The New Orleans crescent., 1868-11-07
Singular Kestrictfons upon Business and So
ciai A4ife In q os m1By.

Mr.. Warner, of the Hartford Courant, writes
from Munich, Germany, of the giving away OF the
old fashioned restrictions upon business aud so
cial independences in that country. IL Is Dy their
abolition that freedom is making its most signal
advances in Germany:
Formerly no one could engage in any trade or
business in Bavaria without previous examination
before and permission from magistrate. If a
boy wished to be baker for instance, he had
first to serve four years of apprenticeship; If
then he wished to set up business for himself he
must get permission, after passing an examina
ton. This permission could rarely be obtained,
for the magistrate usually decided that there were
already as many bakers as the town needed. His
only other resource was to buy out an existing
business, and this usually costs a good deal.
When he petitioned for the privilege of starting
bakery all the bakers protested. And he could
not even buy out stand and carry it on without
stric. examination as to qualifications. This was
the case in every trade. And to make matters
worse, a master workman could not employ
journeyman out of his shop; so that If journey
man could not get regular situation he had no
work. Then there were endless restrictions upon
the manufacture and sale of articles one person
could only make one article or portion OF
article; one might manufacture shoes for women
but not for men; he might make an article in the
shop and sell il, but could not sell 1t II any one
else made it outside, or Uice UeT'sd.
Nearly all this mass of useless restriction on
trades and business, which palsed all effort 10 Ba-
varia, is removed Persons are free to enter into
any business they Ike. Inc system OF appren-
ticeship continues, but so modified as not to be
oppressive and all trades are left to regulate
themselves by natural competition. Already Mu-
nich has felt the benefit of the removal of these
restrictions which for nearly year has been an
cipsted, in growth Of population and increased
business.
But the social change ia still more important
The restrictions upon marriage were serious IN
jury to the State. II Hans wished to marry, and
ieli himself adequate to the burdens and respon-
sibiiites of the double state, and the honest frau
lem was quite willing TO undertake its trials and
SKIS with him. it not at all enough that in the
moon lighted beer garden, while the band played,
and they peeled the singing radish aud ate the
Sweitzer cheese and drank from one mug, she al
lowed his arm to steal around her stout waist. All
this love and fitness went for nothing in the eyes
of the magistrate, who referred the application
for permission to marry to his associate advisers,
and they inquired into the applicants circum-
stances, and if, in their opinion he was not worth
| enough money to support wife properly, per-
mission was refused for him to try. The conse-
| quence was late marriages. and fewer than there
ought to be, and other i'll results. Now, the mat
| rimonisl gates are lifted higher, aud the yonng
| man has not to ask permission of any sn1fy old
| magistrate TO marry. do not hear that the con-
sent of the maidens is more difficult to obtain than
| formerly.