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Show EMBE ILL hns npi Under Provisions All Users, Makers, Handlers Would Take Out License. determined opposition against a bill Introduced In-troduced In congress by Senator Nelson of Minnesota to regulate the use. sale, storage and manufacture of powder and explosives is developing among local mining min-ing and construction men. The bill, called senate bill which will sub stantially re-enact the provisions of the war explosives bill, provides that all persons per-sons who manufacture, distribute, store, purchase, sell, use or possess powders, explosives, blasting supplies or ingredients ingredi-ents shall register with the collector of Internal revenue of the district. For any person to use, handle or manufacture powder or Ingredients of explosives in any way without a license and without having hav-ing paid a special tax shall be liable to a fine of So'.'OO and imprisonment of not more than one year. treasury wnl appoint, 11 mi.-r p'Tvie examination, ono rhief o rtA,- insiifL'-tor insiifL'-tor lit a f-.iiary of y.'ijun pc-r -.ir and fuitr-teeti fuitr-teeti expert epl"ies i tiMp'-rl.or.s ut salaries sal-aries of i-;'0iJ per year taeh. who f-'nall operate under the direction t the coni-iiii-sioiifr of internal revenue. Th- iases of lieries and their cost an provided for in the bil! am as fniluw: j .Ni'.tn;::acturer'a license, j; vendors, ex- I p.riers and imporiers. iZ; I'Temen's ( licence. aulhor:;i.K the u-e, purchase, I .sale and i.-.-uur.i- of txplos-.-- to work- men under certain r .it net ion; and ) j liet-iies fir analysts, (duaturs, inven- ' I tors and investigators, au thorv.ini; the I purrliii manufavture, tetinic and riis-I riis-I p'sal of explosives and ini;redieiiis would I'uost one dollar. I i;eause of the burdens imposed by the I provisions of this bill and the hardships 1 that it would inflict upon inininp men and powder tiser.-, opposition i.s developing, devel-oping, it is said, in local mining and construction con-struction circles. A mon k the ineonven- j lenrt-s imposed is tliat of li-n-lnK. which ; would oeca:U'Hi cin:-.ilei-;iblo loss of time j in traveling to ti e district office of the i internal rev. nm- l- p.ti t tu nt for license.". Many ingredients nf . -xpi.-leH as defined In the uet are haridn-d by pi-r.-ons who have no ii.fenMoii of i;-:m: the lnt:red!ents to make j.i.iwd'-r or expl"-ie. I ii'lr the law thii; p-rsons wouid have to t.iKo out a license, It la bald. |