Expenditures of the Russo-Japanese war / by Gotaro Ogawa.

194 ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

to manufactured goods, in spite of the existence of numerous
unfavorable circumstances, such as the rise in general prices
and the paucity of capital and labor, their exportation increased as compared with the period before the war. This
unexpected tendency must have been due to special effort
on the part of the people to exercise thrift and economy. It
was most noticeable in the exportation of matches, figured
mats, porcelain, earthernware, and lacquer-ware. Increase
in export was also marked in cotton fabrics and other cotton
goods, which are included in war supplies in this study.
Let us now turn to our import trade during the war as
tabulated below.
As mentioned elsewhere, the increase in imports during the
war was due in the main to the importation of war supplies,
the importation made in anticipation of a higher tariff schedule, and the inflation of currency. It is to be noted in the
following table that there was no great change in the foodIMPORTS, 1903-I905
Articles 1903 1904 1905
Foodstuffs: Yen Yen Yen
Rice.......................... 51,960,272 59,791,910 47,981,265
Wheat and flour............... 15,092,258 11,162,170 13,963,459
Soy-beans..................... 6,369,081 7,116,266 9,830,255
Other cereals................ 4,016,253 4,648,281 4,749,392
Eggs......................... 815,337 493,0 I 953,357
Condensed milk................ 997,990 1,178,099 1,608,379
Other foods and drinks.......... 3,038,215 3,636,120 2,831,834
Total....................... 82,271,406 88,025,856 81,917,941
Manufactured goods:
Timepieces and accessories....... 897,440 721,871 1,793,933
Clothes and accessories......... 1,374,489 1,261,029 1,840,744
Glass and glassware............ 1,423,884 946,637 1,762,437
Paper and stationery........... 3,864,392 2,999,237 6,027,549
Refined sugar.................. 6,48,905 5,0 1,o84 659,415
Cotton fabrics................. 10,761,479 9,178,233 18,433,158
Blankets...................... 9,343,093 6,443,653 21,734,458
Cotton and silk goods........... 1,827,555 8,603,362 IO,I27,239
Tobacco...................... 1,117,858 1,509,653 2,217,571
Alcoholic liquors............... 769,236 770,418 1,037,118
Total........................ 37,528,331 37,445,117 65,633,622