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Veach preserves both producer and rectifier arguments instead of presenting identity law as neutral consumer protection alone.
Straight-whiskey producers promoted the 1897 Bottled-in-Bond Act as a purity and identity guarantee, while rectifiers argued it used government power to favor distillers and constrain blending. The 1909 Taft decision then recognized straight and blended whiskey while limiting the kinds of neutral spirit that could be used.
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Chapter Five — Taxation and Regulation
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Straight-whiskey producers promoted the 1897 Bottled-in-Bond Act as a purity and identity guarantee, while rectifiers argued it used government power to favor distillers and constrain blending. The 1909 Taft decision then recognized straight and blended whiskey while limiting the kinds of neutral spirit that could be used.
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Source section: Chapter Five — Taxation and Regulation
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Veach preserves both producer and rectifier arguments instead of presenting identity law as neutral consumer protection alone.
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Use to show that category law emerged from commercial conflict. Confirm exact historical and current requirements with primary legal sources.
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