[Non-Sequitur]

That is what you said, you little ankle biter. You may digress all you want, but your brilliance is still on display.

I'm just trying to summarize what you said. So what you meant was that the small percentage of imports destined for southern consumers would have 'flowed south' while the overwhelming majority would have continued to go to New York and Boston and Philadelphia?

[nolu chan]

[non-seq] They would have paid the confederate tariff as well as the U.S. tariff. How much sense does that make?

[Non-Seq] I'm just trying to summarize what you said.

You are doing a poor job of it. I quoted what you said and opined that it deserves an award.