Republican farmer., 1919-08-29
THE GERMAN CONSTITUTION


 of government, and in its general lines carries out the spirit constitution with additions created by the larger attention given modern times to economic opposed to political conditions
 The German Empire like the United States, confed- States. The States will have certain legislative rights restricted apparently than the rights of American States. The German States must have liberal constitutions and general proposition the Imperial laws will be u- preme.
 The constitution Democratic than the constitution the particular that the ballot and that State Legislatures must be chosen by "a equal secret ballot by all Germans and women
 The United foreign affairs and colonies I p>ace evie customs duties evies taxation for the needs of establishes post offices and post roads, raises and supports armies and navies internal oder regulates and controls patent and copyright laws.
 Republic has control of all the matters exclusive legislative rights regarding citizenship elegaphs long distance telephones repopuaon motherhood children youth health labor insurance Protec ton abOrers and employees of wounded soldiers and their relatives socazatOn of national economic undertakings manufacture distribution price fixing economic production trade weights food luxury mines insurance mercantile marne control of ake and coast fisheries rail roads, automobile traffic poraon by land by water by air, road construction and thea tres.
 The chief difference between the constitution the greater power lodged in the government the economic features of the unda mental law which point to conclusion that the empire con templates the socazation of industry vast scae
 intermediary of cooperation is contemplated in which provides indust rial councils in which poyers employed together for the regulation the particular industry.
 Motherhood declared object of prime to the government and education is made universal with compu attendance for period of eight and require ment for advanced education until Is years of age.
 There is Senate but the Imperial Council is created the members of which will represent States rather than c Each State will have at least vOe and additional according to population except that Prussia in number have than twoifths of the total vote.
 This a Democratic scheme than that upon which Federal Senate rests in which representation by States votes Co each State, big or litte
 President will be chosen by the entire German peo pe instead of by the people of the several States voting through electors, will years powers largely the those of the American President of the armied he right to his ministry, cabinet. He has than the President and he and his cabinet directly responsible to the Rechstag than Mir Wilson is to Congress.
 The German plan suggested partly by German exper- ence largely by the American constitution Very little is borrowed from the parliamentary system of Great Britain and other European countries
 Those features in which the German constitution is novel the product almost entirely of the Socialist elements in the Empire who numerically and intellectually, the most powerful group of citizens
 Trade, commerce manufactures n Germany be much less the of private than they be- fore, and much more the of the German people
 competition which may be expected in the light this constitution will long be of the expected and familiar type effort in the trade world will be conducted primarily for the enrichment of private but to obtain the highest possible standard living which theory goods will be sent abroad chiefly materials food commodities Which the pire does not itself produce
 The elements which appear in the constitution would probably be introduced less degree into constitution which should anywhere else be made by the modern State. There nothing there which does a strong nearly State instance the provision for national ownership of railroads
 Constitutions like dwellings The erected contain the latest inventions