Straight whiskey producers supported purity legislation while rectifiers/blenders resisted labeling requirements that threatened commercial interests. This is an attributed historical account; its 3:1 market estimate is secondary to Young (1989), not independently measured here.
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Straight whiskey producers supported purity legislation while rectifiers/blenders resisted labeling requirements that threatened commercial interests. This is an attributed historical account; its 3:1 market estimate is secondary to Young (1989), not independently measured here.
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