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buyers SLIlke LuTOuBnOuL Cue
nation.
C. C. Sheppard, Of Clarks, La,
member of the Lumber Code Au-
thority, quoted a field representa-
tive as declaring a Southern lum.
ber mill operator had refused to
comply with the code on the ad-
vice of Representative H. P. Full
mer, South Carolina Democrat.
The operator, the field repre-
sentative added, was paying his
laborers 10 cents an hour.
Consumer Warning Voiced
A warning that the consumer
will not buy under increased
prices resulting from the codes
was sounded by I. C. Fox, of the
National Retail Code Authority.
He said:
High prices are here. We
are having a buyers strike"
The people do not intend to pay
prices now being asked"
Mr.. Fox also raped price-fixing
provisions as tending to destroy
competitive bidding.
These provisions, he said, force
the small merchant to pay the
same prices as his larger competi-
tors. He favored the posting Of
prices to, the consumer, or to a
special NRA agency, rather than
to all members of an industry.
Objects to Hurry
F. H. Massmann, a member Of
the National Food and Grocery
Code Authority, said the open
price clauses would tend to elm
mate many evils in this industry.
Patriotism will not change the
nature of a cornstalk," according
to c. P. Haake, of Chicago, q mem
ber Of the Furniture Code Author
ity, in discussing the Presidents
suggestion for shorter hours and
higher pay. He said:
There is such q thing as not
hurrying economic forces. The
NRA is just beginning to Oper-
ate. We should not try to hurry
nature. There are many firms
in our industry ready to fold up.
There is plenty of raw material,
plenty Of business, but no cash.
l wish the bankers who sent
that nice letter to the President
would tell us what we can use
for money.
Division Administrator George
L. Berry, said:
During the depression 3,OOO,-
600 motor cars went out of use;
and if only we had satisfies ON
other consumer possessions, we
would find the Stame story. One
of the outstanding features Of
the depression is the mountain
Gus stocks of raw materials
which have piled up"
Deputy Administrator George
Brady:
"As the codes stand today,
the weekly hours have been
averaged too high for unSkilled
labor, and too low for the pro-
duction peaks for skilled labor"
Robert Gaylord, Of the machine
tool and forging code authority.
suggested a continuation Of the
CWA.
Differentials Attacked
Geographical differentialS, as
exhibited in many codes. were at
tackled by Erwin I. eldman, OF
Baltimore, member Of the cot
ton garments code authority. He
said:
Manufacturers as well as
labor are dissatisfied with the
geographical differentials as be-
tween the North and South.
These cannot be decided arbit-
rarily. The administration Of
the code has shown that no diff
ference should exist at all. A
scientific study by the NRA Is
needed to clear up the entire
situation along this line."
The malleable iron industry Is
faced with dearth of skilled and
semi-skilled help, said R. R.
Fauntleroy, of st. Charles, Ill. He
added that the industry is not
profitable under present con-
ditionS.
Ralph E. Flanders, president OF
the National Machine Tool Build
ers and a member of the Indus
trial Advisory Board, declared:
"The change from 4S or 50
or more hours q week to n
standard 4O-hOur week il .
serious drop which has mot yet
been aSSimilated. With net
enough goods made even In
1929 to provide . desirable
standard Of living to the work.
ers Of the country. the raising
of that standard under . 40
hour week will be difficult.
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