The wider measures of Labour Protection demanded by the Berlin Conference, and the _von Berlepsch_ Bill,[16] I conclude therefore to be nothing more than a fully justifiable and harmless corollary and supplement to the Social Policy of the Emperor William II. and of Prince Bismark. By following in the paths already trodden without ill results by separate countries, long ago by some, only lately by others, in paths therefore which have to a certain degree been explored, this policy will need to be subjected to fewer alterations than that great and noble policy of Labour Insurance which has struck out in entirely new paths, and too often worked in consequence by somewhat unpractical methods. FOOTNOTE: [16] See Appendix. APPENDIX. INDUSTRIAL CODE AMENDMENT BILL (GERMANY). [_June 1st, 1891_]. We, William, by the grace of God Emperor of Germany, etc., decree in the name of the Empire, by and with the consent of the Federal Council and Reichstag, as follows:-- _Article I._ After Sec. 41 of the Industrial Code shall be inserted: Sec. 41_a_. Where, in accordance with the provisions of Sec.Sec. 105_b_ to 105_h_, employment of assistants, apprentices and workmen is prohibited in any trading industry on Sundays and holidays, no industrial business shall be carried on on those days in public sale-rooms. This provision shall not preclude further restrictions by common law of industrial business on Sundays and holidays. _Article II._ After Sec. 55 of the Industrial Code shall be inserted. Sec. 55_a_. On Sundays and holidays (Sec. 105_a_, 2) all itinerant industrial business, so far as it is included in Sec. 55 (1) 1-3, shall be prohibited, as well as the industrial business of the persons specified in Sec. 42_b_. Exceptions may be allowed by the lower administrative authorities. The Federal Council is empowered to issue directions as to the terms and conditions on which exceptions may be allowed. _Article III._ Chapter VII. of the Industrial Code shall be amended as follows:-- CHAPTER VII. Industrial workers (journeymen, assistants, apprentices, managers, foremen, mechanics, factory workers). I. GENERAL RELATIONS. Sec. 105. The settlement of relations between independent industrial employers and workers shall be left to voluntary agreement, subject to the restrictions laid down by imperial legislation. Sec. 105_a_. Employers cannot oblige their work people to work on Sundays or holidays. This, however, does not apply to certain kinds of work mentioned further on. Holidays are determined by the State Governments in accordance with local customs and religious belief. Sec. 105_b_. There shall be no work on Sundays and holidays in mines, salines, smelting works, quarries, foundries, factories, workshops, carpenters' yards, masons' and shipbuilders' yards, brick-fields, and buildings of any kind.