Thus we should have a national Labour Parliament--formed from the district Labour Chambers--with equal representation of both classes, receiving grants from the Imperial exchequer, undertaking the general supervision of industrial interests and acting as a check on the Imperial Labour Board. By the simple process of throwing overboard the nominees of the employers, this Labour Parliament might at any time become a pure parliament of labourers, or "People's Parliament," and the Imperial Labour Board might resolve itself into the central ministry of a purely "People's State." Such a state of things would obviously be the realisation of the extreme Social Democratic order of State. It must be admitted that no secret is made of this fact, nor yet of the _basis_ on which the whole edifice is raised. (2) _Labour Boards and Labour Courts of Arbitration, Labour Chambers._ The basis of the edifice is formed by Labour Boards and Courts of Arbitration, on the one hand (_i.e._ for executive purposes), and Labour Chambers on the other (_i.e._, for purposes of regulation). We shall, as far as possible, give the explanation of the matter in the words of the motion. _Labour Boards._ On this head the Auer Motion reads as follows: "Sec. 132_a_. Below the Imperial Labour Board come the Labour Boards which shall be appointed throughout the German Empire, in districts of not less than 200,000, nor more than 400,000 inhabitants, at the latest by Oct. 1, 1891. Sec. 133. The Labour Board shall consist of a Labour Councillor and at least two paid officers; it must pass its rulings and decisions in full sitting. The Imperial Labour Board shall select the labour councillor from two candidates nominated by the Labour Chamber. The permanent paid officers, whose duty it is to assist the labour councillor in his task of supervision, shall be elected by the Labour Chamber, half from the employers, and half from the employed. In districts in which there are a considerable number of works employing chiefly female labour, some of the officials appointed shall be women. The same rules with regard to invalid and superannuation pensions shall apply to the officers of the Labour Boards, as apply to all other imperial officials. Sec. 133_a_. The officers of the Imperial Labour Board, and the labour councillors or their paid assistants, shall have the right at any time to inspect all places of business (whether of State, municipal, or private enterprise) and to make such regulations as may appear necessary for the life and health of the workers employed. In the exercise of such supervision they shall be empowered with all the official authority of the local police magistrates. In so far as the rules laid down are within the official authority of the supervising officers, the employers and their staff shall be bound to render unhesitating obedience. The employer or his representatives shall have a right of appeal to the District Labour Board, to be lodged within a