Approved Code No. 84 — Supplement No. 44 Registry No. 1646—1—02 j m c NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION p SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE J> AND PAPER MILL WIRE LOTH MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AS APPROVED ON JULY 30, 1934 MB MS? #£§fr Pfafo MEMBER _^gS WE DO OUR PART .UNIV. OF FL Lli. DOCUMENTS DEPT. u.s UNITED £ GOVERNMENT PR WASHINGT TATES [NTING OFFICE ON: 1934 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. -------- Price 5 cents This publication is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., and by district offices of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Atlanta, Ga. : 504 Post Office Building. Birmingham, Ala.: 257 Federal Building. Boston, Mass. : 1S01 Customhouse. Buffalo, N.Y. : Chamber of Commerce Building. Charleston, S.C. : Chamber of Commerce Building. Chicago, 111.: Suite 1706, 201 North Wells Street Cleveland, Ohio: Chamber of Commerce. 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Approved Code No. 84 — Supplement No. 44 SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE PULP AND PAPER MILL WIRE CLOTH MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY As Approved on July 30, 1934 ORDER Approving Supplementary Code of Fair Competition for the Pulp and Papeii Mill Wire Cloth Manufacturing Industry a division of the fabricated metal products manufacturing and metal finishing and metal coating industry An application having been duly made pursuant to and in full compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and in accordance with the provisions of Section I of Article VI of the Basic Code for the Fabri- cated Metal Products Manufacturing and Metal Finishing and Metal Coating Industry, approved November 2, 1933, for approval of a Supplementary Code of Fair Competition for the Pulp and Paper Mill Wire Cloth Manufacturing Industry, and hearing having been duly held thereon; and the annexed report on said Supplementary Code, 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 Presi- dent, 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 Supplementary Code complies 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 Supplementary Code of Fair Competition be and it is hereby approved. Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industrial Recovery. Approval recommended : Barton W. Murray, Division Administrator. Washington, D.C., July 30, 1931 77107" S29-1G8 34 (1) REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT The President, The White House. Sir : This is a report on the Supplementary Code of Fair Compe- tition for the Pulp and Paper Mill Wire Cloth Manufacturing Indus- try, a division of the Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing and Metal Finishing and Metal Coating Industry, the hearing having been conducted thereon in Washington, D.C., February 16, 1934, in accordance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act. GENERAL STATEMENT The Pulp and Paper Mill Wire Cloth Manufacturing Industry, being truly representative of this division of the Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing and Metal Finishing and Metal Coating Industry, has elected to avail itself of the option of submitting a Supplementary Code of Fair Competition, as provided for in Section 1 of Article VI of the Basic Code, for the Fabricated Metal Prod- ucts Manufacturing and Metal Finishing and Metal Coating Indus- try approved by you on the second day of November, 1933. RESUME OF THE CODE Article I states the purpose of the Supplementary Code. Article II accurately defines specific terms employed in the Supple- mentary Code. Article III: This Industry is a division of the Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing and Metal Finishing and Metal Coating Industry and the labor provisions of its Basic Code, as approved November 2, 1933, are the labor provisions of this Supplementary Code. Article IV establishes a Supplementary Code Authority consisting of seven (7) members to be elected by the members of the Industry at a meeting called by the Temporary Supplementary Code Com- mittee, and gives the Administrator the authority to appoint one additional member without vote and provides machinery for obtain- ing statistics and the administration of the Supplementary Code. Article V provides for an accounting system and methods of cost finding and/or estimating. Article VI provides against selling below allowable cost as deter- mined by a uniform method of costing. Article VII provides for methods of setting up and revising price lists. Article VIII sets forth the unfair trade practices of this Supple- mentary Code which has been especially designed to offset unfair competition in this division of the Industry. (2) Article IX provides against monopolies and monopolistic practices. Article X contains the mandatory provisions contained in Section 10(b) and also provides for the submission of proposed amendments to the Supplementary Code. Article XI recognizes that price increases be limited to actual additional increases in the seller's costs. Article XII states the effective date and duration of this Supple- mentary Code. FINDINGS The Assistant Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said Supplementary Code having found as herein set forth and on the basis of all the proceedings in this matter : I find that: (a) Said Supplementary Code is well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, including removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce which tend to diminish the amount thereof and will provide for the general welfare by promoting the organiza- tion of industry for the purposes of cooperative action among the trade groups, by inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management under adequate governmental sanctions and super- vision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible utilization of the present productive capacity of in- dustries, by avoiding undue restriction of production (except as may be temporarily required), by increasing the consumption of industrial and agricultural products through increasing purchasing power, by reducing and relieving unemployment, by improving standards of labor, and by otherwise rehabilitating industry. (b) Said Industry normally employs not more than 50,000 em- ployees; and is not. classified by me as a major industry. (c) The Supplementary Code as approved complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation Subsection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Section 7, and Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof; and that the applicant association is an industrial association truly representative of the aforesaid Industry; and that said association imposes no in- equitable restrictions on admission to membership therein. (d) The Supplementary Code is not designed to and will not per- mit monopolies or monopolistic practices. (e) The Supplementary Code is not designed to and will not eliminate or oppress small enterprises and will not operate to dis- criminate against them. (f ) Those engaged in other steps of the economic process have not- been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of said Supplementary Code. For these reasons, therefore, I have approved this Supplementary Code. Respectfully, Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator. July 30, 1934. SUPPLEMENTAEY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE PULP AND PAPER MILL WIRE CLOTH MANUFAC- TURING INDUSTRY A DIVISION OF THE FABRICATED -METAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING AND METAL FINISHING AND METAL COATING INDUSTRY Article I — Purposes To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the following provisions are established as a Supple- mentary Code of Fair Competition for the Pulp and Paper Mill Wire Cloth Manufacturing Industry, pursuant to Article VI of the Basic Code of Fair Competition for the Fabricated Metal Prod- ucts Manufacturing and Metal Finishing and Metal Coating Indus- try, approved by the President of the United States on the second day of November, 1933, and the provisions of this Supplementary Code shall be the standards of fair competition for such industry and shall be binding upon every member thereof. Article II — Definitions Section 1. The term " Pulp and Paper Mill Wire Cloth Manu- facturing Industry " means the manufacture for sale of cloth or screen oi brass, copper, bronze, steel, nickel, monel metal, alloys, or combinations thereof, for use in pulp or paper mills. Section 2. The terms " President ", "Act " and "Administrator " as used herein shall mean respectively the President of the United States, Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the Administrator, for Industrial Recovery. Section 3. The term " member of this Industry " as used herein includes but without limitation any individual, partnership, asso- ciation, corporation or other form of enterprise engaged in this In- dustry either as an employer or on his or its own behalf. Section 4. The term " Basic Code " as used herein is denned to mean the Basic Code of Fair Competition for the Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing and Metal Finishing and Metal Coating Industry as approved by the President of the United States on the second day of November, 1933. Section 5. The term " employee " as used herein includes any and all persons engaged in the Industry however compensated except a member of the Industry. Section 6. The term " employer " as used herein includes .anyone by whom any such employee is compensated or employed. Section 7. The term " Supplementary Code Authority " as used herein means the agency which is to administer this Supplementary Code as hereinafter provided. (4) Section 8. The term " Supplementary Code Committee " as used herein is defined to mean the committee authorized to present this Supplementary Code. Section 9. The term " Confidential Agent " as used herein is de- fined to mean the impartial agency designated by the Supplemen- tary Code Authority. oEcnoN 10. The term "Association " is defined to mean the Wire Cloth Manufacturers' Association or its successor. Section 11. The term " Federation " as used herein is defined to mean the Fabricated Metal Products Federation or its successor. Article III — Employment Provisions This Industry is a division of the Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing and Metal Finishing and Metal Coating Industry and without limitations the wage, hour and labor provisions in Article III of its Basic Code as approved by the President, Novem- ber 2, 1933, including Section 1 of said Article III, by which the provisions of sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) of Section 7, (a) of Title I of the Act are made conditions of this Code, are specifically incorporated herein and made a part hereof as the wage, hour and labor provisions of this Supplementary Code. Article IV — Organization and Administration Section 1. During the period not to exceed sixty (60) days fol- lowing the effective date, the Supplementary Code Committee of the Industry shall constitute a temporary Supplementary Code Author- ity until the Supplementary Code Authority is elected. There shall be constituted within the sixty-day period a Supplementary Code Authority consisting of seven members to be elected by the members of the Industry, at a meeting called by the Temporary Supplemen- tary Code Authority, upon ten (10) days' notice sent by registered mail to all members of the Industry whose names may be ascertained after a diligent search, who may vote either in person or by proxy. The members of the Supplementary Code Authority first elected shall serve until the following annual meeting of the Association, and thereafter, members of the Supplementary Code Authority shall be elected at each annual meeting of the Association to serve until the following annual meeting. The members of the Supplementary Code Authority shall be elected in the following manner : (a) Five (5) members who shall be members of the Association by a majority vote of the members of the Industry present in person or by proxy, each member to have one vote. (b) Two (2) members who are members of this Industry, but not members of the Association to be selected and elected by the non- members of the Association present in person or by proxy each member to have one vote. In case the non-members fail to elect the non-members as herein- above provided, the Administrator shall appoint such non-members from a list of four non-members to be furnished by the Confidential Agent. A vacancy in the membership of the Supplementary Code Author- ity shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of 6 the Supplementary Code Authority; provided, however, that the member of the Supplementary Code Authority who is chosen to fill such vacancy shall be selected from the class of membership in which the vacancy has occurred. In addition thereto the Administrator may appoint a member of the Supplementary Code Authority who shall be without vote and shall serve without expense to the Industry, unless the Supplementary Code Authority agrees to pay such expense. The representative who may be appointed by the Administrator shall be given reasonable notice of all meetings and may sit at all meetings of the Supple- mentary Code Authority. Section 2. Each trade or industrial association directly or indi- rectly participating in the selection or activities of the Supplementary Code Authority shall (1) impose no inequitable restrictions on mem- bership, and (2) shall submit to the Administrator true copies of its Articles of Association, By-Laws, Regulations and any amendments when made thereto, together with such other information as to mem- bership, organization and activities as may be reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Act. Section 3. In order that the Supplementary Code Authority shall, at all times, be truly representative of the Industry and in other respects comply with the provisions of the Act, the Adminis- trator may prescribe such Hearings as he may reasonably deem proper ; and, thereafter, if he shall find that the Supplementary Code Authority is not truly representative or does not in other respects comply with the provisions of the Act, may require the removal of any or all of the members thereof and may make appropriate modification or modifications of the Supplementary Code Authority. Section 4. All members of the Industry are subject to the jurisdic- tion of this Supplementary Code; shall be entitled to participate in and share the benefits of the Supplementary Code; shall be en- titled to vote in the selection of members of the Supplementary Code Authority as provided in Section 1 of this Article. Section 5. It being found necessary in order to support the ad- ministration of this Supplementary Code and to maintain the stand- ards of fair competition established hereunder and to effectuate the policy of the Act, the Supplementary Code Authority is authorized : (a) To incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and proper for the foregoing purposes and to meet such obligations out of funds which may be raised as hereinafter provided and which shall be held in trust for the purposes of the Supplementary Code ; (b) To submit to the Administrator for his approval, subject to such notice and opportunity to be heard as he may deem necessary (1) an itemized budget of its estimated expenses for the foregoing purposes, and (2) an equitable basis upon which the funds neces- sary to support such budget shall be contributed by members of the Industry. (c) After such budget and basis of contribution have been ap- proved by the Administrator, to determine and obtain equitable contribution as above set forth by all members of the Industry, and to that end, if necessary, to institute legal proceedings therefor in its own name. Each member of the Industry shall pay his or its equitable con- tribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the Supplementary Code Authority, determined as hereinabove provided, and subject to rules and regulations pertaining thereto issued by the Adminis- trator. Only members of the Industry complying with the Supple- mentary Code and contributing to the expenses of its administration as hereinabove provided, shall be entitled to participate in the selec- tion of members of the Supplementary Code Authority or to receive the benefits of any of its voluntary activities or to make use of any emblem or insignia of the National Recovery Administration. The Supplementary Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any obligations in excess of the amount thereof as estimated jn its approved budget, except upon approval of the Administrator; and no subsequent budget shall contain any deficiency item for expendi- tures in excess of prior budget estimates except those which the Administrator shall have so approved. Section C. Nothing contained in this Supplementary Code shall constitute the members of the Supplementary Code Authority part- ners for any purpose. Nor shall any member of the Supplementary Code Authority be liable in any manner to anyone for any act of any other member, officer, agent or employee of the Supplementary Code Authority, nor shall any member of the Supplementary Code Authority, exercising reasonable diligence in the conduct of his duties hereunder, be liable to anyone for any action or omission to act under this Supplementary Code, except for his own willful malfeasance or non-feasance. Section 7. The Supplementary Code Authority shall also from time to time furnish to the Basic Code Authority designated in said Basic Code, such information as may be required to be furnished under terms of said Basic Code. Section 8. The Supplementary Code Authority shall have all the powers and duties which shall be necessary and proper to enable it to fully administer this Supplementary Code and to effectuate its purposes. Without limitation to the foregoing or any other powers or duties provided for in this Supplementary Code, the Supplementary Code Authority shall have the following further powers and duties: (a) To insure the execution of the provisions of this Supple- mentary Code and to secure compliance of the Industry with the provisions of the Act. (b) To adopt by-laws and rules and regulations for, and keep records of its procedure and the administration of this Supplemen- tary Code. (c) To obtain from members of the Industry such information and reports as are required for the administration of the Supple- mentary Code. In addition to information required to be submit- ted to the Supplementary Code Authority, members of the Industry subject to this Supplementary Code shall furnish such statistical information as the Administrator may deem necessary for the pur- poses recited in Section 3 (a) of the Act to such Federal and State agencies as he may designate; provided that nothing in this Supple- mentary Code shall relieve any member of the Industry of any exist- ing obligations to furnish reports to any Government agency. No 8 individual report shall be disclosed to any other member of the In- dustry or any other party except to such other Governmental agencies as may be directed by the Administrator. (d) To use such trade associations and other agencies as it deems proper for the carrying out of any of its activities provided for herein, provided that nothing herein shall relieve the Supplementary Code Authority of its duties or responsibilities under this Supple- mentary Code and that such trade associations and agencies shall at all times be subject to and comply with the provisions hereof. (e) To make recommendations to the Administrator for the co- ordination of the administration of this Supplementary Code with such other codes, if any, as may be related to the Industry. (f ) To recommend to the Administrator further fair trade practice provisions to govern members of the Industry in their relations with each other or with other industries and to recommend to the Admin- istrator measures for industrial planning, including stabilization of employment. (g) To set up definitions for the various classes of customers within this Industry after submission to and with the approval of the Administrator after notice and hearing, and when so approved by the Administrator, quotations, prices, discounts, credit terms, allowances or other conditions of sale, shall be made on the basis of such definitions and deviations therefrom shall constitute unfair methods of competition and a violation of this Supplementary Code. Section 9. The Supplementary Code Authority shall have the power under such rules and regulations as the Administrator may prescribe to investigate all complaints filed by one member of the Industry against another member of the Industry. Section 10. If the Administrator shall determine that any action of a Supplement-ray Code Authority or any agency thereof may be unfair or unjust or contrary to the public interest, the Administrator may require that such action be suspended to afford an opportunity for investigation of the merits of such action and further considera- tion by such Supplementary Code Authority or agency pending final action which shall not be effective unless the Administrator approved or unless he shall fail to disapprove after thirty days' notice to him of intention to proceed with such action in its original or modified form. Section 11. Each member of the Industry subject to the jurisdic- tion of this Supplementary Code shall comply with all requirements of the Supplementary Code Authority made or taken pursuant to the provisions of this Supplementary Code, and the failure of any member of the Industry, within a reasonable time so to do, shall constitute a violation of this Supplementary Code. Section 12. Every employer shall provide for the safety and health of employees during the hours and at the places of their em- ployment. Standards for safety and health shall be submitted by the Supplementary Code Authority to the Administrator within six months after the effective date of the Supplementary Code. Section IS. To appoint a Trade Practice Committee which shall meet with the trade practice committees appointed under such other codes as may be related to the Industry for the purpose of formu- lating fair trade practices to govern the relationships between em- ployers under this code and under such other codes to the end that such fair trade practices may be proposed to the Administrator as amendments to this code and such other codes. Article V — Accounting and Costing Section 1. The Supplementary Code Authority shall cause to be formulated an accounting system and methods of cost finding and/or estimating capable of use by all members of the Industry. After such system and methods have been formulated and approved by the Administrator, full details concerning them shall be made available to all members of the Industry. Thereafter, all members of the Industry shall determine and/or estimate costs in accordance with the principles of such methods. Section 2. When the Supplementary Code Authority determines that an emergency exists in this Industry and that the cause thereof is destructive price-cutting such as to render ineffective or seriously endanger the maintenance of the provisions of this Supplementary Code, the Supplementary Code Authority may cause to be deter- mined the lowest reasonable cost of the products of this Industry, sueh determination to be subject to such notice and hearing as the Administrator may require. The Administrator may approve, dis- approve, or modify the determination. Thereafter, during the pe- riod of the emergency, it shall be an unfair trade practice for any member of the Industry to sell or offer to sell any products of the Industry for which the lowest reasonable cost has been determined at such prices or upon such terms or conditions of sale that the buyer will pay less therefor than the lowest reasonable cost of such products. When it appears that conditions have changed, the Supplementary Code Authority, upon its own initiative or upon the request of any interested party, shall cause the determination to be reviewed. Article VI — Selling Below Cost No member of this Industry shall sell or exchange any of the products of this Industry, at a price, or upon terms and conditions, which will result in the purchaser paying for the goods received, less than the allowable cost thereof to the seller, determined in accordance with a uniform method of costing above described in Article V ; provided, however, that dropped lines, or seconds, or inventories which must be converted into cash to meet emergency needs may be disposed of by any member of this Industry, at any price and on any terms and conditions, but only if such member of this Industry, not less than two weeks before such disposal, has filed with the Supplementary Code Authority or its Confidential Agent, a statement in writing, setting forth the fact of, and reasons for, such proposed disposal, and provided further, that any mem- ber of this Industry may sell below his costs in order to meet com- petitive prices which do not violate this Supplementary Code, and which are filed in accordance with the provisions of Article VII of 10 this Supplementary Code, or to meet competition from products of equivalent design, character, quality, or specifications manufac- tured outside the United States, provided that he has first so re- ported to the Supplementary Code Authority and in such report has cited the competition which caused him to take such action. Article VII — Price Lists Section 1. If the Supplementary Code Authority determines that it has been the generally recognized practice in this Industry, or in any branch or subdivision thereof, to sell certain products of this Industry on the basis of net price lists, or price lists and discount sheets, each member of this Industry manufacturing and selling such products shall, within ten (10) days after notice of such deter- mination, file with the Supplementary Code Authority through its Confidential Agent a net price list, or price list and discount sheet, in such form and for such products as the Supplementary Code Authority may prescribe and the Supplementary Code Authority through its Confidential Agent shall immediately send copies thereof to all known manufacturers of such products. Such price lists shall be available, to all interested buyers at the office of the Confidential Agent. Changes in prices and/or revised price lists and/or discount sheets and/or all other conditions of sale of such product shall be filed from time to time thereafter with the Supplementary Code Authority through its Confidential Agent by any member of this Industry by fastest possible written transmission to become effective immediately upon actual receipt by the Supplementary Code Authority through its Confidential Agent. Copies of changes in prices and/or revised price lists and/or discount sheets and/or all other conditions of sale shall be immediately sent by the Supplementary Code Authority by fastest possible written transmission to all known members of this Industry and shall be available to all interested buyers at the office of the Confidential Agent. Section 2. Each member of the Industry shall furnish the Sup- plementary Code Authority for distribution with such number of copies of his price lists and/or discount sheets as the Supplementary Code Authority may prescribe. Section 3. No member of the Industry shall sell, directly or indi- rectly, by any means whatsoever, any product of the Industry cov- ered by provisions of this Article VII at a price or at discounts, or on other conditions of sale more favorable than those provided in his own current net price lists, or price lists and discount sheets. Article VIII — Unfair Trade Practices In addition to the Unfair Trade Practices covered by Article V of the Basic Code except Section A thereof, and for all purposes of this Supplementary Code the following described acts shall consti- tute unfair practices. Any member of the Industry who shall di- rectly or indirectly through any officer, employee, agent or represent- ative use or employ any of such unfair practices shall be guilty of a violation of this Supplementary Code. 11 Rule 1. Classification. — No member of the Industry shall falsely classify any product of this Industry for the purpose of securing lower freight rates. Rule 2. Combination Sales. — No member of the Industry shall sell or offer to sell commodities other than products of this Industry at prices below the cost therefor to the members of this Industry for such product in order to influence sales. Rule 3. Commissions. — No member of the Industry shall split com- missions or other compensation received by an employee or agent of the seller, with the buyer, for the purpose or with the effect of influencing a sale. Rule 4. Contracts. — No member of the Industry shall make any sale or contract of sale of any product under any description which does not fully describe such product in terms customarily used in the Industry. Rule 5. Espiormg-e of Competitors. — No member of the Industry shall procure, otherwise than with the consent of any Member of the Industry, any information concerning the business of such member which is properly regarded as a trade secret, or confidential within an organization. Rule 6. Guaranties. — No member of the Industry shall make or issue any guaranties as to life or tonnage cost of wires. Rule 7. Service, Extra. — No member of the Industry shall render to any purchaser of any product in or in connection with the sale of such product any service, unless fair compensation for such service shall be paid by such purchaser. Rule 8. Lump Sum Bids and Contracts. — No member of the In- dustry shall submit a bid or bids for two or more commodities, one of which is Pulp and/or Paper Mill Wire Cloth, in which the unit price of each commodity is not clearly stated. Accepting orders or contracts for sale at a lump sum where the contract does not specify the exact quantity, quality, and unit price of the product puchased. Rule 9. Selling an Consignment. — No member of the Industry shall ship goods on consignment except under circumstances to be defined by the Supplementary Code Authority and approved by the Administrator, where peculiar circumstances of the Industry require the practice. Rule 10. Protection Against Decline or Advance. — (a) No mem- ber of the Industry shall protect a purchaser against decline in price or protect a purchaser against advance. (b) The acceptance of any order specifying shipment beyond ninety (90) days from receipt of order and/or any agreement to hold finished merchandise in the manufacturer's plant subject to requisi- tion by the buyer, except under extraordinary conditions beyond the control of the buyer. (c) The revealing by any member of the Industry to any pro- spective buyer of an intention to change his price until proposed changes have become, effective. Rule 11. Make and Hold Orders. — No member of the Industry shall accept " Make and Hold Orders " ; to make up and/or stock wires for a customer with his knowledge in the absence of a definite order as in Rule ten (10) preceding. 12 Rule 12. Service Allowances. — No member of the Industry shall make any allowance for short or unsatisfactory service of pulp and paper mill wire cloth unless the entire wire is returned to the manu- facturer. Rule 13. Damage in Transit. — No member of the Industry shall assume responsibility for alleged damage in'transit. Rule 14. Secret Rebates. — No member of the Industry for the purpose of influencing a sale, or any other purpose shall offer or make any secret payment or allowance of a rebate, refund, com- mission, credit, unearned discount or excess allowance, whether in the form of money or otherwise, nor shall a member of the Industry offer or extend to any customer any special service or privilege not extended to all customers of the same class. Rule 15. Threats of Lam Suits. — No member of the Industry shall publish or circulate unjustified or unwarranted threats of legal pro- ceedings which tend to or have the effect of harassing competitors or intimidating their customers. Rule 16. Interference with Another's Contracts. — No member of the Industry shall attempt to induce the breach of a contract be- tween a competitor and his customer or source of supply; nor shall any such member interfere with or obstruct the performance of such contractual duties or services. Rule 17. No member of the Industry shall sell on terms more favorable than thirty (30) days net. Article IX — Monopolies No provision of this Supplementary Code shall be so applied as to permit monopolies or monopolistic practices, or to eliminate, op- press or discriminate against small enterprises. Article X — Modifications Section 1. This Supplementary Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made subject to the right of the President, in accordance with provisions of subsection (b) of Section 10 of the Act, from time to time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule or regulation issued under said Act. Section 2. This Supplementary Code, except as to provisions re- quired by the Act, may be modified or amended on the basis of experience or changes in circumstances, such modifications or amendments to be based upon application by the Supplementary Code Authority or other representative group within the Industry to the Administrator and such Notice and Hearing as he shall specify and to become effective and be a part of this Supplementary Code on approval by the Administrator. Article XI — Price Increase Whereas the policy of the Act to increase real purchasing power will be made more difficult of consummation if prices of goods and services increase as rapidly as wages, it is recognized that price increases except such as may be required to meet individual costs 13 should be delayed and when made, such increases should so far as possible, be limited to actual additional increases in the seller's costs. Article XII — Effective Date and Duration This Supplementary Code shall become effective at 12 :01 o'clock A.M., Eastern Standard Time, on the tenth day after it is approved by the President and shall continue in effect until June 16, 1935, or the earliest date prior thereto on which the President shall, by proclamation, or the Congress shall, by joint resolution declare that the emergency recognized by Section 1 of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, has ended. Approved Code No. 84 — Supplement No. 44. 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