Approved Code No. 224-Amendment No. 1 Registry No. 625-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COlVIPETITION 

FOR THE 

FURNITURE AND FLOOR WAX 

AND POLISH INDUSTRY 

AS _APPROVED ON JULY 12, 1934 

WE 00 OUR PART 

U.G. Hft09'TOftY 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON: 1934 

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Approved Code No. 224-Arnendrnent No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

FURNITURE AND FLOOR WAX AND POLISH 

INDUSTRY 

As Approved on July 12, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT OF CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

FURNITURE AND FwoR 1V Ax AND PoLISH INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made fursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I o the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of amendments 

to a Code of Fair Competition for the Furniture and Floor Wax 

and Polish Industry, and hearings having been duly held thereon 

and the annexed report on said amendments containing findings 

with respect thereto, having been made and directed to the President : 

NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

States, I, Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industrial Recovery, 

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of the 

President, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated December 

30, 1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate, by reference, said 

annexed report and do find that said amendments and the Code 

as constituted after being amended comply 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 amendments 

be and -they are hereby approved, and that the previous approval 

of said Code is hereby modified to include an approval of said Code 

in its entirety as amended. 

HUGH 8. JOHNSON, 

Administrator for Industrial Recovery. 

Approval recommended: 

GEO. L. BERRY, 

Division Administrator. 

w .ASHINGTON, D.C., 

July 12, 1934. 

73487°-820-53-34 (1)" 
REPORT TO THE PRE IDE T 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

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THE INDUSTRY 

A number of the Furniture and Floor Wax and Polish Industry 

members also manufacture one or more of the products of the 

Industries which are provided for in the amendments. The amendments will assure proper administration and tend to avoid conflict 

and overlapping of code provisions which might result under other 

circumstances. The hour and wage conditions of labor are also 

quite similar in all the groups. 

There are about 150 establishments listed for the Household 

Lubricants and Penetrants Industry, only 20 of which are important 

jn sales volume. Annual sales amounted to about $1,000,000. 

There are about 200 establishments in the Silver and Metal Polish 

Industry, 15 of which have a substantial sales volume and employ 

ten or more workers. Annual sales were about $2,000,000 in 1929 

and $1,400,000 in 1933. 

There are about 150 establishments included in the Sweeping 

Compound Industry, approximately 20 of which are important from 

the viewpoint of sales. Aggregate annual sales have been about 

$2,000,000 in -recent years. 

ECONOMIC EFFECT OF THE .AMENDMENTS 

A considerable proportion of the employees engaged in the Household Lubricants and Penetrants Industry are engaged in such tasks as 

filling, labeling and packagino-. Working hours ranged up to 48 

per week prior to the Presidentt;'s Reemployment Agreement but have 

since been generally reduced to 40 per week with some small increase 

in employment. Minimum wage rates have generally been rather 

low, 30 cents per hour quite general at present. It is believed that 

the Code labor provisions will provide minimum wages at least 

equal to those of 1929, and payrolls will be increased an additional 

ten percent. 

The number of employees in the Silver and Metal Polish Industry 

decreased from 1,150 in 1929 to 900 in 1932 but increased to about 

1,000 in lare 1933. Working hours formerly varied between 40 and 

48 and were generally reduced to 40 under the President's Reemployment Agreement. Minimum wage rates, which, in some cases, formerly were as low as 20 cents per hour, now range from 30 to 40 cents. 

It is estimated that operations under the Code will lead to an increase 

of approximately ten percent in the Industry's payrolls. 

The number of employees in the Sweeping Compound Industry 

remained about 300 during 1928-1933. It is estimated that payrolls 

will be increased about 20 percent with complete compliance with 

the Code's provisions. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said amendments to said Code having found as herein set forth and on the 

basis of all the proceedings in this matter: 

I find that: 

(a) The amendments to said Code and the Code as amended are 

well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of th~ 
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National Industrial Recovery Act including the rem val of obstructions to the free flow of inter-state and foreign commerce which tend 

to diminish the amount thereof, and will pro ide for t he general 

welfare by promoting the organization of Indu try for the purpose 

of cooperative action of labor and managem nt und r a equate gov- ernmental sanction and supervision, by liminatincY unfair competitive practices, by promotin<Y the fullest po ibl utilization of the 

present productive capacity of indu tri s, by avoidinO" undue r estriction of production ( xcept as may be temporarily required ) by 

incr easing the consumption of indu trial and aCYri ultural pro lucts 

through increasing purchasing power, by r ducing an relieving 

unemployment, by improving standards of lab r and by o h rwi e 

rehabilitatin<Y Indu try. 

(b) The Code as amended complies in all re p t with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation subsection (a) of Section 3, ub ection (a) f ection 7, and 

subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

( c) The National Association of hemical pecial y fanufacturers, Inc., was and is an industrial association, which together ith 

the Code Authority are truly representative of th af r aid Indus- try and that said association and said Code uthority impo d and 

imposes no inequitable restrictions on admi ion to memb r hip 

therein and has applied for these amendment . ( d) The amendments and the Code as amend d are not design d 

to and will not permit monopolies or monopoli ti practi e . ( e) The amendments and the Code as amended are not d ign d 

to and will not eliminate or oppress small en rpri. and will not 

operate to discriminate against them. 

(f) Those engaged in other steps of the e on mic pro es have 

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

amendmen~. 

For these reasons, therefore, the amendment hav b n appr ved. 

Respectfully, 

HuoH . J on .. T o .. A.drnini trat or. 

JULY 1~, 1934. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE FURNITURE AND FLOOR WAX AND POLISH 

INDUSTRY 

Article II, the term "Industry" shall be amended to read as 

follows: 

"The term 'Industry' as used herein includes the manufacture 

and/or packaging of products containing wax and/ or oil compounds, 

as essential constituents, for use in the treatment of floors and furniture; lubricants, penetrants and the like commonly used for household or equivalent purposes and sold under trade names in small 

containers; compounds used for the purpose of cleaning and/ or 

polishing metal surfaces, and such related industries as may from 

time to time be included under the provisions of this Code." 

"The term' Silver and Metal Polish Division' means that portion 

of the industry engaged in the manufacture and/ or packaging of 

products used for cleaning or polishing fine or base metal surfaces.'' 

"The term' Sweeping Compound Division' as used herein means 

that portion of the Industry engaged in the manufacture of compounds used in sweeping floors." 

Article v16section 1 (a), shafl be amended to read as follows: 

"(a) The ode Authority shall consist of eight (8) members of 

the Industry or such other number as ma.y be approved from time 

to time by the Administrator, to be elected by the Industry. The 

Administrator may appoint not more than three (3) additional 

members without vote to represent the Ad.ministrator, without compensation from the Industry." 

Article VI, Section 1 ( c) shall be deleted and the following shall 

be inserted in place thereof : 

"Related industries or divisions which may from time to time 

be included under the provisions of this Code, with the approval 

of the Administrator, may establish their own subordinate Code 

Authorities which shall be independent and self-supporting and 

may deal under ihe supervision of the main Code Authority with 

the Administrator in respect to conditions or problems relating exclusively to said related industries. The subordinate Code Authority 

of such relatBd industries shall be entirely responsible for the administration of this Code in their respective Divisions." 

"1. The following subordinate Code Authorities are hereby 

constituted: 

" (a) The Silver and Metal Polish Subordinate Code Authority 

which shall consist of three (3) members to be selected by the members of that Division by a fair method of election approved by the 

Administrator. 

"(b) The Sweeping Compound Subordinate Code Authority which 

shall consist of three (3) members of that Division by a fair method 

of election approved by the Administrator." 

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Article VI, Section 1 ( e) shall be amended to read as :follows: 

" ( e) In order that the Code Authority and the ubordinate Code 

Authorities shall at all times be truly repre entative of the Industry 

and in other respects comply with the provi. i ns of the Code, the 

Administrator may prescribe such hearino-s ash may d em _proper; 

and thereafter, if he shall find that the Code Authority and/or the 

subordinate Code Authorities are not truly r pre entative or do not 

in other respects comply with the provisions of the od , may r quire 

an appropriate modification of the composition and lection of the 

Code Authority or subordinate Code Authoriti ." 

Artile VI, Section 2 Subsection ( d) shall bed leted and the followin~ substituted therefor: 

'(1) It being found necessary in order to support the admini tration of this Code and to maintain the standard of fair comp tition 

established hereunder and to effectuate the policy of the Act, the 

Code Authority and the several subordinate ode \.uthoritie are 

authorized: 

" (a) To incur such reasonable obligations a are nee ary and 

proper for the foregoing purposes, and to meet uch obligations out 

of funds which may be raised as hereinafter l rovicl d and whi h 

shall be held in trust for the purposes of the ode· 

"(b) To submit to the Administrator for his appro al ubject to 

such notice and opportunity to be heard as he may d em nece ary 

"(1) An itemized budget of its estimated xpenses for the 

foregoing purposes, and 

"(2) An equitable basis upon which the fund n ce ary to 

support such budget shall be contributed by members of the 

Industry under its jurisdiction; 

" ( c) After such budget and basis of contribution have been 

approved by the Administratorh to determine and obtain equitable 

contributions as above set fort by all members of the Indu try 

under its jurisdiction, and to that end, if necessary, to institute legal 

proceedings there£ or in its own name. 

"(2) Each member of the Industry shall pay hi or its equitable 

contribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the o e Authority, and/or his Subordinate Code Authority det rm.in a h r -

inabove provided, and subject to rules and r gulati n p rtaining 

thereto issued by the Administrat r. Only m mb r of h Indu tr 

comJ?lying with the ode and contributing t h p n f it 

administration as hereinabove pro ided1 hall b n itl d t I rticipate in the selection of members of the od u h ri an ihe 

appropriate ubordinate C de Authority or t i h b n fit 

of any of their voluntary a tivities r to m k u of any mbl m 

or insio-nia of the a ional Reco ry mini tra i 

(3) The ode u h ri and h ub rdinat 

hall neither in ur n r pay any oblicr i n in 

th roof a imate in i appro 1 bu 

of the Admini rat r · and no sub qu n 

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products of the Silver and Metal Polish and Sweeping Compound 

Divisions of the Industry sold for export trade as defined in the 

Export Trade Act adopted April 10, 1918." 

Article VI I I, S ection 6, shall be amended to read as follows: 

"6. Free Goods and Allowances.-The offering or giving of free 

goods. This provision shall not apply to the gift of a product of 

the Industry or premiums to the ultimate consumer; materials 

marked 'sample', 'not for sale', or similarly designated. This 

provision shall not be construed to prohibit any advertising allowance which is made for a definite service rendered and for which 

there is a proper auditable accounting as a direct charge for cooperative advertising." 

Article VI I I, S ection 11, shall be deleted and the following inserted therefore : 

" 11. Emergency Pr01Jisions-Sweeping O 01npound and Silver 

and llf etal Polish Divisions.-(a) If the Administrator, after investigation sh-all at any time find both (1) that an emergency has arisen 

within the Industry adversely affecting small enterprises or wages 

or labor conditions, or tending toward monopoly or other acute 

conditions which tend to defeat the purposes of the Act; and (2) 

that the determination of the stated minimum price for a specified 

product within the Industry for a limited period is necessary to 

mitigate the conditions constituting such emergency and to effectuate 

the purposes of the Act, the Subordinate Code Authority of the 

Division affected may cause an impartial agency to investigate 

costs and to recommend to the Administrator a determination of 

the stated minimum price of the product affected by the emergency 

and thereupon the Administrator may proceed to determine such 

stated minimum price. 

" (b) vVhen the Administrator shall have determined such stated 

minimum price for a specified product for a stated period, which 

price shall be reasonably calculated to mitigate the conditions of 

such emergency and to effectuate the purposes of the National Industrial Recovery Act, he shall publish such price. Thereafter, 

during such stated period, no member of the Industry shall sell 

such specified products at a net realized price below said stated 

minimum price and any such sale shall be deemed destructive price 

cutting. From time to time, the Subordinate Code Authority of 

the Division affected may recommend review or reconsideration 

or the Administrator may cause any determinations hereunder to 

be reviewed or reconsidered and appropriate action taken. The 

provisions of this Section shall not apply to the Furniture and 

Floor Wax and Polish Division of the Industry." 

Article VI I I, S ection 14 shall be amended to read as follows: 

"14. Standard T erms of Oash Ducounts.-No member of the 

Industry shall allow a discount for early payment greater than 2% 

of the amount of the invoice after deduction of quantity discounts 

and transportation charges. 

" 1. On invoices dated before the 25th of the month, for 

payment on or before the 10th of the month following; net 

thereafter. 
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"2. On invoices dated on or after the 25th of any month 

for payment on or before the 10th of the second month following; net ther after. 

"Provided that £or product of the Sweeping Compound Division shipped in solid or pooled carloads, or truckloads in exce s 

of even (7) tons, there may be permitted split datings of 30, 60, 

and 90 days allowing payment of the amount of the invoice for such 

shipment in three equal installments." 

There shall be a new section known as Section 16 of Article VIII. 

"16. Sitbstitution of Goods- Silver and Metal Polish Industry.-

No member of that Divi ion shall take in xchancre for hi or its 

own goods, similar products of another manufacturer, distributor 

or dealer." 

ApproYed Colle No. 224-Amendment No. 1. 

Registry No. 625--02. 

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