Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Regulation of Explosives in the United States: With Especial Reference to the Administration of the Explosives Act of October 6, 1917
The Operation of this law will doubtless cause inconvenience to persons engaged in legitimate business; it may embarrass worthy citizens in the pursuit of their liveli hood; it may necessitate the spending of money by bringing about changes in operat ing methods; but to all loyal citizens these hardships will be slight and temporary, and if we all cooperate in making it an efficient law disloyalty will suffer the penalty it deserves. If you manufacture or sell explosives see to it that they pass from you only to those who have lawful need of them. If you use them, make them produce coal or copper or wheat or corn, and protect them well from theft, in order that they may not be used for destructive purposes. Our enemies are not all in Europe, and it was a weapon to be turned against those of them who are lurking here on our own soil that this law was created. They wear no uniform and do not fight us in the Open; but they are here, plotting in various ways to prevent the products of our mines and our factories and our forests and our farms from clothing and feeding and arming our own fighting forces and those of our allies. To each of us is given the duty of producing his or her share of these necessities, and on each of us falls a portion of the responsibility of counteracting the attempts of those who are working behind our backs to make our efforts ineffectual; and so, to each of us comes the chance of participation in the war. The part We can play may be an inconspicuous one, but it will be no less important because of that, and the things we will be fighting for will be the things our boys are dying for; and when success comes to our country, the end that will have been gained will be worth to the world all that it will have cost. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
