This tax hike met strong backlash from breweries, leading many of them to be involved in the Freedom and People's Rights Movement, but as the decline in rice prices due to the Matsukata Finance resulted in lower sake prices, the movement lost momentum.
これに酒造業者は激しく反発して自由民権運動に参加するものが相次ぐが、松方財政による米価低迷が日本酒の価格下落を招き、運動は停滞していった。