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 Registry No. 304—15 
 
 NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 
 
 PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 READY CUT HOUSE 
 INDUSTRY 
 
 AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 31, 1933 
 
 The Code for the Ready Cut House 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 STATES 
 
 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
 
 WASHINGTON : 1933 
 
 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 
 
 Price 5 cents 
 
Submitted by 
 
 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF READY CUT HOUSE MANUFACTURERS 
 
 (ID 
 
OUTLINE OF CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 
 READY CUT HOUSE INDUSTRY 
 
 The Ready Cut House Industry was conceived, initiated, and es- 
 tablished twenty-six years ago, and in 1916 the National Association 
 of Ready Cut House Manufacturers was organized. 
 
 The principle upon which it was conceived, involved the elimina- 
 tion of waste in the utilization of lumber for home building, and the 
 elimination of in-between profits in the course of the handling of the 
 material from the forest to the home builder. 
 
 The success of the business requires national distribution by reason 
 of the fact that large investments are necessary in plant and special 
 machinery for fabricating all of the parts of a house in the mill, so 
 that the sawing and fitting may be eliminated to the greatest extent 
 on the job. 
 
 The above conditions necessitate the conducting of both a manu- 
 facturing and a national sales and distribution ptan through adver- 
 tising and by direct mail, placing this industry in an entirely differ- 
 ent position from that of the long-established lumber manufacturing 
 and distributing plan. 
 
 The distribution methods of this industry are quite separate and 
 distinct from those of the so-called ''bona fide" lumber business. 
 The Ready Cut House Industry sells a complete unit that is a house, 
 including a large quantity of the lumber cut to fit, the millwork, 
 hardware, glass, paints, nails, etc., and further supplies the home 
 builders with plan, erection and supervisory services, at a unit price, 
 based on a published photograph and plan as distinguished from the 
 Lumber Industry plan of selling lumber by the thousand feet board 
 measure, and which usually does not include the other materials or 
 services necessary for the erection of the home. It is, therefore, clear 
 that this industry should be separately organized from any of the 
 branches of the basic lumber industry. 
 
 It is the purpose of the Ready Cut House Industry, and of the 
 framers of and adherents to this Code, as promptly and as practi- 
 cable, to restore rates of wages within the industry to the rates of 
 wages prevailing in the period from 1926 to 1929, adjusted 
 in proportion to changes in the cost of living; to restore 
 the prices of the industry's products to levels which will stop 
 the further depletion and destruction of capital assets and to revise 
 rates of wages in such manner as will reflect an equitable adjustment. 
 
 1. Membership. — Any individual, firm or corporation who shall 
 regularly have been engaged in the manufacture of Ready Cut or 
 fabricated houses for a period of at least one year, and who has a 
 manufacturing plant reasonably commensurate with the demands of 
 the business, and who has a good business reputation, shall be eligible 
 to membership in the association. Each member shall be entitled to 
 only one vote. All applications for membership shall be made in 
 
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 writing to the Board of Director.-, and addressed to the Secretary. 
 New members may be elected at any regular or special meeting of 
 the Board of Directors by a majority of the members of the Board 
 present at such meeting: but before being admitted to actual mem- 
 bership, the applicant must sign these Articles of Association. 
 
 2. The Ready Out House Industry accepts and agree;- to operate 
 under Articles V, VI, and VII of the Code of Fair Competition of 
 the Lumber and Timber Products Industry, as approved by the 
 President August 19. 1933 — these referring to hours of employment 
 and wages of labor. 
 
 3. This code is not designed to promote monopolies. Provisions 
 of this code shall not be so interpreted or administered as to elimi- 
 nate or oppress small enterprises or to discriminate against them. 
 
 4. Violation by any Ready Cut House Manufacturer of any provi- 
 sion of this code, or any approved rule issued thereunder, is an unfair 
 method of competition. 
 
 5. It is the intention of those subscribing to this code to stand for 
 uniform grades, for full and honest count, for fair and equitable 
 adjustment of disputes and the highest business ethics, and to guaran- 
 tee as far as possible, the character of the material they sell. 
 
 0. A committee of three shall administer the provisions of this 
 code, secure adherence thereto, hear and adjust complaints, consider 
 proposals for amendments thereof and exceptions thereto, and other- 
 wise carry out in the Ready Cut House Industry the purposes of the 
 National Recovery Act. The decision of this committee shall be final 
 and binding upon all persons subscribing to this code or subject to 
 its provisions. 
 
 7. The purpose of this association shall be to promote a high stand- 
 ard of business ethics, to foster truth in advertising, to protect the 
 public from unscrupulous manufacturing and sales methods, to im- 
 prove manufacturing methods, to eliminate waste, and to maintain 
 the standard of manufacture of Ready Cut Houses at a high degree 
 of efficiency. 
 
 For the Code Committee : 
 
 Harvey L. Harris, Secretin//. 
 National Association of Ready Cut House Manufacturers. 
 Arthington St. and Noman Ave., Chicago, 111. 
 
 August 29, 1933. 
 
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