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Registry No. 203-05 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COitlPETITION 

FOR THE 

RENOVATING OF SECOND-HAND 

BAGGING AND TIES FOR COVERING 

COTTON INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 31, 1933 

The Code for the Renovating of 

Second-Hand Bagging and Ties for Covering Cotton Industry 

in its present form merely r fleets the proposal of the above-mentioneo 

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 ST A TES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. - - - - - - - - Price 5 cents 
SUBMITTED BY 

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RENOVATORS OF SECOND-HAND 

BAGGING AND TIES FOR COTTON COVERING 

(II) 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE RENOVATING OF 

SECOND-HAND BAGGING AND TIES FOR COVERING 

COTTON INDUSTRY 

To effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, to aid in reducing and relieving unemployment, improving the standards of labor, eliminating destructive and unfair competitive practices and otherwise rehabilitating the industry the following provisions are established as a Code of Fair Competition for 

the Renovating of Second-Hand Bagging and Ties for Covering 

Cotton Industry. 

l. Definitions.-The term ~, Renovating of Second-Hand Bagging 

and Ties for Covering Cotton Industry," as used herein (and referred to hereinafter as "the industry"), is defined to mean sorting, 

mending, and sewing of second-hand hagging and the straightening, 

splicing, and bundling of second-hand ties. 

The term "person" as used herein, means any individual, firm, 

association or corporation engaged in the industry. • 

The term "productive employees" as used herein, shall include 

all individuals actually employed in the conduct of the productive 

operations as described in the description of the industry. 

The term "nonproductive employees " shall include all other employees not classified as "productive employees." 

The term "effective date," as used herein, is defined to be the second Monday after the date of approval of this Code by the President. 

2. Mini1nwm Wages.-On and after the effective date the minimum wage that shall be paid by employers in the in :lustry to any of 

their productive employees shall be at the rate of 171⁄2 cents per hour 

in the case of male employees and 121⁄2 cents per hour' in the ca e of 

female employees for not over 48 hours of labor per week. 

It is interpreted that the provisions for minimum wage in this 

Code shall be a guaranteed minimum rate of pay per hour of employment regardless of whether the employee's compensation is otherwise based on a time or upon a piece work performance. Thi i to 

avoid frustration of the purpose of thi Code by changing from 

hour to piece work rules. 

It hall be a function of the Planning and Fair Trade Agency 

provided for in this Code to observe the operation of this provision and to recommend from time to time such further provisions 

as experience may indicate to be proper to effectuate the purpose 

and policy of the National Industrial Recovery Act, particularly 

with respect to necessary reasonable adjustments with respect to 

wages above the minimum herein provided for. 

3. Maximum H ours.-On and after the effective date, employers 

in the industry shall not operate on a schedule of hours for their 

1-'roductive employees except offire force, executives and supervisory ~taff shipping, trucking, watching and outside crews, in exce of 

48 hour per week. 

9969-33 (1) 
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On and after the effective date, the maximum hour of labor for 

office employees in the industry shall be an average of 40 hours a 

week over each period of six m0nths. 

It i interpreted that the provision for maximum hours shall 

be a maximum of hours of labor per week for every employee cov-

('recl ·o that under no circumstances will such an employee be employed or permitted to work for one or more employers in the 

industry in the aggregate jn excess of the prescribed number of 

hours in a single week. 

It shall be the duty of the Planning and Fair Trade Agency 

provided for herein to prepare and submit to the Administration 

by January 1, 1934, a schedule of maximum hours and minimum 

wage for all classes of employees not provided for in Sections 2 

and 3 hereof. 

4. Child Labor.-On and after the effective date employers in 

the industry shall not e1nploy any minor under the age of 16 years. 

5. Planning and Fair Trade Agency.-With a view to keeping 

the President informed as to the observance or nonobservance of 

this Code of Fair Competition, and as to whether the industry is 

taking appropriate steps to effectuate the policy of the Industrial 

Recovery Act, each person engaged in the industry will furnish 

duly certified reports in substance as follows 1 and in such form 

as may hereinafter be provided: 

a. Returns every 4 weeks showing actual hours worked by the 

various groups of productive employees and minimum weekly rates 

of wages. 

b. Monthly reports showing production in terms of the commonly 

used unit in the industry. 

The National Association of Renovators of Second Hand Bagging 

and Ties for Covering Cotton is hereby recognized and constitute,l 

the agency to collect and receive such reports. Provided, however, 

that all such reports, except as may be required by the President or 

by law, shall be deemed confidential when so gathered and shall not 

be made known to any other than the reporting employer. Totals 

or cumulative reports for the industry may be distributed. 

To further effectuate the policies of this Act, the National Association of Renovators of Second Hand Bagging and Ties for Covering Cotton, applicant herein, is set up to cooperate with the Admini. tration as a Planning and Fair Trade Aaency for the industry. 

Such agency may from time to time present to the Administrator 

recommendations based on conditions in the industry as they may 

develop from time to time, which will tend to effectuate the operation of the provisions of this Code. Among the other matters 

included within the authority of this agency shall be: 

1. Recommendations as to the requirement by the Administrator 

of such further reports from persons engaged in the indu~ try of 

statistical infonnation and keeping of uniform accounts as may be 

required to secure the proper observance of the Code and promote 

the proper balance of production and consumption and the stabilization of the industry and employment; 

2. Recornrnen lations as to the setting up of such boards or bureans 

as may be nece ·sary to aid in the enforcement and observance of this 

Code; 
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3. Recommendation for the making of requirements by the A <1-

mini ·frator a. to practice · of persons engaged in the inclu try a to 

method and conditions of treating, the naming and reporting of 

price. which may be proper to avoid discrimination and promote 

the stabilization of the in lu try and to prevent and eliminate unfair 

and de tructiYe price· an l practic s; 

4. Recommen lation for dealing with any inequalities that may 

other,,i ·e arise in the observance and enforcement of thi Code, or 

in prom ting the tability of the in lu try and of production anc1 

employment. 

Such recommendation ·, when approved by the Administrator, 

hall have the ame force an l effect as the other provisions of this 

Code. Said Agency shall receive and report on all complaints or 

alleged violation of this Co le and shall . et up rules and regulation N 

which, with the approval of the Administrator, shall be u eel in 

connection with the enforcement of thi Code. Such Aaency shall 

also ha Ye power to initiate complaints to the Admini. trator as to 

violation of the Co le and shall be authorized, with the approval of 

the Allministrator, to take such steps a may be neces ary to correct 

ame or enforce observance. 

6. Ewisting Oontracts.- ,iVhere the co ts of executing contracts 

entered into in the in lustry prior to the presentation to Congress of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act are increased by the application of the provisions of that Code to the industry, it is equitable 

and promotive of the purposes of the Code that appropriate adjustments of such contracts to reflect uch increased costs be arrived at 

by arbitral proceedings or otherwise and the agency herein set up, 

is con titute 1 an agency to assist in effectuating such adjustment. 

Persons engaged in the industry shall be deemed permitted to 

make such representations to purchasers in connection with any such 

contracts as to the increased cost caused by the application of the 

provisions of this Code. 

7. Labor P1·ovisions.- Employers in the industry shall comply 

with the requirements of the National Industrial Recovery Act as 

follows: 

(1) That 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 self-9rganization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; (2) 

that no employee and no one seeking employment 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; and (3) that employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions 

of employment, approved or prescribed by the President. 

8. Miscellaneous.- This Code and all the provisions thereof are 

expressly made subject to the right of the President, in accordance 

with the provision of Clause 10 (b) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, from time to time to cancel or modify any order, ap- • 

proval, license, rule, or regulation, issued under Title I of said 

Act, and specifically to the right of the President to cancel or modify 
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his approval of this Code or any conditions imposed by him upon 

his approval thereof. 

Such of the provisions of this Code as are not required to be 

included therein by the National Industrial Recovery Act may, with 

the approval of the President, be modified or eliminated as changes 

in circumstances or experience may indicate. It is contemplated 

that from time to time supplementary provisions to this Code or 

additional codes will be submitted for the approval of the President 

to prevent unfair coml?etition in price and other unfair and destructive competitive practices and to effectuate the other purposes and 

policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act consistent 

with the provisions hereof. 

This Code shall be in operation on and after the effective date as 

to the entire industry, except as an exemption from or a stay of the 

application of its provisions may be granted by the Administrator 

to a person applying for the same or except as provided in an executive order. No distinction shall be made in such exemptions between 

persons who have and who have not joined in applying for the 

provisions of this Code. 

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