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§ 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?

§ 2. Differences in natural or acquired advantage between different enterprises as a reason for modification and limitation of the principle.

§ 3. Differences in the character of the work performed by any large group of wage earners as a reason.

§ 4. Differences in the cost of living at different points within the area of standardization as a reason.

§ 5. The grounds for "nominal variations" in standard wage rates. The policy to be pursued in regard to payment for irregular employment.

§ 6. The possibility of maintaining standard wage rates over a large and diversified area considered.

§ 7. Up to the present, the progress of standardization has not proceeded in accordance with reasoned conclusions as to the results produced.

§ 8. Where should level of standardization be set? The doctrine of "standardization upward."

§ 9. The importance of the principle of standardization in wage settlement.