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Approved Code No. 230 Registry No. 401-1-01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COlVIPETITiON 

FOR THE 

PAPER BAG 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

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AS APPROVED ON JANUARY 26, 1934 

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WASHINGTON: 1934 

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Approved Code No. 230 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PAPER BAG MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on January 26, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PAPER BAG MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made pur uant 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 Code 

of Fair Competition for the Paper Bag Manufacturing Industry, 

and hearings having been duly held thereon and the annexed report 

on said. Code, containing findings with respect thereto, having been 

n1ade 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 r-eport and do find that said 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 Code 

of Fair Competition be and it is hereby approved. 

HUGH S. JOHNSON, 

Administrator /01· I nd1J.strial R ecovery. 

Approval r ecommended : 

GEORGE L. BERRY, 

Division A.dminist1·ator. 

w .ASHINGTON, D.C., 

J aniwry f6, 1934. 

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The PRESIDENT, 

The White Hoiose. 

SIR: This is a report of the hearing on the Code of Fair Competition for the Paper Bag Manufacturing Industry, conducted in Washington on November 2, 1933, in accordance with the provisions of 

Title I of the National Industrial Reco, ery Act. 

HOUR, AND WAGES 

For factory workers, this Code provides a forty-hour ,Yeck aYeraged 

over thirteen weeks, but not more than forty-eight hour in any one 

week, with overtime payment £or hours worked in excess of eight 

per day. For office workers, the Code specifies a forty-hour week 

averaged over one year and an average of not more than forty-eight 

hours per ·week in any period of thirteen weeks. Slightly longer 

hours are permitted for additional nonproductive employees. 

The minimum wage for factory workers in the Northern and 

Cen~ral zones are 38 and 35 cents per hour respectively for males, 

with a 5-cent differential for female workers in each case. In the 

Southern zone the minimum wage for this class is 30 cents for both 

men and "·omen. Provision is made that men and women doincr 

the same \York shall receive the same pay. An exception is made of 

work which on July 15, 1929, paid less than the prescribed rates. 

In such cases the 1929 rate, or ninety percent of the basic Code rate, 

whicheYer is higher, is prescribed. The minimum wages of office 

worker range from $12.00 to $15.00 per week, as in the President's 

Reemployment Agreement. 

This industry is closely allied with the Paper and Pulp I11dustry, 

anu about 60 percent of the total production of bags is carTied on in 

plants "·hich manufacture their own paper. For this reason, this 

Code prescribes the same minimum wages and maximum hours as 

the Paper and Pulp Code. Provision is made that when a rehearing is held on the Paper and Pulp Code, as directed in your Executive Order of N oven1ber 17, 1933, approving said Code, the wage 

and hour provisions of the Paper and Pulp Code, as determined 

after such rehearing, shall apply to this Industry. 

CYTHER CODE PROVISIONS 

Nine divisions of this Industry are established under subordinate 

Codes. Provisions are ma de for an open price plan, for the filing of 

reports with the Administrator and for a cost accounting system 

which will equalize the differential in transportation costs between 

self-contained and converting mills. Trade practices are established 

for the Industry. 

ECONOMIC EFl'E<Jl' OF THE CODE 

In 1929 the Paper Bag Manufacturing Industry employed about 

3,600 workers. In May 1933 employment had increased to about 

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23 percent oYer the 1929 1evel a a re ult of increased production. 

Under the Presidents Reemployment Agreement, the total was 

raised 4.(? percent over the 1929 figure. The effect of the hour limitations of this Code will be to give employment to about 5 percent 

more i"forkers bringing the total for the industry to more than G,000. 

The increase in employment under the Presi<l.ent's Reemployment 

Ao-reernent has already brought about increase in pay rolls, so that 

th~ wao·e provisions of this Code will add only about 5 percent to 

presentpuy rolls. Compared with annual pay rolls as of April 1933, 

ho-n-eYer the increu c::e under the Code ,,ill be about $922,500 

annually. 

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The Deputy Administrator i_n hi final report to me on said Code 

having found as herein ·et forth und on the basis of all the proceedings in this matter ; 

I find that: 

(a) Said Code is well designed to promote the policies and purpo es of Title I of the National Industrial Reco-very Act, including 

remoYal of ob tructions to the free flow of inter -tate and foreign 

commerce which tend to diminish the amount thereof and will provide for the general welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the purpose of cooperative action among the trade groups, 

by inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management 

under adequate governmental sanctions an l uperyision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible utilization of the present productive capacity of industries, 

by avoiding undue restriction of production ( except as may be 

ten1porarily required), by increasing the consumption of industrial 

and agricultural products through increasing purchasing power, 

by reducing and relieving unemployment, by jmproving standards 

of labor, and by otherwise rehabilitating industry. 

(b) Said Industry normally employs not more than 50,000 employees. nnd jg not cla ·sified by me as a major industry. 

( c) The Code as approved complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of Title I of the 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 group 

is an industrial group truly representative of the aforesaid Industry; and that said association imposes no inequitable restrictions on 

admission to membership therein. 

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

or monopolistic practices. 

( e) The Code is not de igned to and will not eliminate or oppress 

small enterprises and will not operate to discriminate against then1. 

(f) Those engaged in other steps of the economic process have 

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

said Code. 

For these reasons this Code has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

JANUARY 26, 1934. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON, 

Ad1ninistrator. 
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CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PAPER BAG MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

To effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the following is hereby established as a Code of Fair 

Competition for the Pa per Bag :Manufacturing Industry and shall 

be binding on every member thereof. 

ARTICLE I-DEFINITIONS 

The following words are used in this Code and in all Codes 

Fubordinate hereto with the n1eanings herein set forth: 

l nclu,stry.-The manufacture of all pasted open mouth bags and 

sacks from paper except hipping acks as defined in the subordinate 

Code for the Paper Shipping Sack Division of the Paper and Pulp 

Industry approved November 17, 1933. 

JI ernber.-A natural person, partnership, corporation, association, 

trust, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, or receiYer engaged in such 

industrv. 

Act._:_Title I of the National Indu trial Recovery Act. 

Aclministratm·.-The J ational Indu trial Recovery Administrator. 

Dh•ision.-A diYi. 1011 or section of the Industry recognized as 

such by this Code. 

ARTICLE II-ORGANIZATION AND An:oIINI TRATION 

1. A Board con:isting of the Chairman of the Executive Authority, 

of each division of the Industry as established by the respective 

divi ional Codes pursuant to the provi ions of Section 4 of Article 

III hereof, together with such members of the Executive Committee 

of the Paper Bag Manufacturers Institute as are not themselves 

Chairmen of such Executive Authorities, is hereby designated as 

the agenc, for adn1ini tering this Code and is hereinafter referred 

to a the JCode Authority. The Administrator may de iguate one 

or more person members thereof without vote. 

2. The said In titute and all divisional associations hereunder 

shall file with the Administrator certified copies of any amendments 

of their by-laws relating to eligibility or admission to membership 

in ·uch Institute or divisional as ociation, or relating to the method 

of election of the members of their Executive Committees, and of 

the Executive Authority of each division which such Institute or 

dfri ·ional Associations m.ay hereafter adopt. 

3. The Aclmini trator may at any time prescribe a different 

method for selecting the Indu try members of the Code Authority 

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and o:f the Executive Authority of each division, and therea:fter 

such members shall be chosen in the manner so prescribed. 

4. The Code Authority is charged generally with the duty of 

administering this Code under the sanction and with the approval 

of the Administrator. All acts of the Code Authority and of the 

Executive Authority of each divi ion shall be subject to review by 

the Administrator, and to su pension modification, or cancellation 

by him in any ca...,e in which he shall determine that any such act 

,·iolates the purpo es of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

5. The expense of aclmini~tering this Code shall be borne pro rata 

in accordance with a formula to be adopted by the Code Authority, 

by all members of the Industry who accept the benefit of the services 

of the Code Authority and/or of the Executive Authorities of any 

di vision of this Industry, or otherwise assent to this Code. 

6. The Code Authority shall have power to investigate alleged 

violations of this Code and acts or courses of conduct by any member which are or appear to be contrary to the policy of the Act or 

which tend or may tend to render ineffective this Code and to report 

the same with rec01mnendations to the Administrator. 

7. The Industry is hereby divided into diYi ions as set forth in 

Schedule A hereto attached. Any question as to the division into 

which any particular grade, clas , or kind of bags may fall, shall 

be determined by the Code Authority. 

8. In the event that the jurisdiction of the Code shall be extended 

to co,er the manufacture of products which do not fall within any 

such diYision, the Code Authority may create new divisions to inlude such products and the members of such divisions may then 

adopt and submit divisional Codes as provided in Article III hereof. 

9. The Code Authority may create new divisions by the subdivi- sion of any such divisions or by the consolidation of any two or 

more of uch divisions, proYided, however, that no such subdivision 

or consolidation shall be made without the consent of the divisional 

association of each division affected thereby. 

10. In each division there may be one divisional as ociation to 

which every member of the industry engaged in the manufacture 

of any product included in such division shall be eligible for 

membership. 

ARTICLE III-DrnsIONAL ConEs 

1. Each such divisional association may adopt a divisional Code 

and may either ubmit the same as a supplement to thi Code or 

submit the same ubsequently through the Code Authority to the 

Pre ident of the United States for his approval. Such divisional 

Codes, when so approved, shall have the same force and effect as 

to the divi ·ions of the Indu try affected thereby as this Code. 

2. Such divi ional Codes hall be subordinate to this Code and 

shall specifically recognize this Code as applicable to all 1nembers 

of the Indu try engaged in manufacturing products falling within 

the division for which such div1 ional Code is submitted. 

3. Pending action by the Code Authority, each division shall include such grades, classes, and kinds of bags as are generally 

recognized by custom as falling within the classifications indicated 

by the name of such division. 
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4. Each such divisional Code shall designate an agency for the 

purpo e of admini tering such divisional Code which shall be denominated The Executive Authority" of such division. 

5. Such divi ional Code may contain such provisions relating to 

sa.id diYi ion a may be appropriate for inclusion in a Code of 

Fair Competition under the Act, provided that no such Code shall 

contain any provi ion contrary to or incon i tent with the provi ions 

of thi. Code. 

RTICLE IY-HoGRs OF LABOR 

1. Employees in the Indu ~try shall not be required or permitted 

to work hours in e:s:ce of the limits pre cribed in the following 

schedule : 

CHED"CLE OF WORKIN"G HO"CR 

(a) Watchmen: 

Eight ( ) hour 111 any one dav and fifty- ix (56) hour in any 

one week. 

(b) hau:ff eur truckmen switching er w engineer firemen 

and electric and hydroelectric operators : 

One hundred and irly-eight (168) hour in any period of four 

( 4) consecutive weeks, but no more than ten (10) hour in any one 

day and forty-eight ( 4 ) hours in any one week. 

( c) ... 11 other laborers, mechanical workers, or arti ans employed 

in any plant milt or factory or on work connected with the operation of any uch plant, mill or factory: 

.._i\._n average of not more than forty (40) hour per week in any 

period of thirteen (13) consecutive week but not more than fortyeight ( 4 ) hours in any one week· pro,ided however, that time 

worked in exce of eight ( ) hours in any one day hall be paid for 

a not le"' than time and one third. 

( cl) Executives and their per onal ecretarie and other employee 

regularlu engaged in a super-vi ory capacity receiving thirty-five 

( 35) dollar or more per week, and out. ide ale men: 

o limitation..., . 

( e) 11 other employee : 

An averag of forty (40) hour per week in any calendar year 

and an a,erage of not to exceed forty-eight ( 48) hour per week 

in any period of thirteen ( 13) con ecuti,e weeks. 

2. 1: o limitation contained in aid Schedule hall apply to emplo · e of any cla s when engaged in emergency repairs or emergency maintenance work, occa ·ioned bv break-downs or involving 

prote tion of life or property. 

3. No emplo ee hall be permitted to work for two or more 

memb r of the Indu try an aggregate number of hours in excess 

of the nm11ber pre cribecl in said chedule. 

4. At uch intervals a the Code Authority shall prescribe, every 

member hall furnish to the Code Authority such information as it 

ma require in order to enable it to determine whether the limitation contained in said Schedule have been exceeded. 
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ARTI LE V-W AGES 

1. The minimum rate of wage of any laborer, mechanical worker, 

or artisan employed in any plant, nu.11, or factor3, or on work connected with the operation of any such plant, mill, or factory shall be 

as follows: 

(a) Northern Zone which hall consist of all territory of the 

United States except the States named in subdivision (b) ancl ( c) : 

:Male labor: thirty-eight (38) cents per hour. 

Female labor: thirty-three (33) ~ents per hour. 

(b) Central Zone, which shall consist of the States of Delaware, 

~Iaryland, Virginia '°"Test Virginia, Kentuck}, Tenne ee, and North 

Carolina, and the District of Columbia: 

Iale labor: thirty-five (35) cents per hour. 

Female labor: thirty (30) cents per hour. 

( c) Southern Zone which shall consist of the States of outh 

Carolina Georgia, Florida, Alabama, ~Ii i ippi, Louisiana Arkansas, and Texas: 

Thirty (30) cents per hour. 

Pro,ided, holfe,er, that in case the rate per hour for any class 

of labor was, on July 15, 192D, less than the minimum. rate above 

specified for the same class of labor, then the minimum rate for such 

class of labor hall be the rate paid on July 15, 1929, but in no 

e,ent le than ninety (90) percent of the rate above specified. 

2. The Code Authority shall obtain statistical data concerning 

the effect of the above provi ·o on wage rates in the Industry, and 

shall within ninety (90) days after the effective date of this Code 

make a report thereon to the Aclmini trator. 

3. Pieceworkers shall be paid at rates which will yield a worker 

for an hour lfork not less than the minimmn rates prescribed. 

4. The minimum rates of "ages for all other employees except 

comnu ion salesmen, shall be as follows : 

Not le s than $15.00 per week in any city of o,er 500 000 population, nor le s than $14.50 per week in any city between 250 000 and 

500,000 population, nor less than $14.00 per week in any city between 

2,500 and 250:000 population, nor les than $12.00 per lfeek in towns 

of le s than 2,500 population. 

5. Female employees performing sub~tantially the . ame lfork as 

male employee., hall receive the same rate of pay as male em.ployees. 

The Code 4 uthority shall, within ninety (90) day after the effective 

date of thi Code file with the Admini trator a de cription of all 

occupations in the Industry in lfhich both men and women are 

employed. 

6. The wage rates of all employees receiving more than the minimum rates herein prescribed shall be reviewed and such adjustments, 

if any, made therein as are equitable in the light or all the circumstances, and within sixty (60) days after the effective date hereof, 

the Code Authority shall report to the Adnunistrator the action 

taken by all members of the Industry under this Section. 

ARTICLE I-GE~ -TIU.L LABOR PROVISIONS 

1. There hall be a rehearing by the Administrator on all of the 

provisions of Articles IV and V of this Code. Such hearing shall 

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be held at the same time ancl place. and on the same notice as 

the hearing for the purpose of determining the adequacy of the 

minimum wages establi heel in the Code of Fair Competition for 

the Paper and Pulp Industry, directed to be held by the Executive 

Order approving said Code, dated November 17, 1933. In the event 

that any of the provisions of the aid Paper and Pulp Code relating 

to wages and hours of labor shall be amended in accordance with 

recommendations made by the Achuinistrator and appro-ved by the 

President as provided in such Executive Order, then and in that 

event such amended provisions ·shall apply also to this Industry 

and this Code shall be deemed to have been amended so as to t:onform thereto and the Administrator may direct that this Code be 

r eprinted and republished, as so amended. 

2. No person under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed. 

in the Industry. No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall 

be employed at operations or occupation which are hazardous in 

nature or dangerous to health. The Code Authority shall submit 

to the Administrator within sixty (60) days after the effective date 

of this Code a fist of uch operations or occupations. In any State 

an employer shall be deemed to have complied with this provision 

as to age if he shall have on file a certificate or permit duly signed 

by the authority in such State empowered to issue employment or 

age certificate or permits showing . that the employee is of the 

required age. 

3. Employee hall haYe the right to organize and bargain collectiYely through repre entative of their own choo ing, and shall be 

free from the int.€rference, restraint, or coercion of employers of 

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

in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose 

of collecti Ye bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. No 

employee and no one ·eeking employment shall be required as a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain from 

joining. org__anizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own 

choosing. ~mp1oyer shall comply with the maximum hours of 

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

a pp roved, or pre cribed by the President. 

4. No provision in this Code shall supersede any State or Federal 

law which imposes on employers more stringent requirements as to 

age of emplo3 ees, wages, hours of work, or as to safety, health, sanitary, or general working conditions or insurance or fire protection, 

than are imposed by this Code. 

5. To employer shall reclassify employees or duties of occupations 

performed or engage in any other subterfuge for the purpose of 

defeating the purposes or provisions of the Act or of this Code. 

6. All employers hall post copies of Articl'es IV, V, and VI, of 

thi Code in conspicuous places accessible to employees. 

7. E,-ery employer shall make reasonable provisions for the safety 

an l health of his employees at the place and during the hours of 

their employment. Standards for safety and health shall be submitted by the Code Authority to the Administrator within six ( 6) 

months after the effective date of this Code. 

8. No pro vi ion in this Code shall supersede provisions as to 

hours, wage , and conditions of employment which are established 
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for specific projects by competent goyernmental authority acting in 

accordance with law, or to terms of employment which are established by labor agreements now in force, where either the wages are 

higher or the hours of labor are shorter, or both, than are those set 

forth in this Code. 

9. The Code Authority shall make a study of conditions in the 

Indn try to determine the feasjbility of the adoption of a shorter 

working "\Teek and shall, within three (3) months after the effective 

date of this Code, make a report of its findings to the Administrator. The Code Authority shall also submit to the Administrator 

within six (6) months after the effective date of this Code, a plan 

for the stabilization and regularization of employment. 

AnTrcr.E VII-Accm: xTixa AXD , ELLING 

1. The Code Authority shall, as soon as practicable, prescribe a 

standard method of costing and accounting for the Industry and submit the same to the Administrator. ""\Vhen it shall have been approved by the Administrator, every member shall use an accounting 

and costing system which conforms to the principles of and is at 

least as detailed and complete as such standard method. 

2. Each member shall within twenty-four (24) hours after the 

effective elate of this Code, file with the Executive Authority of his 

division, in such form as such Executive Authority shall prescribe, 

complete lists or schedules of prices, terms, and conditioru; of sale 

(including all differentials, discounts, trade allowances, printing 

charges, and special charges) of all products offered for sale by such 

1nember, and shall so file all subsequent changes therein or revisions 

thereof. Each such schedule of prices shall conform to all trade 

practices and other provisions established in and by this Code or any 

subordinate Code applicable thereto or any amendment or supplement to this Code or to such subordinate Code. 

3. All such lists or schedules of prices, terms, and conditions of 

sale and all changes therein or revisions thereof shall become effective 

immediately on filing. 

4. The Executive Authority of any division which shall include 

the manufacture of made-to-order bags may suspend the provisions 

of Section 2 hereof as to any of such bags. 

5. The Executive Authority of each division shall provide each 

mern.ber of its division with copies of all schedules so filed, and shall 

upon request furnish copies thereof at cost to nonmembers at the 

same time that they are sent to members. 

6. No such schedule of prices and conditions of sale filed by any 

member, or in effect at any time in any calendar month, shall be 

such as to permit the sale of any product at less than the lower 

of the following: 

(a) The cost of such product to such member during the last period 

of two consecutive months, or two accounting periods of four weeks 

each, ending not less than thirty (30) days prior to the first day 

of such month, which cost shall be determined pursuant to the 

method of accounting and costing prescribed by the Code Authority 

under this Article as soon as that method is prescribed and theretofore pursuant to the method employed by such member subject to 
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r such preliminary rules as the Code Authority shall prescribe with 

the approval of the Administrator. 

1 (b) The lowest price filed for such product under the provisions 

of this Article by any other member and then in effect. 

7. Each schedule filed under this Article shall state whether the 

prices and conditions therein specified are justified under subdivision (a) or under subdivision (b) of Section 6 and in the case of 

justification under subdivision (b) shall identify the schedule or 

~chedules of the other member or members of the Industry justifying such prices and conditions. A schedule justified upon the basis 

of the schedule or schedules of another member or members shall 

become void forthwith upon the cancellation or revision upward 

of such justifying schedule or schedules. 

8. Except in :fulfillment of bona fide contracts existing on the effective date of this Code, no member of the industry shall sell any 

products of the Industry for dom.estic consumption at a price or 

prices lower than or upon terms or conditions more :favorable than 

stated in his _price schedule then on file, provided, however, that 

discontinued lines or damaged goods or seconds of any product n1ay 

be disposed of in such manner and on such terms and conditions 

as the Executive Authority of the division into which such products 

fall may approve. Withm ten (10) days after the effective date 

of this Code, each men1ber shall file with the Executive Authority 

of the interested division complete details of all such bona fide contracts and this information shall be available to the Code Authority. 

9. Any accounting or costing system which may be used for the 

purposes of this Article shall include as paper cost the current 

published delivered market price of bag paper, the member's individual conversion cost, and each divis10n's transportation cost of 

shipping bags. The current published delivered market price of 

bag paper and each division's transportation cost of shipping bags 

shall be determined and made available to all members of such division at all tin1.es by the Code Authority. Such transportation cost 

shall be the total transportation charges chargeable against the shipments made by all members of a division during the preceding calendar quarter year ending not less than thirty (30) days prior to 

the first day of the month in which such transportation cost shall 

apply, divided by the total nun1.ber of tons of bags shipped by all 

members of such division during such period. The Executive 

Authority of any division with the approval of the Administrator 

1nay modify this paragraph as to such division. 

10. The preceding Section hereof shall remain in force only for a 

period beginning with the effective date of this Code, and ending on 

the last day of the sixth calendar month thereafter, unless such 

period shall be extended by the Administrator. At any time during 

.such period the Administrator, on thirty (30) days' notice to the 

Code Authority, may declare said Section void and of no effect. 

During such period, the members of the Industry shall furnish to a 

clisinterestc,...i accountant, or other disinterested qualified person, to 

be selected by the Code Authority, such information as the Admini trator may require regarding production costs, freight charges, and 

such other matter ... as the Administrator may specify. Such accountant, or other qualified person, shall be instructed by the Code 
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Authority to combine snch information in such manner as the Administrator may require, and to submit the same on behalf of the 

Code Authority to the Administrator. 

All information furnished in accordance with the provisions of 

this Section shall be confidential except as to the Administrator and 

his assistants, and no information furnished by one member shall 

be revealed to another, nor be published except in combination with 

other imilar data an l in .~nch manner as to aYoid the disclosure of 

confidential information. 

11. Each member shall file with the Executive Authority of the 

interested divisions, the names of his Agents and Broker at least one 

(1) week before such Agents and Brokers shall be entitled to the 

status of Agent or Broker. Each member shall b responsible for 

the activities of his Agents :ind Brokers pertaining to the sale of his 

product.. 

AnTICLE VIII-REPORTS AND SL\TISTICS 

1. Each member shall prepare and file with the Secretary of the 

Code Authority at such times and in such manner as it may prescribe, such statistics, data and information relating to plant capacity, 

Yolume of production, volume of sales in units and dollars, orders 

received, unfilled orders, stocks on hand, inventory both raw and 

finished, number of employees, wage rates, employee earnings, hours 

of work and other matters, as the Code Authority or the Administrator may from time to time require. Any or all information so 

furnished by any member shall be subject to checking for the purpose of verification by an examination of the books and accounts 

and records of such member by any disinterested accountant or 

accountants or other qualified person or persons designated by the 

Code Authority. 

2. Except as otherwise provided in the Act, or in this Code, all 

statistics, data and information filed or required in accordance with 

the provisions of this Code shall be confidential and the statistics, 

data and information of one member shall not be revealed to another member except for the purpose of enforcjng the provisions 

of this Code. No such data or information shall be published except in combination with other similar data and in such a manner as 

to a void the disclosure of confidential information. The Code 

Authority shall arrange in such manner as it may determine for the 

publication currently to members totals of orders received, unfilled 

orders, shipments, stocks of finished goods on hand and production. 

3. The Code Authority shall make such reports to the Administrator as he may from time to time require. 

ARTICLE IX-TRADE PRACTICES 

No member shall: 

(a) Induce or attempt to induce the breach of a contract between 

a competitor and his customer. 

(b) Neglect to enforce in letter or in spirit, business obligations 

in the form of written contracts. 

( c) Imitate the trade marks or the trade names of a competitor. 
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( d) Defame a competitor by falsely implying to him inability 

to perform contract or questionable credit standing, or by preading 

fal e reports concerning his transactions with others. 

( e) Falsely disparage the weight, substance, strength, grade or 

quality of a competitor's goods. 

(f) !Ii represent his product. 

(g) Make or permit his agent to make contracts which do not 

co"\"er the quantity, price, and time for delivery except that any division may modify thi paragraph a applied to such diYision. 

(h) Pay or allow secret rebates, refunds credits, or unearned di -

count- whether in the form of n1oney advertising allowances, or 

otherwise or extend to certain purchasers special prices, conces ions, 

or privilege not extended to all purchasers under like terms and 

conditions. 

(i) Gfre, permit to be given or directly offer to giYe, anything of 

value for the purpose of influencing or rewarding the action of any 

employee, agent, or representative of another in rel'ation to the business of the employer of uch employee, the principal of such agent, or 

the repre ented party without the knowledge of such employer, principal or party. 

Con1mercial bribery provisions shall not be construed to prohibit 

free and general distribution of articles commonly used for advertising except so far as uch articles are actualh used for commercial 

briber 1 as hereinabove defined. 

(j) ·Allow a discount for cash payment of more than 2%. 

(k) Pay or allow any Agent's or Broker's commission or discount 

or other consideration which would operate as a reduction of the 

member's published price to any buying syndicate or to any person 

other than an actual Agent or Broker as defined by the respective 

divi ional Code~. 

(1) Pern1it hi Agent or Broker to vary from the published price 

schedule or schedules of such member. 

(m) Exceed a tolerance of 5% beyond the schedule of basis 

weights which may be prescribed by the Code Authority and apP:o.v~d by the Administrator for any st_andard grade of bag in any 

d1v1 10n. 

ARTICLE X-RECOl\Il\IENDATIONS 

1. The Code Authority may from time to time present to the 

Administrator recommendations ha ed on conditions in the Industry 

which will famd to effectuate the operation of this Code and the 

policy of the Act, and in particular along the following line : 

(a) For the establishment of additional rules of fair-trade practices for the Industry and for the codification of its trade cu toms 

and the enforcement thereof. 

Such recommendations, when approved by the Administrator, 

hall ha,e the ame force and effect as other provisions of this Code. 

ARTICLE XI-GEXERA.L PROYISIOK 

1. If any member i also a member of another Industry, the 

provi ion of thi Code shall apply to and affect only that part of 

his busine · Y1·hich is included in this Inclu try. 
L 

473 

2. Any work or proce ~ incidental to. and carried on by a member at his plant a a part of the manufadure of any produ t of the 

Industry shall be regarded a · a part of this In lu try. 

3. Such of the pro,i ion · of thi Code as ar not requirecl t be 

included therein by the A t, may "·i h th approval of the President 

of the United tate ·, be modified or eljminate l a change in circum tance or experience ma · indi ate. 

4. Thi ode and all the provision the"reof are expre sly made 

ubject to the right of the Pre ident, in accordance "ith the proviions of ection 10 (b) of the Act from time to time to cancel or 

modify any order, appro,al, licen e, rule, or regulation issued under 

Title I of said Act, and specifically, but without limitation to the 

right of the President to ancel or modify his approval of such 

Code or any conditions imposed by him upon his approval hereof. 

5. This Code shall become effective on the second Monday after 

the date upon which it shall be approved by the President of the 

United State . 

Approved Code No. 230. 

Registry No. 401-1-01. 
SCHEDuLE "A" 

D1nsro~s UNDER THIS CooE 

Banana & Dry Cleaner or Garn~ent Delivery Bag Divi?ion 

Coffee Bag Divi ion 

Glassine Bag Division 

Grocery Bag Division 

l\Iillinery & Notion Dag Division 

Moth Proof Paper Products Division 

Shopping Bag Divi ion 

Window Face Bag Division 

,Vholly or Semi-Hand Made Bag; Division 

(474) 
SUBORDINATE CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE BANANA 

AND DRY CL'EANER OR GARMENT DELIVERY BAG DIVISION OF 

THE PAPER BAG MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

Tbe following is hereby established as the Subordinate C1>de of Fair Competition of the Banana & Dry Cleaner or Garment DeliYery Bag Division of 

the Paper Bag Manufacturing Industry. 

ARTICLEJ I-DEFIKITIONS 

,,ords u ed herein are hereby defined ns follow. : 

1. General Code.-The general Code of the Paper Bag Manufacturing 

Industry. 

2. '1.'his Divis'ion .-The Banana and Dry Cleaner or Garment Delivery Bag 

Division of ·uch industry consi ting of the manufacturers of bags as defined in 

'ection 3 of Article III of the General Code. 3. Executive Aitthori'ty.-The body created by Section 1 of Article III hereof. 

The definitions containe l in Article I of the General Code apply also to this 

Code. 

ARTICLE II-8 rl3ORDINATION 

1. This Code is ·ubordinate to the General Code and is ubmitted pur.·uant to 

the provisions of Article III of the General Code. 

2. The General Code is hereby recognized as binding in this Divir-:ion and on 

all members of the industry included within this Division. 

3. In the event that any pro,ision of this Code shall be found to be incon- sistent with the provi ions of the General Code, the provisions of the General 

Code shall prevail. 

ARTICLEJ III-Ao~IINISTR.A.TION 

1. There shall forthwith be constituted an Executive Authority of this division consisting of person. to be selected by the members of such division 

in such manner and under such regulations as the Administrator may approve. 

In addition to membership as above provided, the member or members of the 

Code Authority designated b~' the Administrator shall be advisory members 

of such Executive Authority ·n-ithout vote. 

2. The Executive Authority is charged generally with the administration 

of this 'ode and hall hnxe such other powers and d.'uties as are prescribed 

herein or in the General Code. 

3. The Executive Authority shall cooperate with and assist the Code Authority in aclmini. tering the General Code and in obtaining from members within 

this Divi ion , uch reports, statistics, and other data as the ""o<le Authority 

may require. 

4. Subject to restrictions and safeguards similar to those provided in Article 

VIII of the General Code, members shall furnish such additional information 

t.ts may from time to time be required by the Executive Authority. 

ARTICLE IY-TRADE Cu 'TOMS 

The Executh-e Authority shall formulate the recognized Trade Cu toms and 

Fair Trade Practices of this Di vision. and may from time to time submit any 

such Trade Custom or Fair Trade Practice through the Code Authority to 

the Administrator for approval, and the ame when approved . hall haYe the 

same force and effect as if incorporated in thi Code. 

ARTICLE V - PRODTJCTIO~ 

The Executi\"e Authority ·hall, with a Yiew to effectuating the policy of the 

Act, make studies and in it discretion formulate plans with a view to equalizing 

(475) 
476 

production in this Division with demand for its product ; and through the 

Code Authority may from time to time make recommendations in relation 

thereto, and may propose agreement~ ,or amendments to this Code designed to 

carry such recommendations into effect . 

.ARTICLE VI-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Code hall become eITective on the second Monday after the date upon 

which it . hall be approved by the Pre ident of the 'nitecl State~. 

SUBORDINATE CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE COFFEE 

BAG DIVISION OF THE PAPER BAG MANUFACT Rir G INDUSTRY 

The following i hereby e tablished as the . uborclinate Code of Fair ompetition of the Coffee Bag Divi ion of the Paper Bag :Ufanufacturing Industry . 

..:lRTICLE I-DEFIXITIONS 

1. Genera l Code.-The General Code of Fair Competition for the Paper Bag 

l\Ianufacturing Industry. 

2. Dii;ision.-The Coffee Bag Division of the Indu try, "·hich is the branch 

manufacturing Coffee Bags, as defined in Definition No. 5. 

3. Executii:e Authority.-The body created by Article III, Section 1. hereof. 

4. Associa.tion.-The Coffee Bag Manufacturers' Association. 

5. Coffee Bags.-Standard size or pecial size of the following vaper bag 

u ed a retail containers for coffee, tea, cocoa, rice, bean , etc., shall be considered as Coffee Bags : 

Fancy and Kraft Duplex Coffee Bags. 

Fancy and Kraft Unlined Coffee Bags. 

Fancy and Kraft Triplex Coffee Bags. 

Cellulose Triplex Ccffee Bags. 

Foil (or Aluminum) Lined Coffee Bags. The definition contained in Article I of the General Code apply al o in this 

Code. 

ARTICLE II-SUBORDIXATION 

1. Thi.· Code is subordinate to the General Code and is submitted pursuant 

to the provisions of Article III of the General Code. 

2. The General Code is hereby recognized as binding in this Divi ion and 

on all member of the industry included within this Division. 

3. In the event that any provision of this Code shall be found to be inconsistent with the provi ion of the General Code, the provisions of the General 

Code . hall prevail. 

.ARTICLE III-A.DMIXISTTIATIO~ 

1. 'Ih member of the Executive Committee of the Coffee Bag l\Ifr . A ~ociation, together with the member or members of the Code Authority designated 

by the Administrator, are hereby con tituted the Executive Authority of this 

division. The member or members of the Code Authority designated by the 

Admini trator shall be nd,isory members of such Executive Authority without 

vote. 

2. The Executi'Ve Authority i charged generally with the administration of 

this Code and shall haYe such other powers and duties a are prescribetl herein 

or in the General Code. 

3. The Executive Authority shall cooperate with and a si t the Code Authority 

in adminu tering the General Code, and in obtaining from members within 

thi Divi ion such report , statistics, and other data as the Code Authority 

may require. 

4. Subject to re triction and afeguard lmilar to those proYided in 

Article VIII of the General Code, members shall furnish such additional 

information as may from time to time be required by the Executive Authority. 
477 

ARTICl,E IV.-TR.\DID USTOMS 

The Executive Authorit. .:hall formulnt the recognized Trade Customs 

and Fair Trad Practices of this Division, and may from time., to time submit 

any such Trade Cu toms or Fair Trade Practices through the Code Authority 

to the Administrator for approYal, and the same when approved shall have 

the ame force and <.'ffect as_ if incor11or:1tecl in this Code. 

ARTICLE Y-EFFE TIYE DATE 

This f'otl i::hall become effc-eti Ye on the .-econd l\fonday after the date upon 

\Yhi eh it shall he approY cl hy the Pre. ident of the United States. 

SUBORDINATE CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE GLASSINE 

BAG DIVISION OF THE PAPER BAG MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

Tlle follon·iug- is hereby establi. hf'd a the Suborclinatt> Code of Fair Competition of the Gln.s:ine Bag Division of the P aper Bag l\1anufacturing 

Industry. 

ARTIOLE I-DEFINITIONS 

Words used her ein ar hereby d<'fined n:-- follow : 

l. General Code.-Thc General Code of Fair Competition for• the Paper 

Bag Manufacturing Indu ·try. • 

2. Division.-The Glas ine Bag· Division of the Industry, which is the 

branch manufacturing Glas:inf' B.1g: , as clefined in Definition No. 5. 

3. Executive Aitthority.-Th body created by Article III ection 1, hereof. 

4 . .Association.-The Glassine Bag Association. 

5. Gla ss·i1Hf' Bag8.-Bags made from plain, embossed, or printed gla ssine 

paper or other allied specialty papers which have always been included in 

the Paper Sche1lule of the Glassine Bag As:-;ociation, such as: bleached glas~ine, 

amber or unbleached gla. sine, yPllow or colored glassine, Riegeline, Riegelite, 

waxecl one side and waxe<l t " ·o . ides Riegelite, Lucent, or Hammerzine, waxed 

Hammerzinc, ,,hite dL·~· wax, laminated glassine, pure white vegetable parchment (excluding- lard bags). and other papers which may be added by the 

Executive Authority. 

The definitions con ta inetl in Article I of tbe General Code apply also in 

this Code. 

A.RTICT,E Il-~1:BORDIN'ATION 

1. This (.. ode is ulJortlinate to the General Code and is submitted pursunnt 

to the provLion of Article III of the General Code. 

2. The General Code is hereby recognized as binding in this DiYision and 

on all members of the industry included within this Division. 

3. In the event tba t any proYision of this Code shall be found to be incon- sistent with the proYisions of the General Code, the provisions of the General 

ode ·hall prevail. 

ARTICLE Ill-AD:HINISTRATION 

1. The members of the Exe utive Committee of the Glas ine Bag A. ociation, 

together with the member or members of the Code Authority designated by the 

Administrator, are hereby constituted the Executive Authority of this division. 

The member or members of the ode Authority designated by the Administrator shall be advisory members of such Executive Authority without vote. 

2. The Executive Authority is charged generally with the administration 

of this Code and shall have such other powers and duties as are prescribed 

herein or in the General Code. 

3. The Executive Authority shall cooperate with and assist the Code Authority in administering the General Code, and in obtaining from members within 

this Division such reports, statistics, and other data as the Code Authority 

may require. 
• 

478 

4. Subject to re~trictions and taf 0 ·uarcl similar to those pro,ided in Article 

YIII of the General Code, mern bers shall furni h such additional information 

as may from ti::ne to time be required by the Executi,e Authority. 

ARTICLE IY-TR.ADE Ge. TO~ 

The E:s:ecuti\·e Authority shnll formulate the recognized Trade Cu toms and 

Fair Trade Practices of this Di,ision, and may from time to time submit any 

such Trade ustoms or Fair Trade Practices through the Code Authority to 

the Admini trator for appro,al, and the same when appro,ed shall ha,e the 

same force aIHl effect i1s if incorporated in thin Code. 

ARTI LE Y-E:n•ECTI\'E DATE 

TIJi ~ Code ..:hall becume effecti ,e on the second. :\lonuay after the date upon ,which it lrn 11 be avproYe<l by the Pre ident of the nited States. 

SUBORDI TATE CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE GROCERY 

BAG DIVlSI01 OF THE PAPER B_ G l\L 1 UF ACT URI G I D STRY 

The follO\Y:ng is hereby establi he<l a tlle ubordinate Code of Fair Competition of the Grocery Dng DiYi. ion of the Paper Bag )lanufacturing Industry. 

ARTICLE I-DEFIXITIO~S 

Words used herein are hereby defiued as follow : 

1. General C'ode.-The General Code of Fail' Competition for the Paper Bag 

Manufacturing Indu"try. ~- Code.-The subordinate Code of Fair Competition for the Grocery Bag DiYi ion of the Paper Bag i\Ianufacturing Industry. 

3. This Di'l:i ion.-The Grocery Bag DiYision of uch Inclu try compri ing the 

manufacture cf products as listed under "5" hereof. 

4. ExecnLtii;e A.utn.ority.-The body created by Section 1 of Article III llereof. 

5. Grocery Eags.-The following products manufactured by the members of 

thi~ Division from Paper: 

Grocery Bags. Nail Bags, Sugar Bag , , llot Bag , Standard Sacks, 

Poultry Sacks, Bundle ack . Tbe definiti ,, 1 con tained in Article I of the General Code npply al o to thi.s 

Code. 

ARTICLE II-Su~ORDINATION 

1. Tllis Cod0 is subor<linate to the General Code and L ubmitted pur ·uant to 

provis:ons of .-\ •·ticle III of the General Code. 

2. The Gent ral Code is hereby recognized as binding in this Di Yi ion and 9n 

all members 01 the industry engaged in manufacturing products falling within 

this Division. 

3. In the e, d that any proYi ~ion of this Code shall be found to be inconsistent with th pro,i ion of the General Code, the pro,i ·ions of the General 

Code shall pren1il. 

ARTICIE III-ADMI:'.\ISTRATION 

1. There shall forth\\ith be constituted an Executive Authority of this division consisting of persons to be sel~ted by the members of such di,ision in 

such manner a11d under such regulations as the Administrator may approve. 

In addition to 1 embership as above provided, the member or members of tlle 

Code Authority designated by the Administrator shall be ad,isory members 

of such E:x:ecuti i·e Authority without vote. 

2. The Executi rn Authority is charged generally with tlle admini tration of 

this Code and sht. 11 have such other powers and duties as a.re pre ·cribed herein, 

or in the Generul Code. 
479 

8. The Exe ·utiYe Authority shall cooperate ,Yith and assist the Code Authority in administering the General Code and in obtaining from member~ within 

thi , DiYision su ·h report , statisti s, and other data as the 1'Code Autl1ority 

may require. 

4. Subject to th same restriction and afeguards as pro,ide<l in Article 

VIII of the General Code, members shall fnrni ~11 such information and tati tics 

a may from time to time, he required by the Executive Authority. 

ARTICLE IY-FAIR TRADE PRACTICES A:.'\D TR.ADE 11;STOMS 

The Ex ·uti,e Antboritr of th'i's DiYision .-hall onfer ,Yith the member, of 

th Indu try in respect to the Mabilization of the Industry and the elimination 

of unfair competitive prn tices and . hall formulate the recognized fair trade 

practice · and trade <;u toms of thi. Divi ion and shall, from time to time, 

submit fair trade practices, and any such trade customs through the Code 

Authorit~· to the Al1mini trator for approYal, and the same, when appro,·ed, 

shall have tb ·ame force and effect as if incorporated in this Code. 

ARTICLE Y -EFFECTI\'E DATE 

Thi Code shall become effecti\'e on the second Monday after the date upon 

which it shall be apriroYed by the President of the United State . 

SUBORDINATE CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE MILLINERY AND NOTION BAG DIVISION OF THE PAPER BAG 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

The followin?; i hereby e. tablished as the Subordinate Code of Fair Competition of til e oiillinery and Notion Bag DiviJ ion of the Paper Bag Manufacturing Indu.·try. 

4 . RTICTLE I - DEFINITIO:S-8 

Words usecl l1<:> re:11 are hereby defined as follmY : 

J. Gen eral Code.-The general Code of the Paper Bag l\Innufucturing Industry. 

2. '1.'hi.-; Div ision.-The ~Iillinery and Notion Bag Division of uch industry 

con. isting of the rnanufac· tlll'ers of ba~. as d fined in Section 3 of Article III 

of the General Cor1e. 

3. E:rccutive A'lltltOrity.-The body createcl by ection 1 of Articl e III hereof. 

Th definitions cuntaii1ed in Article I of the General Code apply al o to this 

Code. 

ARTICLE II- UBORDIN ATION 

1. Thi.- Code i. ·ubordinate to tbe General Code and is ·ubmitted pursuant 

to the pro,ision of Article III of the General Code. 

2. The General Code i hereby recognized a. binding in this Division and 

on a ll mewber. · of the indu try included within this Division. 

3. In the event that any provision of this Code shall be found to be inconsistent with the proYision of the Gen ral Code. the proYision of tbe General 

Code Rhall prevail. 

ARTI LE III-AD1.nxr. TrATION 

1. There sllall fortlrn·ith be constituted an Executive Authority of this di,lsion consi ting of persons to be selected by the members of such division in such 

manner ancl under Ruch regulation. ns the Administrator may approve. In 

addition to membership a above provided, the member or members of the Code 

Authority designated by the Admini. trator ·hall be adYisory members of such 

Executive Authority without Yote. 

2. The Executive Authority is charged generally with the administration of 

this Code and shall haYe . ucl1 other po"·ers and duties as are pre cribed herein 

or in the General Code. 

3. The Executive Authority ·hall cooperate with and assist th Code Authority 

in administerino- the General Code and in obtaining from members within this 
480 

Division such reports, stat:stics, and other data as the Code .Authority may 

require. 

4. Subject to restrictions and safeguards similar to those provided in .Article 

YIII of the General Code, members shall furnish such additional information a~ 

way from time to time be required by the Executire Authority. 

ARTICLE IV-TR.ADE CuSTOMS 

The Executive Authority shall formulate the recognized Trade Customs and 

Fair Trade Practices of this Division, and may from time to time submit any 

such Trade Customs or Fair Trade Practices through the Code Authority to the 

Administrator for approval, and the same when approved shall have the same 

force and effect as if incorporated in this Code. 

ARTICLE V-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Code shall become effective on the second Monday after the date upon 

which it shall be approved by the President of the United States. 

SUBORDINATE CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE MOTH 

PROOF PAPER PRODUCTS DIVISION OF THE PAPER BAG MANUF ACTURI G INDUSTRY 

The following is hereby established as the Subordinate Code of Fair Competition of the Moth Proof Paper Products Division of the Paper Bag l\Ianufacturing Industry. 

.ARTICLE I-DEFINITION S 

Words used herein are hereby defined as follows: 

1. General Oode.-The General Code of the Paper Bag l\lanufacturing Indu try. 

2. This D ivisio-n.-The Moth Proof Paper Products Division of such industry 

consisting of the manufacturers of bags and paper as defined in Section 3 

of Article III of the General Code. 

3. Executive Aiithority.-The body created by Section l of Article III hereof. 

The definitions contained in Article I of the General Code apply also to 

this Code. 

.A.RTICLE II-SUBORDINATION 

1. This Code is subordinate to the General Code and is submitted pursuant 

to the provisions of Article III of the General Code. 

2. The General Colle is hereby recognized as binding in this Division and 

on all members of the industry included within this D,vision. 

3. In the event that any provision of this Code shall be found to be inconsi tent with the provis:ons of the General Code, the provi ions of the General 

Code shall prevail. 

ARTICLE IIl-.ADMINISTR~TION 

1. There ball forthwith be constituted an Executive Authority of this division 

consisting of persons to be selected by the members of such division in such 

manner and under such regulations as the Administrator may approve. In 

addition to membership as above provided, the member or members of the 

Code Authority designated by the .Administrator shall be advisory members of 

such Executive Authority without vote. 

2. The Executive .Authority is charged generally with the administration of 

this Code and shall have such other powers and duties a.s are prescribed herein 

or in the General Code. 

3. The E:s:e'·utive Authority shall cooperate with and assist the Code Authority in admini ·tering the General Code and in obtaining from members within 

this Divi ion ·uch reports, statistics, and other data as the Code Authority may 

require. 
4 1 

4. Subject to re triction, and safegunrrl. simihr to tllP~!' l)l'OYiclecl in Article 

VIII of the General Code. member . hall furnish uf-11 atlclitionn l information 

as may from time to time be required by the Exc<:uti,·e Authority. 

ARTICLE IY-TH.\UE '1.; "TO2.I 

The E:s:ecuti,e Authority . hall formulate the re-:ognized Trade Cu.-tom and 

Fnir Trade Practice. of tl.i. Di,h,ion, and ma)· from time to time submit any 

uch Trade u tom or Fair Trade Practic:e through the ode Authority to 

the Admini trator for appro,a1, and the same "·hen a1)proYed hall hnYe the 

ame force and effect a if incoi-i)orated in tbi Code. 

ARTICLE Y-EFFECTIVE DATE 

Thi· Code hall become effecth-e on the econd :\Ionda:, after the date upon 

which it ball be approYecl by the Pre .. icl ent of the United ,_ tates. 

SUBORDI1 ATE CODE OF FAIR CO IPETITIO .FOR Tli'E SHOPPING 

BAG DIVISION OF THE PAPER BAG :\1:A FACT RING INDUSTRY 

The following is hereby established a the . 'uborclinate Code of Fair ...,ompe- tition of the Shoppino- Bag Division of the Paper Bag :Manufacturing Industry. 

ARTICLE 1 - DF.f'.'IXITIOXS 

Word u. ed herein are hereby defined as follo,v 

1. Genernl C'ode.-Tlle general Code of the Paper Bag Manufacturing 

I ndustry. 2. This Dirisi011.-The 'hopping Bag Dfri~ion of uch industry consisting 

of the manufacturer · of bag. as define-cl in Section 3 of Article III of tl1e 

General Code. 

3. Exccuti1:e .Authority.-'Ihe body createu by Section 1 of Article III 

h reof. 

The definitions contained in Article I of the General Code apply al::;o to 

thi Code. 

ARTICLE II-SUBORDINATION 

1. This Code is subordinate to the General Code and is ubmitted pm ·uant 

to the proyi.·ions of Article III of the General Code. 

2. Tbe General Code i ~ hereby recognized a binding in this Divi ion and 

un all members of the indu try included within this Division. 

3. Iu the e·rnnt that any proYi ion of this Code shall be found to be inconsistent with the proYi. ion of the General Code, the provi ions of the General Code 

~·hnll preYail. 

ARTICLE lII-AD:llIXh.TRATIOX 

1. There shall fortlrn·itl1 be coirtituted an Executive Authority of this divi- . ion consisting of per. on to be selected by the members of such division in .,uc:b manner and under . uch regulations as the Administrator may appro,e. 

In addition to member"hip a. above provided, the member or member of 

the Code Authority designated by the Administrator ~hall be advi. ory members 

of such Executh-e Authority without Yote. 

2. The Executfre Authority is charged generally with the ad.mini tration of 

thi. Code nnd ·hall have uch other power and duties a are prescribed herein 

or in the General Code. 

3. The E:s:ecutive Authority shall cooperate with and assist the Code Authority in adminL terin~ the General Code and in obtaining from members within 

thi DiYi ion such report::;, ~tati:"tic:-: and other data as the Code Authority 

may require. 

4. , ubject to re trictions and afeguards ·imilar to those provided in Article 

VIII of the General Code, members . hall furnLh such additional information as 

may from time to time be required by the Executive Authority. 
482 

ARTICLID IY-TR-\D::J; Cu. 'TO~rs 

The Executive Authority !-:hall formulate the recognized Trade Customs and 

Fair Trade Practices of this Division. and may from time to time submit any 

such Trade Customs er Fair Trade Practice. through the Code Authority to the 

Administrator for approval, and the same when approYal shall have the same 

force and effect as if incorporated in this Code. 

ARTICLE V-PRODU TIO?{ 

The Executive Authority shall, with a view to effectuating the policy of the 

Act, make studies and in its discretion formulate plans with a view to equalizing 

production in this Division with demand for its products: and through the Code 

Authority may from time to time make recommendations in relation thereto, and 

may propose r..greements or amendments to this Code designed to carry such 

recornmenda tions into effect. 

ARTICLID VI-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Code shall become effective on the second 1\Ionday after the date upon 

which it shall be approved by the President of the United States. 

SUBORDINATE CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE WINDOW 

FACE BAG DIVISION OF THE PAPER BAG MANUFACTURING 

INDUSTRY 

The following is hereby eRtabli ·bed as th Subordinate Colle of Fair Competition of the \Vindow Face Bag Division of tbe Paper Bag 1\Ianufacturing 

Inclu.try. 

ARTICLE I -DEFIN'ITIONS 

w·orcls us~cl herein are her eby defined as follows: 

1. Gen ral Codc.-The General Code of Fair Competition for the Paper Bag 

Manufacturing Industry. 

2. Divisio11.-The Window Face Bag Division of the Industry, which is the 

branch manufacturing ,vindow Face Bags as defined in Definition No. 5. 

3. Exccutii;e Au,thority.-The bod.y created by Article III, Section 1, hereof. 

4. Association.-The Window Face Bag Association. 

5. Window Face Bags.-Bags composed in part of transparent material and 

in part of relatively opaque material, u-·ed as retail containers for many kinds 

of textiles, foods, nonlties, etc. 

The definitions contained in Article I of the General Code also apply in 

this Code. 

ARTICLE II-SUBORDINATION 

1. This Code is subordinate to the General Code and is ubmitted pursuant to 

the provisions of Article III of the General Code. 

2. The General Code is hereby recognized as binding in this Division and on 

all members of the industry included within this Division. 

3. In the event that any provision of this Code shall be found to be inconi:;istent with the provisions of the General Code, the provisions of the General 

Code shall prevail. 

ARTICLE III-ADMINISTRATION 

1. There shall forthwith be constituted an Executive Authority of this division consisting of persons to be selected by the members of such division in 

&uch manner and under such regulations as the Administrator may approve. 

In addition to membership as above provided, the member or members of the 

Code Authority designated by the Administrator shall be advisory members of 

such Executive Authority without vote. 

2. The Executive Authority is charged generally with the administration of 

this Code and shall have such other powers and duties as are prescribed herein 

or in the General Code. 
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3. The Executive Authority shall cooperate with ancl asBist the Code Authority 

in administering the General Code, and in obtaining from members within this 

Divi.,ion such reports, statistic·, and other data as the Cod Authority may 

require. 

4. Subject to restrictions ancl safeguards similar to tho. e provided in 

Article VIII of the General Code, members shall furnish such additional 

information as may from time to time be required by the Executh·e Authority. 

ARTI LE IV-TRADE CUSTOMS 

The Ex cutiYe Authority . hall formulate the recognized Trac.le Cu ·toms and 

lfair Trade Practices of thi. DiYision, and may from time to time submit any 

uch Trade Customs or Fuir Trade Practice through the Code Autbority to 

the Administrator for approYal, aud the same when approYed shall haYe the 

same force and effect as if incorporated in this Code. 

ARTICLE Y-EFFECTIVE DATE 

Thi Code shall become effectiYe on the second Morn.Jay after the date .upon 

which it shall be- approYed hy the Pre ·i<.lent of the l:'nited States. 

SUBORDINATE CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE WHOLLY 

OR SEMI-HAND-MADE PAPER BAG MANUFACTURING DIVISION 

OF THE PAPER BAG MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

The following is hereby established as the Subordinate Code of Fair Competition of the " rholly or Semi-Hand-Made Paper Bag Manufacturers Division of 

the Paper Bng Manufacturing Ind.ustry. 

ARTICLE I-DEFINITIO 'S 

·words u ed herein are defined as follows : 

1. Gene1'al Oode.-Tbe general Code of the Paper Bng 1\Ianufacturing 

Indu.try. 

2. This Di,vision.-The Wholly or Semi-Hantl-Made Paper Ba.g Manufacturers Division of sueh industry a defined in ection 3 of Article III of the 

General Code. 

3. Executive A'llthority.-The body created by Section 1 of Article III 

hereof. 

The definitions contained in Article I of the General Code apply also to this 

Code. 

ARTICLE II-SUBORDIN.ATION 

1. This Code is subordinate to the General ode and is submitted pursuant to 

the provi ·ion of Article III of the General Code. 

2. The General Code is hereby recognized as binding in this Division and on 

all members of the Industry included within this Division. 

3. In the event that any provisions of this Code shall be found to be inconsistent with the provisions of the General Code, the provisions of the General 

code . ball pre,ail. 

ART'ICI.E III-ADMINISTRATION 

1. There shall forthwith be constituted an Executive Authority of this division consisting of persons to be selected by the members of the division in 

such manner and under . uch regulations as the Administrator may approve. 

In addition to membership as abo,e provided, the member or members of 

the Code Authority d.esignated b.r the Administrator shall be advisory members of such ExecutiYe Authority without Yote. 

2. The Executive Authority i charged with the Administration of this 

Code aml ·hall have such other puwers and duties as are prescribed herein 

or in the General Code. 
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3. The ExecutiYe Au thority shall cooperate with and assist tlle Code Authority in administering the General Code and in obtaining from members witllin 

this Division such reports, statistics, and other data as the Code Authority 

may require. 

ARTICLE IV-TRADE CUSTOMS 

The Executive Authority shall formulate recognized Trade Customs an1l 

Fair Trade Practices of this Division, and may from time to time submit 

any such Trade Customs or Fair Trade Practices througll the Code Authority 

to the Administrator for approval, and the same when approved shall have 

the same force and effect as if incorporated in this Code. 

ARTICLE V-EFFECTIVEl DATE 

This Code shall become effective on the second Monday after the date upon 

which it shall be approved by the President of the United States. 

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