NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR C·OMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PAPER NAPKIN INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 28, 1933 

REGISTRY No. 407-05 

The Code for the Paper Napkin Industry 

in itsrpresent[form merely reflects the proposal of the above-mentioned 

industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 

to be regarded as having received the approval of 

All 

the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. -

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- - • - - Price 5 cents 

This Code is submitted by 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PAPER NAPKIN MANUFACTURERS 

GEORGE L. LINCOLN, Jr., MANAGER 

1208 Lincoln-Liberty Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GENERAL CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE PAPER 

NAPKIN INDUSTRY 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

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

Competition for the Paper Napkin Industry. 

ARTICLE I-DEFINITIONS 

The words used herein are hereby defined as follows: 

"Industry," the manufacture in the United States of Paper Napkins, Tray Covers, and Table Covers; Tissue Napkins, Bulk or in 

Packages; Semi-Crepe Napkins, Bulk or in Packages; Embossed 

Napkins, Bulk or in Packages; Semi-Crepe Tray Covers; Genuine 

Crepe Tray Covers; Embossed Tray Covers; Semi-Crepe Paper 

Table Cloths; Genuine Crepe Paper Table Cloths; Embossed Paper 

Table Cloths; Printed full Crepe Napkins; Printed Embossed Napkins. 

"Member", a person engaged in such industry. 

"Paper Napkin Industry Authority", the Body herein created 

charged with authority to administer this Code. 

"Act", the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

"Administration", the National Industrial Recovery Administration. 

"Administrator," the National Industrial Recovery Administrator. 

''Person'', includes partnerships, corporations, and associations, 

except associations not for profit. 

ARTICLE II-PAPER NAPKIN INDUSTRY AuTHORITY 

1. There is hereby created a body to be known as the Paper Napkin 

Industry Authority which is charged generally with the duty of administering this Code and shall have such other powers and duties as 

are hereafter prescribed. 

2. The Paper Napkin Industry Authority shall consist of Executive 

Committee of the National Association of Paper Napkin Manufacturers, Executive Manager, and of three additional members designated by the Administrator; members so designated shall have no· vote but in all other respects shall be members of said Paper Napkin 

Industry Authority. 

ARTICLE III-EMPLOYMENT 

1. On and after the effective date of this Code employers in this 

industry shall not operate on a scale of hours of labor for their 

employees engaged in the manufacture of their products except super8215-33 (1) 
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visory staff, mechanics, and others engaged in the preparation, care, 

maintenance, and repair of plant, machinery, and facilities of and 

for production, watchmen, cleaners, truck drivers, and helpers in 

excess of forty (40) hours per week or more than eight (8) hours in 

any one day; Provided, however, That to meet seasonable requirements 

or emergencies manufacturers may work labor in excess of such 

maA.-imum hours, seventy-two (72) hours overtime for an individual 

worker within any one calendar year with the further provision that 

in no case shall the overtime exceed eight (8) hours in any one week. 

2. On and after the effective date of this Code the maximum number 

of working hours of all employees engaged in clerical and general office 

work in this industry shall be eight (8) hours a day and forty (40) 

hours per week except supervisory staff, watchmen, cleaners, bookkeepers and accountants, and persons engaged in the servicing and 

repair of inside and outside equiprnent carried on in connection with 

sales activities. It is provided, however, that individuals engaged in 

clerical and general office work may work a maxin1um of eight (8) 

hours of overtime in any one week provided that the individual works 

a corresponding amount of undertime in succeeding weeks within the 

next succeeding six weeks, with the further provision that in no case 

shall the individual worker exceed an average of forty (40) hours per 

week within each six weeks' period. The provisions of tlus paragraph 

shall not apply to salesmen or to persons employed in branch offices 

where not more than two persons are engaged in clerical or general 

office work, or in branch warehouses where not over two (2) men are 

employed in general warehouse work. 

3. The minimum wage for all employees engaged in the manufac- ture of the products of this Industry (except learners during two (2) 

months' apprenticeship or semipensioners) who are compensated on 

a time or piecework basis shall be not less then thirty cents (30¢) per 

hour for females and thirty-five (35¢) per hour for males. In the following states named in this paragraph a differential of five cents (5¢) 

below the respective hourly rates above mentioned will be permitted: 

North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis- sippi, Louisiana, Tennessee. 

4. The minirnum co1npensation of nll other employees in this 

Industry jn any department or branch of the business (except learners 

during three (3) months' apprenticeship or semipensioners shall be: 

Not less than twelve dollars ($12) per week for an average of forty 

(40) hours per week within any six weeks' period. 

5. Maximum hours of labor shall not apply in cases of emergency 

for protection of property. 

6. Employers shall not reduce the rate of compensation per hour 

for employment now in excess of the minimum rates above speci~ed. 

7. Each employer will furnish the Association duly certified reports 

in such form as may hereafter be provided shm.ving actual hours 

worked by individuals or occupational groups of employees and 

wages paid the various occupational groups. 

8. Employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be free 

from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or 

their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in selforganization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid of protection; no employee 
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and no one seeking employment shall be required as a condition of 

employment to join any company union or to refrain from joining a 

labor organization of his own choosing. 

9. Nothing in this Code is to prevent the selection, retention and 

adYancement of employees on the basis of their individual merit with 

regard to their affiliation or nonaffiliation with any labor organization. 

10. No one under sixteen (16) years of age will be employed in this 

Industry. 

ARTICLE IV-REGULATIONS To I suRE FAIR CoMPETITION 

The follo,ving are declared to be unfair trade practices and are 

prohibited: 

1. To sell contrary to published price lists. 

2. Discrimination in price. 

3. Secret rebates, refunds, or credits, either in the form of money, 

advertising allowances, free goods, or otherwise, or to extend to said 

purcha er in the same classification and under like terms and condition . 4. 11ismarking, misbranding, or misrepresentation of goods. 

5 .. Bribery of customers with presents, commissions, or otherwise. 

6. Inducing breach of contract. 

7. False or misleading advertising. 

8. Enticement of competitors' employees. 

9. Deliveries not conforming to sample or order. 

10. Contracts lacking mutuality. 

11. Special sales at reduced prices. 

12. Deviation from standards of the finished product or packing 

established by the majority of the industry. 

13. 11aking of false reports regarding a competitor's products, 

-financial or personal standing. 

14. Wilfully misrepresenting market conditions. 

15. Selling of obsolete, damaged, or rejected merchandise as ·"seconds." 

16. Selling goods to any jobber, broker, commission broker, or sales 

agent on consignment. 

17. The circularization of threats of suit for infringement of patent 

or trade-mark among customers of a competitor, not made in good 

iaith and for the purpose of harassing and intinlidating customers, is 

an unfair trade practice. The owner of a patent or trade-mark should 

in fairness deal directly with the alleged infringer rather than attempt 

to intimidate his customers. 

18. The imitation of the trade-mark or trade name of a competitor 

results in the deception of buyer and consumer, is an invasion of the 

property rights of such competitor, and is an unfair trade practice. 

ARTICLE V - CONDITIONS OF SALE 

1. Following sizes and grades constitute.standards, with 5% toler-

:ance plus or minus in size and weight. Sizes smaller or lighter than 

the minimum standard, except Sputum, to be priced at the basis of 

minimum standard: 

Tissue Napkins, 10#: 13 x 13, 10 M to Bdle. or case. 
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Semi-Crepe Napkins, 12~ #: 

6~ x ~ Sputum, 40 M to Bdle. or case. 

13 x 13 Flat and quarterfold, 10 M to Case. 

Cornucopia and Triangle, 10 M to Case. 

1/16 Fold (narrow fold), 10 M to Case. 

13 ~ x 13 ~~ Senior Dispenser, 10 M to Case. 

10 x 13 ~~ Junior Dispenser, 10 M to Case. 

Genuine crepe napkins: 

6% x 6% Sputum, 40 M to Case. 13 ~~ x 13 ~~ Flat and Quarterfold, or its equivalent in Sq. In., 10 

M to Case. 

Cornucopia and Triangle, 10 M to Case. is Fold (narrow fold), 10 M to Case. 13 ~ x 13.% Senior Dispenser, 10 M to Case. 

10 x 13 ~~ Junior Dispenser, 10M to Case. 

18 x 18 Flat and Quarterfold, 5 M to Case. 13 ~~ x 20 Club Size Dispenser, 5 M to Case. 

Embossed napkins: 

9 x 9 Beverage, 12 }~ #, Quarterfold or Flat, 5 M to Case. 13 ~~ x 13 ~~ , 12 ~, 16, 20, and 25#, Quarterfold or Flat, 5 M to 

Case. 

17 x 17, 16, 20, and 25# Quarterfold or Flat, 3 M to Case. 

18 x 18, 16, 20, and 25# Quarterfold or Flat, 3 M to Case. 

19 x 19, 16, 20, and 25# Quarterfold or Flat, 3 M to Case. 

20 x 20, 16, 20, and 25# Quarterfold or Flat, 3 M to Case. 

10 x 13 ~~, 12 }~ Junior Dispenser, 10 M to Case. 13 ~ x 13 }~ , 12 ~~ # Senior Dispenser, 10M to Case. 13 ~~ x 20, 12 ~~ # Club Size, 5 M to Case. 

Special sizes, larger and/or heavier, to be figured proportionately to 

the nearest standard size and/or weight, plus 5% ·as a minimum Ys or ~~ 

fold same as quarterfold as a minimum. 

Standard tints: Green, Pink, Yellow, 10¢ per M added to White 

under 17"; 17" and over, 15¢ perM added to white. 

2. Following zones approximately railroad classifications being 

created. (Zone 2 prices to represent Zone 1 prices plus an amount 

equal to 80¢ per Cwt. average freight.) 

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