Excise taxes are set in place to discourage the sale of certain items that the government feels are bad for you. An example of this is cigarettes and alcohol.
That is describing what the character does so it is C. It couldn't be A because it isn't a part of the story. It couldn't be B because it isn't a problem. It lastly couldn't be D because it's not a message the author is trying to convey to the reader.
Publication of this telegram in United States newspapers helped to "(2) convince the American public to support <span>entrance into World War I" since many US ships were sunk. </span>
It's Institutional <span> racism</span>
