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young chap D.E. Worley who tells me he made motor trucks and just [[red underline]] lost all he had. [[/red underline]] ($70000) in a lawsuit. [[red underline]] He is not yet thirty is just married but [[/red underline]] seems full of grit and tells me [[red underline]] intends to start business in Miami. [[/red underline]]  There is also a certain Hirsch, also an Englishman [[red underline]] Franklin [[/red underline]] who was in the [[red underline]] Yacht building and outfitting business in England. [[/red underline]] Tells me that the inlaid decks with square planking and marine glue were much encouraged by [[red underline]] Yacht builders because they always leaked [[/red underline]] [[two red exclamation marks in margin]] and produced extra revenue by [[red underline]] necessitating caulking. [[/red underline]]  That [[red underline]] a captain on a liner in England [[/red underline]] used to get [[red underline]] $1200 to $1500 [[/red underline]] a year, and that this was the pay of a yacht

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captain but that [[red underline]] Captain, [[/red underline]] Engineer and [[red underline]] Steward [[/red underline]] had extra revenue because they were allowed from [[red underline]] 2% to 5% [[/red underline]] on [[red underline]] all bills [[/red underline]] of purchases or repairs.
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That the [[red underline]] Yacht-yard or ship builder [[/red underline]] in presenting his bill always [[red underline]] added that sum which he then subtracted in presence of the owner and distributed 5% [[/red underline]] to the captain. 5% to the engineer etc and [[red underline]] that the practice was entirely accepted. [[/red underline]] That seamen about yachts used to get [[red underline]] 24 shillings a week [[/red underline]] and provide [[red underline]] their own find [[/red underline]]
That it was [[red underline]] common practice [[/red underline]] after a yacht was [[red underline]] through with [[/red underline]] the season [[red underline]] of selling all provisions canned goods etc. at 25% [[/red underline]] of their value [[red underline]] to the supply [[/red underline]] stores, and that [[red underline]] these same [[/red underline]] discounted goods [[red underline]] were immediately resold to some other yacht [[/red underline]]
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