Our local version of the column ended with the following paragraph:
"Two-way trade is in both sides' economic interest," Carter said. "That's why
this plantation was established here. The James River was the nation's first
commercial highway. My ancestors had a port here to ship tobacco and lumber
and other raw materials to London, and their ships would come back with
finished goods. Now the market's New York, and we're essentially trading them
the air space in our landfill for their really finished goods."
To read the entire column:
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/regional/061799ny-col-tierny.html>
Thanks, Peter Anderson, for posting the national version!
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