18 September 2011

the tariff

http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2011/09/tariff-road-to-un-civil-war-questions.html

The Tariff Road to Un-Civil War: Questions and Answers


Brock Townsend's    G, G Grandfather - Tariff Must Be Reduced   see underneath for text from this link
The Tariff must be reduced; it was grinding the South to powder. The northern manufacturers were declaring dividends of 25 and 30 per cent per annum, while the poor farmer at the South could scarcely "make both ends meet." The Tariff must be reduced - it made the rich richer and the poor poorer.
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