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 distiller's product if the cost of a given quantity was a dollar then no b e b fea b d e frederick