50 HAUPT— EMANCIPATION, OF THE WATERWAYS. [Aprils, 



If the Government desires to adhere to the policy of expending 

 seventy-five per cent, of its revenues for the war, navy and pension 

 establishments it would seem to be wise to surrender its jurisdiction 

 over the secondary rivers and harbors, to local or State authorities 

 that there may be opportunities afforded for the creation of chan- 

 nels of ample capacity not only for commerce but also for the use 

 of the military and naval arms of the service in case of necessity 

 that they may be operated on safe strategic bases between naval 

 depots. Thus may the waters of the country be emancipated from 

 the shackles which have so seriously retarded their development. 



