Supports a specific duty-and-input-cost mechanism; avoid rewriting it as a general claim that all taxation favored whiskey.
The article distinguishes resistance to the whiskey excise from a separate price advantage over molasses-based rum.
Theobald explains that whiskey remained cheaper than rum because imported molasses carried a duty while domestically produced grain did not.
Sentence explaining whiskey’s lower price
Paragraph beginning “Resistance to the whiskey tax…”
Main article narrative
Relative-price, molasses-duty, and domestic-grain comparison checked on 2026-08-26.
Verified paraphrase of a specific relative-price mechanism.
Evidence
Theobald explains that whiskey remained cheaper than rum because imported molasses carried a duty while domestically produced grain did not.
Location and context
Main article narrative, paragraph beginning “Resistance to the whiskey tax…,” through the sentence explaining whiskey’s lower price. The article distinguishes resistance to the whiskey excise from the import-duty advantage over molasses-based rum.
Annotation
Supports the relative-price component of CLM-47. It must not be generalized into a claim that every tax favored whiskey.