Washington DC was getting their cut. New York was collecting the money and then sending Washington it's cut of the take. Between the two of them, the total is 60%, but New York alone was approximately 40%. Numbers are only approximations I have found reading articles on the topic.
Glad I could clear that up for you.
“The way New Yorkers were getting their foreign money is by taking 60% of the total value of production of Southern exports.”
What is this supposed to mean? Does this mean that if a Southern planter sold a shipment of cotton for $100, then the “New Yorkers” were selling it for $160? That sounds suspiciously like retail today. Except the retail price would be $200. The horror! Did not every business reap its just profits along the way, from the farm goods supplier, to the planter, to the factor, to the shipping company, to the broker, to the weaver, to the garment maker? Don’t you like capitalism?
To recap:
The reason for secession was the South’s desire to preserve slavery.
The trigger for secession was the election of Abraham Lincoln, which fed fear of the abolitionist foundation of the Republican Party.
The American Civil War began when units of the South Carolina Militia fired upon a Union fort in Charleston harbor.
Or the numbers are made up depending on what day you chose to use them. You really should be more careful and try and stick with a consistent fairy tale.