THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY
OF THE COUNTLESS THOUSANDS OF WORKERS BY
HAND AND BRAIN WHO IN THE PAST HAVE
BUILT UP THE INDUSTRIES WHOSE ORIGIN IT
DESCRIBES; TO THE MEN WHO CARRY ON
TO-DAY j TO THOSE WHOSE THRIFT, FORESIGHT
AND COURAGE HAVE DEVELOPED THESE OUR
NATIONAL RESOURCES ; AND TO MY COLLEAGUES,
THE DIRECTORS AND MANAGERS OF SOME OF
THE GREAT UNDERTAKINGS TO WHICH ITS
PAGES REFER
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