Use to show that aging norms emerged partly from tax and capital arrangements. Do not reduce Tennessee production to one universally shared alternative. Audit2026-09-28: Bonding-date chronology requires primary law; the narrative mentions a bill in1879 separately from enactment.
The passage links federal finance and warehousing policy to differences in regional production and marketing practice.
Longer bonding periods reduced the need to pay tax before sale and encouraged warehouse investment and extended aging. Hannush contrasts that incentive with Tennessee producers who relied on shorter time in wood plus charcoal leaching as a competing route to market identity and mellowness.
PDF sheet 177; displayed ebook page 161
PDF sheet 174; displayed ebook page 158
Bonding, aging, and regional competition
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