Registry No. 304-15 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

P~OPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

READY CUT HOUSE 

INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 31, 1933 

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The Code for the Ready Cut House Industry 

in its present form merely reflects the proposal of the above-mentioned 

industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 

to be regarded as having received the approval of 

the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Wa!.'hington, D.C. - - - • • • • - Price 5 cents 

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SUBMITTEID BY 

NATION.AL .ASSOCIATION OF RE.ADY CUT HOUSE MANUFACTURERS 

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OUTLINE OF CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

READY CUT HOUSE INDUSTRY 

The Ready Cut House Industry was conceived, initiated, and established twenty-six years ago, and in 1916 the National Association 

of Ready Cut House Manufacturers was organized. 

The principle upon which it was conceived, involved the elimination of waste in the utilization of lumber for home building, and the 

elimination of in-between profits in the course of the handling of the. 

material from the forest to the home builder. 

The success of the busines require national di tribution by reason 

of the fact that large investments are neces ary in plant and special 

machinery for fabricating all of the parts of a hou e in the mill, so 

that the sawing and fitting may be eliminated to the greatest extent 

on the job. 

The above conditions nece itate the conducting of both a manufacturing and a national ales and di tribution plan through a lvertising and by direct mail, placing this industry in an entir 0 ly different position from that of the long-establisheJ. lumber manufacturing 

and distributing plan. 

The distribution methods of this industry are quite separate and 

di tinct from those of the o-called "bona fide" lumber bu ines . The Ready Cut House Industry sells a complete unit that i. a house, 

including a large quantity of the lumber cut to fit, the millwork, 

hardware, glass, paints, nail , etc., and further supplies the home 

builders with plan, erection and supervisory services, at a unit price, 

based on a published photograph and plan as distinguished from the 

Lumber Industry plan of selling lumber by the thou and feet board 

measure, and which usually does not include the other materials or 

services necessary for the erection of the home. It is, therefore, clear 

that this industry should be eparately organized from any of the 

branches of the basic lumber industry. 

It is the purpose of the Ready Cut House Indu try, and of the 

framers of and adherents to this Code, as promptly and as practicable, to re, tore rate of wage within the industry to the rates of 

wages prevailing in the period from 1926 to 1929, adjusted 

in proportion to changes in the co t of living; to re. tore 

the prices of the indu try'::; products to leYels which will stop 

the further de1 letion and destruction of capital a sets an l to revise 

rate of wages in uch manner a. will reflect. an equitable adjustment. 

1. M embersMp.-Any individual, firm or corporation who hall 

regularly have been engaged in the manufacture of Ready Cut or 

:fabricated houses for a period of at least one year, an l who ha a 

manufacturing plant r easonably commensnrate with the cl mand of 

the busine s, and who has a good busine reputation, hall be eliaible 

to member hip in the association. Each member shall be entitled to 

onlv one vote. All applications for member. hip hall be ma le in 

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writino- to th Board of Director ·. and ad11re ·. ·eJ to t.he ...,ec:retary. 

New memb r · ma} be elect cl at any regular or pe ·ial me ting <.)f 

th Board of Dire· or by a majority of the n1embers of thE' Board 

pre ent at uch me ting· but before being admitted to act11al member hip the applicant mu t ·ign the e .... rtide. · of A· ·o iation. 

2. The Read) ut I-Iou Indu tr a ·cept · and agr e · to operate 

nncler Article "\ VI and VII of the Code of Fair ompetition of 

the Lumber and Timber Product Indu -try, as appron~1l b~· th 

Pr ident ugu t 19. 1933-the ·e r f rring t hour::; of emplo. ·ment 

and wage of labor. 

3. Thi code i not clesio·ned to promote monopolies. Provi ~ions 

of thi col hall not be o interpreted or admini terecl a to eliminate or oppre .. ~ ~mall enterprise or to discriminate again. t them. 

4. "'\ iolation by any Ready Cut Hou e Manufacturer of any proYision of thi cod , or any approved rule issued thereun ler. i~ an unfair 

m tho l of competition. ~. I i the intention of tho e ~ubscribing to this ode to stand for 

uni£ rm rade . . for full and hone t count, for fair and equitabl 

acljn tment of di pute and the highest bu ine ethic , and to gna ·antee, a far au po ible, the character of the mat rial the. . ell. 

6. A committee of three hall administer the provi ·ion.· f this 

col ecnr adher nee thereto, hear and adju t . complaint , con ·ider 

propo al.: for amendment · thereof and exceptions thereto and other-

,...-i. ·e cany oul in the Ready Cut I-Iou. e Industry th pnrpo e · of the .... ~ ational RecoYery Act. The decision of this committe . hall be final 

and bindin,..: upon all per on sub. cribing to this ·ode or subject to 

its pro,i .. ion . 7. The purpo e of thi · a ociation ·hall be to promote a high ~ta1hlanl of bu ine, · ethic , to fo ·ter truth in adverti .. ing to prote ·t th 

pnbli from unscrupulou manufacturing an 1 ale.- m tho ls, to improv nrnnnfacturing metho 1 , to eliminate ,-ra, te and to maintain 

the tandar l of manufacture of Ready C11t H01l.'e · at a high deg:re 

of efficien ·y. 

For the Code ommittee: 

HARYEY L. HARRI cretw·y. Natiollal As. ociati n of Ready ut Hou e Iannfa<:turer~. Arthington t. and oman · ve., Chicago, Ill. 

U T 29 1933. 

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