[SoCal Pubbie]

Why wouldn’t I like it? I see nothing new in what you posted in 540, and nothing to put a burr in m6bsaddle. Southerners were getting 60% of the gross, and New York firms 40%. Where’s the outrage?

[DiogenesLamp]

If you weren't going to bother to read the article, why should I post any more information for you to ignore? I'll stop looking for the details on what the Navigation Act of 1817 did to ensure a New England Monopoly on shipping. There is no sense in me putting out work that is simply going to be ignored.

You zero in on that "40%" thing, and completely ignore how New York had sewn up the entire market. Though why you think 40% of the entire profit is reasonable for people who just moved the material, I don't know. Do Shippers nowadays get 40% of the Net?

That article clearly demonstrates that New York would have taken a massive economic hit if the South had established normalized European trade.

But what is truth to people bent on dogma?