South America
Collins, James Hiram![South America](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/222/22216117/CHSBZCOP0322216117.jpg)
Excerpt from South America: New Light on Its People, Customs, Business and Trade Opportunities for U. S. Manufacturers
British steamship Vauban is about $7000 a day. Her crew of 300 cost at least $1000 daily, and with 350 passengers, for whom a food allowance of six shil lings is made, that item. Amounts to at least half the wages of the crew. Hold the Vauban up for an hour and it means a loss of perhaps $100 costs, or $300 earning capacity, ...