https://studycivilwar.wordpress.com/2013/03/03/the-georgia-scv-lies-about-history-morrill-tariff-edition/
IOW, northern ports paid well over 90% of tariffs.
And what was that 90% of all stuff that New York was Importing. What was Europe selling that the people of New York just couldn't do without?
I think New York collected 90% of tarrifs, but I very much doubt New York Imported 90% of the merchandise. Most likely it was destined to go elsewhere.
Sweet deal for New York. Get a share of everything coming into the country, and let Other people pay the markup.
I suspect that either you are obtuse, or you are deliberately trying to hide the truth from us.
New York did not pay the tariff. Federal agents at the port simply collected it. My post was a response to Williams’ untrue and idiotic claim that southern ports collected 75% of tariffs. Utterly untrue. They collected well under 10%.
Does it bother you at all that what he said is untrue?
Most of what was imported thru NY was distributed to the rest of the country. The final purchaser actually paid the tariff, albeit indirectly, thru a higher price.
The increase in price was exactly the same whether in south or north.
What Walter was probably thinking about in his 75% number was the value of exports. For which the South did provide something along that percentage, mostly cotton.
But there is a huge gap between value of untaxed exports and amount of tariffs on imports.