Efter denne ordning meddelte producenterne nogle uger eller undertiden nogle dage før begyndelsen af hvert kvartal deres kunder eller agenter de priser, som de ønskede at opnå for hver enkelt type cellulose i løbet af kvartalet.
Under that system, some weeks or, at times, some days before the beginning of each quarter, producers communicated to their customers and agents the prices which they wished to obtain in the quarter in question for each type of pulp.