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 6. No member of the industry sh-ll use advertising or other re"re-
sentation which refers in!-ccurately in any material articularr to any
corm-otitors or their commodities, prices, values, credit terms, policies
or services.

 7. Uo member of the industry shall publish or circularize un-
justified or unwarranted threats of legal ?roceedins which tend to
harass or have the effect of harassing, competitors or intimidating
their customers.

 8. ITo member of the industry shall secretly offer to make any
payment or allowance of a rebate, refund, commission, credit, unearned
discount or excess ellov;wnce, whether in the form of money or other-
wise, for the purpose of Influencing a sale, nor shall a member
secretly extend to any customer any special service or privilege not
extended to all customers of the same class.

 9. 1o member of the industry shall ship commodities on con-
signment or memorandum.

 10. No member of the industry shall give, permit to be given, or
offer to Cive, anything of value for the puroqse of influencing or re-
warding the action of any employee or r-gent of another in relation to
the business of the erpoloyer of such employee or the principal or such
agent without the knowledge of such enmoloyer or principal.

 11. No member of the industry shall attempt to induce the breach
of an existing contract between a competitor and his enroloyee or
customer or source of saup-ly; nor shall any member of the industry
interfere with or obstruct the performance of such contractual duties
or services.

 12. The maximum credit terms of sale for this industry shall bo
3/10 E.O.M.; anticipation to be allowed at the rate of six per cent
(613) por annum.

 13. No member of the industry shall pay directly or indirectly
any part nf the advertising expenses of any purchaser, prospective
purchaser or their agents.

 14. No member of the industry shall accept the return of any mer-
chandise shipped to a purchaser, nor allow credit therefore, nor exchange
merchandise where the merchandise has been shipped in accordance with
specifications and within the specified time and shere the merchandise
has been in the Oossession, actual, or constructive or the purchaser
for more than five days.

 15. No member of the industry shall sell merchandise below his
own individual cost as computed by the uniform cost system provided in
Article VI, Section 6 (k) of this Code, except that a member of the
industry may meet the price competition of another member of the industry
whose cost, as cornputed by said uniform cost system, may be lower and
except that this provision shall not a-pply to the sale of distressed
merchandise.,


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