Talk:Tariff of 1828

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I delete an earlier comment - it looks like the page is under attack. My apologies. Hughespj 12:14, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Excuse the question, but exactly when did the British stop buying cotton from U.S. producers? The tariff didn't affect the price to the British, only made their finished cotton textiles more expensive in the U.S. The Brits still had many other markets. The cotton states were the world's largest producers of raw cotton anywhere. If the Brits didn't buy from the U.S., they'd have to go out of business.... And years later, during the Civil War, many British mills did shut down temporarily until they could find another source of supply.

Is there another name for this? It seems kind of POV. Only half-kidding, Meelar 05:41, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)

What is POV?

POV means "Point of view"--it's not welcomed here. For our official policy, read Wikipedia:NPOV, which explains the concept of "Neutral Point of View". Meelar 05:50, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)

P.S. You can sign your edits by using 4 tildes in a row.

[edit] They didn't stop buying...

"Excuse the question, but exactly when did the British stop buying cotton from U.S. producers?"

They didn't stop buying the cotton, the British reduced the amount of cotton imported into the country from the US.

"The tariff didn't affect the price to the British, only made their finished cotton textiles more expensive in the U.S. The Brits still had many other markets. The cotton states were the world's largest producers of raw cotton anywhere."

But not the only suppliers of cotton.

"If the Brits didn't buy from the U.S., they'd have to go out of business...." (I assume you mean the British?) "And years later, during the Civil War, many British mills did shut down temporarily until they could find another source of supply."

The source was already there, the British owned 1/3 of the worlds supply of raw cotton. The problem with them shutting down was a loss of revenue for manufactured goods, not from missing an ample source of material (but from an export problem, the south was under a blockade). The confederacy was a an attempt to establish a separate government, and as such, had no trade relations with any other country. The confederacy used the cotton they did have to try and persuade the British and European countries to break the blockade which they never did. Also because of this lack of trade with the south, the revenue generated for European textile makers was greatly reduced as the products were manufactured domestically.

[edit] Proper title of Act

In accordance with other articles on tariffs and bills, this article should be titled under the formal name of the act, Tariff of 1828, rather than under a perjorative nickname, Tariff of Abominations. And so I moved it for that reason. Cheers, -Willmcw 10:18, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)