President Roosevelt today signed the New York Poultry code of fair competition which is designed to eliminate racketeering and unfair practices in the industry. It will go into effect April 23.
Drafted by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, the code covers every person in the metropolitan areca engaged in the poultry industry. Its language unmistakably indicates that its purpose is to wipe out graft and racketeering now existing in the industry on a wholesale scale. One of the main purposes of the code is to prevent the collection of unearned “fees” and “dues.” It bans forcing members of the industry, through threats of violence or other means of coercion, to join or not to join “protective” and other organizations.
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