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Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law. The term rum-running is more commonly applied to smuggling over water; bootlegging is applied to smuggling over land. Smuggling usually takes place to circumvent taxation or prohibition laws within a particular ...
Californian police agents dump illegal alcohol in 1925, prohibition-era photo courtesy Orange County Archives.. Bootleggers and Baptists is a concept put forth by regulatory economist Bruce Yandle, [1] derived from the observation that regulations are supported both by groups that want the ostensible purpose of the regulation, and by groups that profit from undermining that purpose.
The group were strongly opposed to commercial bootlegging and policed stores that sold them, while the saturation of tapes among fans suppressed any demand for product. [70] In 1985, the Grateful Dead, after years of tolerance, officially endorsed live taping of their shows, and set up dedicated areas that they believed gave the best sound ...
Gertrude Lythgoe (March 1, 1888 - June 24, 1974 [1]) was one of the most prominent female rum-runners, or bootleggers, in the 1920s.She had various jobs before working for A. L. William Co in London where she began her involvement in the rum trade. [2]
The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. [1] The alcohol industry was curtailed by a succession of state legislatures, and Prohibition was formally introduced nationwide under the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on January 16, 1919.
Bootlegging and organized crime became a prominent issue in the United States. Various secret venues popped up around the country, often formed by organized crime syndicates. [ 3 ] Because of the rise in illegal manufacturing and limited resources, few restrictions were placed on the production of alcohol.
Bootleg, bootlegging or bootlegger(s) may also refer to: Common meanings. Rum-running, the illegal business of transporting and trading in alcoholic beverages;
A spiral still is a type of column still with a simple slow air-cooled distillation apparatus, commonly used for bootlegging. [9] Column and cooler consist of a 5-foot-long (1.5 m) copper tube wound in spiral form. The tube first goes up to act as a simple column, and then down to cool the product.