They took days off of work to be at the parade or entire companies decided to not have work days on that October day. That was such a big event that it was also the first tape parade and some say that up to a million people enjoyed the parade and the reveal of the statue.
Better ships were available so why would they want to.
During the colonial period, the British Parliament used the policy of mercantilism to trade goods that were in demand elsewhere in Europe in order to gain more revenue to extract more resources from the New World--in somewhat of an economic cycle.
The fascist leaders in Italy came to power in the 1920s and 1930s because they supported the League of Nations.
