Western Grievances   The article states that the primary financial grievance was between the large distillers who would have to pay  cents in tax and smaller distillers who would have to pay  cents  Per what please  Pint fifth quart gallon barrel  Also to put that in perspective since today that is a trifling amount what did the average  cost  Was this an onerous tax  If the cost of a given quantity was  cents then yes since the tax would then effectively nearly double the cost of a small distillers product  If the cost of a given quantity was a dollar then no     Frederick