Use the supply-chain and reputational-control mechanism. Treat claims about quality decline as historical interpretation requiring corroboration from enforcement, medical, or market records. Audit2026-09-28: PDF360 contains unsafe or unsupported adulteration chemistry. This record supports a historical supply-chain interpretation only, never practical safety or toxicology guidance.
The passage compares local pre-Prohibition relationships with larger and more anonymous illegal distribution networks.
Illicit whiskey moved through a specialized chain of distillers, still makers, wholesale bootleggers, street sellers, vehicles, and retail fronts. Hannush argues that distant, high-margin markets weakened local reputational controls and increased incentives for unsafe shortcuts.
PDF sheet 360; displayed ebook page 339
PDF sheet 357; displayed ebook page 336
National Prohibition's illicit supply chain
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