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SOUTH AMERICAS VISITOR.Mr. H. lu Strickland Telia of Conditions In Peru./“American merchants don't know a thing, said Mr. H. L. Strickland ofIPeru, South America, yesterday. Mr.'I| j Strickland is In the city on a visit to ' his brother Mr. Jo6lah Strickland of'the Thomasvllle Electric Light works. ■Mr. Strickland has been In South America for' four years as the representative of a large manufactory of sugar making machinery. When asked as to whether his company was an American concern he replied: So Indeed, American machinery does not go to South America because Americans don’t know how to manage the Spanish speaking people. The American traveling man hustles up and wants the order 'now.' The 8pnn!sh speaking man Is a man of ‘mnnana' and takes his own time to do anything that arises. The American hns not yet learned to do things his way.StrlcRlnd came by way of I England, sailing all the way around the cape of Good Hope, and being on the water for more than two months. When the Panama canal is finished he can mnke the same trip In three weeks. He expects to spend a few days with his brother and then to return to his filace of business In t*eru.
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Thomasville Times Enterprise And South Georgia Progress
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Fri, Sep 13, 1907
Page 6
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