Brazil, the Amazons and the coast .. . course, to prominent American merchants, whohave seen fifty men fail, and know, in advance, that Jenkinswill fail also ; consequently, receive him politely, as they aresure that he will not injure their business. Jenkins visits the house of Pereira & Carvalho, or Mission-ary-Eater & Broth- ers, and exhibits hissamples of gentlemen areold customers ofBrown & Co., En-glish merchants;and though it is truethat Jenkins can un-dersell the saidhouse, yet, at pres-ent, our native firmprefers to continuewith these estab-lished friends. Per-haps they ar
Brazil, the Amazons and the coast .. . course, to prominent American merchants, whohave seen fifty men fail, and know, in advance, that Jenkinswill fail also ; consequently, receive him politely, as they aresure that he will not injure their business. Jenkins visits the house of Pereira & Carvalho, or Mission-ary-Eater & Broth- ers, and exhibits hissamples of gentlemen areold customers ofBrown & Co., En-glish merchants;and though it is truethat Jenkins can un-dersell the saidhouse, yet, at pres-ent, our native firmprefers to continuewith these estab-lished friends. Per-haps they are some-what involved withBrown & Co., andcould not change ifthey would. They will be glad to see Mr. J. at some futuretime. Or again, Jenkins has goods which might do for the WestIndian trade, but were clearly never intended for Brazil orthe Pacific Islands ; consequently, they are not wanted atany price. Finally, Jenkins is probably on his first voyage. Portu-guese and Feejee are alike unknown tongues to him ; all his. A narrow Street. PROFIT AND LOSS. 495 eloquence is lost on people who cannot understand him, andhis goods remain unsold. Jenkins canvasses vainly, and be-comes discouraged ; his board-bill is running up (he is cer-tain to have taken rooms in the most stylish hotel), andworse than all, he finds that there are established Ameri-can merchants who can sell as cheaply as he can ; so, aftera month or two, he packs up his trunks and goes home, lightin pocket, heavy in heart. Jenkins says that Brazil and theFeejee Islands are humbugs, and he thirsts for the blood ofall newspaper correspondents. If American manufacturers wish to push their wares inBrazil, they will do well to take a lesson from the Englishhouses. They will never build up a business in a few weeks;certainly, they will never do it by employing young agents,who leave home with the avowed intention of returning with-in a few months at most. Many of our manufacturers havenever exported goods before ; they hav
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