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3 1262 08486 7 463 Registry No. 203-06 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

MANUFACTURERS OF BAGGING FOR 

RAW COTTON INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 31, 1933 

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The Code for the Manufacturers of Bagging for Raw Cotton 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 ST ATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING' OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 

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

INSTITUTE OF l\1ANUF ACTURERS OF RAW COTTON 

(II) 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE BAGGING FOR 

COVERING RAW COTTON INDUSTRY 

To effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the following provision are established as a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Bagging for Covering Raw Cotton Industry. l. Defonitiom.-The term "Bagging for Covering Raw Cotton 

Industry" as used herein (and referred to hereinafter as "the industry") is defined to mean preparing, spinning, and W€aving new 

and/ or second-hand jute or other fibres into the coarse bagging or 

patches expressly made for covering raw cotton. 

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

association, or corporation engaged in the in lustry. 

The term" manufacturing employees" as used herein shall include 

all individuals actually employed in the productive operations as set 

out in the de. ·cription of the industry. 

The term " nonmanufacturing employees" shall include all other 

employees not classified as "manufacturing employees." 

The term" productive machinery" as used herein is defined to mean 

~he machinery necessary to productive operations. 

The term " effective date " as u ed herein i defined to be the second 

Monday after the date of approval of this Code by the President. 

2. Minimum wages.-On and after the effective date the minimum 

wage that shall be paid by employers in the industry to any of their 

n1anufacturing employee 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 case of 

female employees. 

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 piecework performance. 

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

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

as experience 1nay indicate to be proper to effectuate the purpose 

and policy of the National Indu trial Recovery Act, particularly 

with respect to necessary reasonable adjustments as to wages above 

the minimum. 

3. M awirnwni hou.rs.-On and after the effective date employers 

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

manufacturing employees except office force, executives, and supervisory staff, shipping, watching, and outside crews, in excess of 

48 hours .per week, provided, however, that for a period of 5 months 

during any calendar year in order to meet peak or seasonal requirements employers in the industry may operate on a sch edule of hours 

of labor ·for their manufacturing employees of 2 shifts of not 

exceeding 40 hours each per week. 

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On and after the effective elate, the maximum hours of labor 

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

a week over each period of 6 months. 

It is interpreted that the provision for maximum hours shall be 

a maximum of hours of labor per week for every employee covered 

so 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 in 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 wages 

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 employ any minor under the age of 16 years. 

5. Proclu.ctive macliinery.-Employers in the industry shall not 

operate productive machinery in th~ industry for more than 1 shift 

of 48 hours, provided, however, that during peak or seasonal .periods 

herein provided for, productive machinery may be operated on the 

basis of 2 shifts of not exceeding 40 hours per week each for a 

period not exceeding 5 months of the calendar year. 

6. Plannin,c; 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, and in such form as may hereinafter 

be provided : 

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

,various groups of manufacturing employees and minimum rates of 

wages. 

b. Reports every 4 weeks as to the operation of productive 

machinery. 

c. Monthly reports showing production in terms of the unit agreed 

upon by the industry. 

The Institute of Manufacturers of Bagging for Covering Raw 

Cotton is hereby recognized and constituted 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 the Act, the Institute of Manufacturers of Bagging for Covering Raw Cotton is hereby set up 

to cooperate with the Administration as the Planning and Fair 

Trade Agency 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 other matters included 

within the authority, the said agency shall from time to time make-
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1. Recommendations as to the requirement by the Administrator 

of such further reports from persons engaged in the industry of 

statistical information and keeping of such uniform accounts as may 

be necessary 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. Recommendations as to the setting up of such boards or bureaus 

as may be necessary to aid in the enforcement and observance of this 

Code; 

3. Recommendations for changes in, or exemptions from, the provisions of this Code as to machinery control; 

4. Recommendations for the making of requirements by the Administrator as to practices of persons engaged in the industry, the 

naming and reporting of prices which may be proper to avoid discrimination and promote the stabilization of the industry and to 

prevent and eliminate unfair and destructive prices and practices; 

5. Recommendations for dealing with any inequalities that niay 

otherwise arise in the observance and enforcement of this Code, or in 

promoting the stability of the industry and of production and 

employment. 

Such recommendations, when approved by the Administrator, shall 

have the same force and effect as the other provisions of this Code. 

Said Agency shall receive and report on all complaints or alleged 

violations of this Code and shall set up rules and regulations which, 

with the approval of the Administrator, shall be used in connection 

with -the enforcement of this Code. Such Agency shall also have 

power to initiate complaints to the Administrator as to violations 

of the Code and shall be authorized, with the approval of the Administrator, to take such steps as may be necessary to correct same or 

enforce observance. 

7. /mports.-Immediately, or as soon as practical, after the effective date of this Code, the Planning and Fair Trade Agency, herein 

set up, shall investigate the extent of importations of competing 

materials used or to be used in the covering of raw cotton, and shall, 

if the Planning and Fair Trade Agency so decides, make application 

to the President that he exercise the authority under subsection ( e) 

of section 3 of the National Industrial Recovery Act to the end that 

such adjustments of tariff duties or embargoes in connection with 

said importations shall be made as may be necessary to insure the 

effectuation of the purpose and policy of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act and the provisions of this Code. 

8. Existing contracts.-Where the costs of executing contracts entered into in the industry prior to the presentation to Congress of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act are increased by the application of 

the provisions of this Code to the industry, it is equitable and promotive of the purposes of the Code that appropriate adjustments of 

such contracts to reflect such increased costs be arrived at by arbitral 

proceedings or otherwise and the Planning and Fair Trade Agency 

herein set up, is constituted 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 
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contracts as to the increased cost caused by the application of the 

provisions of this code. 

9. Labor provisions.-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 

-0f labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives 

or in self-organization 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 

-0wn 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. 

10. lJ!Jiscellaneous.-This Code and all the provisions thereof are 

'-'xpressly made subject to the right of the President, in accordance 

with the provision of Clause 10 (b) of the National Inrlustrial Recovery Act, from time to time to cancel or modify any order, approval, 

license, rule, or regulation, issued under Title I of said Act, and 

specifically to the right of the President to cancel or modify 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 

jncluded therein by the National Industrial Recovery Act n1ay, with 

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

in circumstances or experience may indicate. , · \ 

It is contemplated that fr01n time to time supplementary provisions to this Code or additional codes will be submitted for the 

approval of the President to prevent unfair competition in price and 

other unfair and destructive competitive practices and to effectuate 

the other purposes and policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

R ecovery Act 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 applyine; 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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