

have been approved by the Administrator after such hearing as he 

may prescribe, it shall be an unfair trade practice for any wholesaler to sell upon terms of payment or datings other than those so 

established. 

SEc. 6. (a) No goods shall be sold or offered for sale at less than 

the cost to the seller. Such cost shall be defined to mean the actual 

net irvvoiced purchase price or market price, whichever is lower, 

plus transportation charges to seller's warehouse, plus the actual 

wages involved in the delivery of goods by the seller when such 

wages are determined in accordance with an accounting formula 

developed by an impartial agency chosen with the advice of the 

Administrator and pu.blished from time to time by the Divisional 

Oode Authority after approval by the Administrator. 

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, any wholesaler may sell any article of merchGIJUiise at a price as low as the 

price set by any competitor on merchandise which is identical or 

essentially the same, and where such competitor's price does not 

violate this Section or where such c01npetitor is not subject to the 

p'rovisions of this Supplemental 0 ode. 

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section a 

wholesaler may sell the followi11g 1nerchandise at less than the prices 

establislled wnder the said provisions: obsolete goods, bona fide closeout merchandise, dmnaged merchandise, stocks being liquidated, 

merchandise sold for charitable purposes or to unemployment relief 

agencies, and such ooher 1nercha.ndise as may be designated by the 

Divisional Oode Authority.1 

1 Italicized section deleted and amended sectk>n inserted in lieu. See paragraph 2 ot 

order approving this Code. 
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ARTICLE V-SUBTERFUGE 

It shall be an unfair trade practice for any member of the Trade 

to employ subterfuge, directly or indirectly, to avoid or attempt to 

avoid the provisions of this Supplemental Code or of the General 

Code or the purposes and intent of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, which are among other things to increase employment, provide 

better wages, promote fair competitive methods, better business 

conditions, and promote the public welfare. 

ARTICLE VI-PowER oF THE PRESIDENT To M o DIFY 

This Supplemental Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made subject to the right of the President in accordance with 

the provisions of the Subsection (b) of Section 10 of the Act, from 

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

or regulation issued under Title I of said Act. 

ARTICLE VII-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Supplemental Code shall become effective on the tenth day 

after its approval by the Administrator. 

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