GIE TOUTICAL HISTORY OF

ITS RISE AND RUIN

AND

THE PROPER MEANS FOR ITS

ENCOURAGEMENT

BY

WILLIAM W. BATES

Mandir hitects and Marine Engineers, N. Y.;

1. 47. Tad spites Commi stator of Norization; Author of *American Marine;” Rules for “I'l ind,” and

THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF

ITS RISE AND RUIN

AND

THE PROPER MEANS FOR ITS

ENCOURAGEMENT

BY

WILLIAM W. BATES

Member Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, N. Y.;
Ex-United States Commissioner of Navigation; Author of
"American Marine;" Rules for "Inland," and

COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY WILLIAM W. BATES

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Published October, 1902