360 SELLING LATIN AMERICA 
this country for any Latin American enter 
prise. This condition of affairs had much to 
do with turning the current of these ventures 
toward European money markets, an oppor 
tunity eagerly accepted by all parties. 
On the other hand, the European, whether 
prospecting in the snow-topped mountains or 
uplands of Bolivia, or in the jungles of the 
Amazon, knew that his government kept a 
watchful eye on him and encouraged his every 
effort, first because this was the privilege and 
duty of a government and secondly the success 
of the individual in these lands ultimately 
meant prosperity for the nation. If he was 
robbed, imprisoned or murdered, if the re 
sult of his years of labor was destroyed in na 
tional or local uprisings, the warship would 
always materialize to emphasize the collection 
of compensation when diplomacy failed. 
Such consideration for their people on the 
part of the European governments duly im 
pressed the Latin American mind, and more so 
especially when he was heavily taxed to reim 
burse the foreigner for injuries received. As