Because the southerners had built few factories and didn't benefit from the tariff. Southerners bought many British goods and the tariff drove up the price. The southerners complained that the tariff made northern manufacturers rich at the expense of the South.
The Northeast and West wanted the government to spend money on transportation to help transport goods. Southerners opposed this because the money to pay for the improvements would come from tariffs, and southerners did not want an increase in tariffs.
Merchants held tariffs on imported goods.
Tariffs are not that high in the USA during the 1920s. European countries had high tariffs as well, definitely compared to the pre-WW1 period, but this was mostly because of problems reestablishing the gold standard
Tariffs and other trade barriers are economically harmful when they save some jobs because the higher prices forced upon the people by the tariffs ultimately will cost more jobs than they save.
The North wanted to proetct its industry against foreign imports. The South only had cotton, and needed all kinds of imports. So the Tariffs were seen as a tax by the North on the South.
the tariffs did not benfit trade in southern cities.
They thought it was unfair
their states rights.
Southerners bought many products from northeastern manufacturers
They depended on goods from Europe.
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the tariff helped only the north while reducing European interest in the exports that the south and west relied on.
Because it favored the North
Northeasterners favored tariffs because they protected their burgeoning industries from foreign competition, allowing local businesses to thrive and create jobs. In contrast, southerners opposed tariffs as they relied heavily on imported goods and agricultural exports; tariffs raised the cost of foreign products while potentially provoking retaliatory measures against Southern exports. This economic divide underscored the differing interests and priorities between the industrial North and the agrarian South.
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The possibility of higher tariffs upset southerners because they relied heavily on the export of agricultural products, particularly cotton, which would become more expensive for foreign buyers if tariffs were imposed. Higher tariffs could lead to retaliatory measures from other countries, harming southern economies. Additionally, southerners viewed tariffs as favoring northern industrial interests at their expense, exacerbating regional tensions and contributing to the sense of economic inequality between the North and South.
Many Southerners were drawn to the Republican Party by of its emphasis on economic development. Their fiscal policy was that of hard money, high tariffs, high wages, and high profits.