“No one can successfully run a shipping business if the ships are required to arrive with empty holds, especially when their protected competition does not have to abide by such rules.”
Shall I post the Southern newspaper notices of foreign ships advertising the wares they’ve brought from overseas, or will you ignore those too like the ones posting rates for foreign ships carrying cotton OUTBOUND from Southern ports?
Shall I post the dollar amount value of imports compared to the dollar amount value of exports for the major southern ports for the year prior to the rebellion?