Sec. 1. What variations or limitations should be introduced
into the principle of standardization in view of the great
area and economic diversity of the United States?
Sec. 2. Differences in natural or acquired advantage between
different enterprises as a reason for modification and
limitation of the principle.
Sec. 3. Differences in the character of the work performed by
any large group of wage earners as a reason.
Sec. 4. Differences in the cost of living at different points
within the area of standardization as a reason.
Sec. 5. The grounds for "nominal variations" in standard wage
rates. The policy to be pursued in regard to payment for
irregular employment.
Sec. 6. The possibility of maintaining standard wage rates over
a large and diversified area considered.
Sec. 7. Up to the present, the progress of standardization has
not proceeded in accordance with reasoned conclusions as to
the results produced.
Sec. 8. Where should level of standardization be set? The
doctrine of "standardization upward."
Sec. 9. The importance of the principle of standardization in
wage settlement.