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You are having the same problem as your other little pal. You are misunderstanding or just simply deceptively asking the wrong question.

The data is that the North consumed $31 million in imported goods. What does that have to do with point of collection of tariffs?

If you believe that the United States imported only $31 million to the North in 1860, then the total tariffs collected in the three largest ports -- New York, Philadelphia, and Boston -- would have totalled not more than a few millions dollars.

You just are not making any sense at all. I look forward to that U.S. Treasury link for your alleged data.

You are having the same problem as your other little pal. You are misunderstanding or just simply deceptively asking the wrong question.

Well then let me try it again, Pea. I'll type real slow. Try and follow along.

You claimed that in 1860 the south accounted for 91.4 percent of all imports - $331 million out of $362 million total. If total revenue from tariffs was about $60 million then only about $6 million of that could possibly come from goods destined for the North. Follow me so far?

Now, if we look forward to the fiscal year 1861 and 1862. Total tariff revenue in FY 1861 was almost $50 million, 160% of the total 1860 imports you claim the North imported in 1860. Total tariff revenue in FY 1862 was almost $70 million, over 220% of the total 1860 imports you claim was destined for the North. How could tariff revenue grow at such an astronomical rate when so little was imported in the North? Are you claiming that in one year Northern imports increased 15 fold? Or are you claiming that the North had a 160% to 220% tariff on everything they imported? Or do you have some other explanation?

The data is that the North consumed $31 million in imported goods. What does that have to do with point of collection of tariffs?

Because, Pea, I think that we can safely say that in FY 1861 and FY 1862 the amount of imports coming through New York and Boston and destined for southern consumers approached zero. There was, after all, a rebellion going on and a blockade in place. So every dollar of tariff income collected in the North had to by on goods destined to Northern consumers, wouldn't it? And since you would have us believe that Northern imports were insignificant compared to southern imports pre-rebellion, then how do you account for the massive increase in imports in one year? Something was generating all that tariff revenue. What was it?