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To: DiogenesLamp
The 73-84 percent (depending on who you believe) of the trade created by Southern Exports would move to the South...

Why would the trade go to the South if the demand for the imports wasn't there?

I'm not surprised you couldn't be more creative in coming back with a dig.

Off day. I'm fighting a bug and am a little under the weather.

512 posted on 04/24/2018 3:12:47 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
Why would the trade go to the South if the demand for the imports wasn't there?

The demand for imports in the South was artificially constricted by the added taxation for stuff the South wanted. (I believe the costs of some things were doubled.) Once the extra costs were gone, there would have probably been quite a lot of demand for English rail road iron, cars, engines, and other machinery, iron implements and such.

Off day. I'm fighting a bug and am a little under the weather.

Well I hope you get to feeling better. Nobody likes being sick.

515 posted on 04/24/2018 3:23:06 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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