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N TIO AL RE OVERY DMINISTRATIO 

PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WOODEN PAIL AND TUB 

INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGU T 31, 1933 

WE DO OUR PART 

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The Code for the Wooden Pail and Tub Industry 

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

industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 

For sale by th 

to be regarded as having received the approval of 

the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINT! G OFF! E 

WASHI GTO : 1933 
SUBMITTED BY 

WOODEN PAIL AND TUB ASSOCIATION 

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OODE P .. IL D T B INDU TR CODE OF F IR 

COMPETITION 

RTI LE I 

A.RTI LE II-DEFINITIO ,. 

h term w o len pail an 1 tub indu try ' a n ed h r in i lefined 

t m an th manufa ture of w od n pail andj or tub for h u ehold 

r commercial u e or for u e a container in indu trie or for use as 

-contain r in c mmerce. 

Th term effective date" a u ed herein is defined to mean the 

fir t pa '-roll period following the approval of this code by the 

Pr ident. 

The t rm ' Employ e' as u ed herein shall include all persons 

mpl yed in the conduct of the indu try, whether employed directly 

y the employer a hereafter d fined or b contract r who undertake o perform certain manufacturin operation eith r by the day 

r on a pi cewor k ba i with the exception of " outside ale men 

-and of p r on in manacrerial or executive po ition recei in more 

than Thirt -five Dollar ( 35.00) per week. 

The rm Emplo r " a u ed herein hall mean all per on , partn r hip , or corporation ncracred in th conduct of any branch of 

tb wood n pail and tub indu try as defined abo e. 

AnTI LE III 

I articir ation in thi code and any nb equ n r 'i i n or xt n i n 

.;hall b xt n 1 d t n~ 1 r on, partner.hjp r orporation in the 

w o I n pail and ub in lu try wh a r pt hi hare of th o t and 

r 1 on iuili( a. w 11 a the benefit, b b c n ing a m mb r f the 

oo 1 n ail an 1 Tub \. cia i n. 

Thi. ('Oclv i llot dP igllt•t l o }H'onwt L· moll poli •:-. awl hall n b 

avail <l of f r that purpo '. 'llw prm·i ion f thi. · cod .1 all n t 

I.J' . int rpr t" l or a<lruini tere i as i >liminat mall 

nt rpri.· • r t > tb .Triminat ao·aiu:-.t thPm. 

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ARTICLE Y-HOURS OF L ABOR 

On and after the effective date hereof, employers in the Wooden 

Pail and Tub Indu try shall not operate on a schedule of hours of 

labor for their employees in exce s of forty ( 40) hours per week, 

averaged over a six months' period; but there shall be no limitation 

on the number of hours which may be worked in any one day, nor 

in any one week, provided the average of forty (40) hours per week 

over the six months' period is not exceeded. 

A sufficient number of employees to provide superintendence 

maintenance, heat, light, power, watching, and hipping hall be 

exempt from the provisions of this section. 

ARTICLE VI-RATE oF 'v AGE 

On and after the effective date hereof, the minimum wages to be 

paid by employers in the ' Vooden Pail and Tub Industry to any of 

their employees shall be as follows : 

Adult male labor, 30¢. per hour. 

Female and Minor labor, 22lj2¢ per hour. 

The above minimum wages shall not apply to pensioners, who are 

defined as individuals who, on account of age or physical disability, 

cannot perform an able-bodied man's work. 

The above minimum wage rates may be revised from time to time 

in such manner as will currently effect an equitable adjustment to 

variations in the cost of living; such adjustments to be subject to 

the approval of the President. 

ARTICLE VII 

On and after the effective date hereof, employers shall not employ 

any minor under sixteen (16) years of age. 

ARTICLE VIII 

Participants in this code agree to observe the conditions laid down 

in Section 7 of the Industrial Recovery Act, to wit: 

(a) Employees in the wooden pail and tub industry shall have 

the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives 

of their own choosing, and shall be free from influence, restraint, 

or ·coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in designation 

of such representatives or in self-organization or in any other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other 

mutual protection. 

(b) No employee in the wooden pail and tub industry, and no 

one seeking employment therein, shall be required as a condition 

of employment to join any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing. 

It is understood that the foregoing paragraph is not to be so 

interpreted as to in any way impair the Constitutional rights of 

the employer and employee to bargain individually or collectively, 

as may be mutually satisfactory to them; nor does it impair the 

joint right of an employer and employee to operate an open shop. 
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ARTICLE -'-~-REP RT ' 

or fini h l) 

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the provisions of the Act, the Cocle Committee of thi As ociation, 

or such succes or committee, or committees as may hereafter be con-

~tituted by action of this Association, together with such per on a 

may be named by the Administrator i et up a a planninO' and 

fair practice agency for the e purpo e , with the provi o, howeYer, 

that the persons appointed by the Admini trator hall haYe no vote, 

but in all other re pects shall be members of such planning and fair 

practice agency. 

Such agency may from time to time pre. ent to the Aclmini b·ator 

recommendations ba eel on conditions in the indu try as th y may 

develop, which will tend to effectuate the operation of the proYi ion· 

of this code, and the policy of the National Industrial. RecoYery Act. 

ARTICLE XII-CosT CoDES 

Inasmuch as the practice of pricing or elling good below the ·actual co t of production and eli tribution by a minority of the units 

of an industry is one of the 1najor cause of low wage and general 

loss to the entire industry. pricing of goods shall be based upon the 

following rules and regulations: 

1. Prices of .all products shall be based upon accurate and known 

costs, as establi heel by an adequate o t-finding system, which hall 

be open for inspection at reasonable times by nonmember representatives of the A ociation or the Government. The price must 

include as a minimmn the following elem.ents: (1) :Niaterials; (2) 

Direct Labor; (3) Manufacturing Burden or Factory Overhead; ( 4) 

General Administration ; ( 5) Selling Expense ; and ( 6) Reasonable 

Profit. 

2. It shall be an unfair 1nethod of competition for any manufacturer to sell below reasonable cost plus reasonable profit. 

3·. Dropped lines, obsolete or defective ware may be sold at uch 

prices a are found necessary to m_ove them, provided, however, that 

all such stocks and selling prices must first be reported to the 

Secretary-Treasurer of this association. 

ARTICLE XIII-MERcHANDISIN G CoDE 

Inasmuch as the costs of arketing are just a much a part of 

the price of an article as the 1nanufacturing cost and as succe sful 

business is based upon satisfactory relation bet,•veen buyer and 

seller and that unfair business methods result in friction and waste, 

the price quoted shall be on the ba is of an outright ale and subject 

to the following rules as standards of marketing practice. 

1. rm~S of Sale.-Full details of all terms of ale as to date, 

payment, quantity, price, delivery arrangem.ents, and the like hall 

be set forth in a written or ler an l shall be strictly adhered to in the 

execution of the order. ~ 

2. T erm of P(l)ynMnt.-Term shall be net ca h in 30 day from 

date of inYoice or - ?'a discount for ca h in 10 day from date of invoice. No other eli count shall be allowed. 

3. Con ifJ1111nents.-Manufacturer hall not ship ware on consignment nor enter into agreements such as the redating of orders, 

shipping in excess of order, etc., which violate the principle of an 

out-and-out sale. 
L /J ( Ii l'l l ',ll J>n td in.·. \Ynr • ~hnlln>t b• deliY 'red in ~c ··~. of 

that a ·tunlly order ' t1 anti for whi ·h he lwy •r ha.· C'ontra ·ted to 

.pn)·, nur ~Iinll unor 1 1'l' 1 "a r ' lJt> ~ ·nt to r. •<rular or 1 ro. p ·tiv ' 

t·u om r:· . . . R£bat£,·.- :\Lmufactur •r · shall n t oTant · r t r I at' or 

·on· · ion ~ of nnY f rn1. 

u. R <-ltu •nul .Joml.·.- '\Ynn: tl •liYeru l by nwk r with in ti11w ag:r tl 

upon anLl n Tonling to s1 ification ~ o{ tlw or 1 r .·1u 11 no b ac-

'(ll t 1 in r turn l y the maker t.•xe pt wlPn a \\Tittcn on1 r is giY -' 11 

f r its r turn. 

I. 1/i .,. fJI' l.. ·c nfation.-j.. Ii:repr :..; ntation of \Yar on th p art ui 

all 1 ar i , in r p ct to ·ize, styl , finish, ubstan · . an 1 quali y , or 

th us of fals or l c ptiY , untrue or mi. l aclino· -tat€'nPnts by \Yay 

of at1Yerti.·in · or othenYi,: · n ·erning tl na ur an 1 ·haract r f 

war m the part of an, and all 1 arti · · n · rn cl nr c.> unfnir trad 

pra ti e ·. ) 

7' ial B ,·ibery.- omm r ·ial bribery in any 'orm . uch a.· 

f oTntuiti , gift · or nt rtainm nt a a nwan~ of inf-lu1 la ment f order · are nd mnecl as jmmoral and 

unfair tra 1 Ira tice . 

. Fr .Jood ·.-D liYery f fr e good by an ' method whatsoev r 

i. an unfair tra 1 pra 'ti e. 

10. Fal · . !1 l•oic ·.-Fal · , de· ptiYe, or in omplet inYoi ing in 

any way what o v r i an unfair trad practice. 

11. R plac nwnt .-R pla em nt shipment to co' r ware found 

t 1efe tiv b r the bu r r a h refun l to cov r uch ware, 

hall be report d promptl r in writing to he ecretar -Trea urer. 

ARTICLE XIV- H NGE IN ODE 

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