[Non-Sequitur]

No I did not. Let me type very slowly for you.

Yes you did, Pea, since I took your figures. You claimed that $331 million out of $362 million in total imports were destined for southern consumers. Reply 623. Look it up yourself.

I said ....."During 1860 the imports of the South were valued at $331 million. You are jumping to the conclusion that all "imports" were European.

Where did I make that connection? Regardless of the source, you claimed $331 million out of $362 million total imports were destined for southern consumers. Your claim, not mine.

[Grand Old Partisan]

I commend your patience with Pea Ridge.

[PeaRidge]

"Where did I make that connection?

You first conjured it up and used it in 662 and continued to use it erroneously since then.

"Regardless of the source, you claimed $331 million out of $362 million total imports were destined for southern consumers. Your claim, not mine."

Get it through your head that it was your claim, and not mine. What I stated was that in 1860, the Southern states consumed $331 million in imports to show Grand Old whatever that this statement was wrong:

"Tariffs collected at southern ports were nil, because southern imports were nil."

611 posted on 09/27/2005 7:48:11 PM EDT by Grand Old Partisan
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