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

196 ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

causes severally operated upon the import trade. These
tables will suffice to make it clear that military needs were
the greatest cause and anticipatory importation was the next
in importance, in swelling our imports through the war.
As already noted, Japan's foreign trade made rapid strides
after the war as a result of our national struggle. And when
we examine the increase or decrease in the export or import
of each kind of merchandise, we see that clear progress in
industry was made in the midst of the constant excess of
IMPORTS, I903-1905
Important military imports

Articles I903 I904 1905

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Yen Yen Yen
Electromotors................... 836,652 1,266,186 2,455,423
Lathes.......................... I78,I09 827,614 3,349,6I7
Cotton spinning machinery......... 535,00 633,883 1,228,233
Boilers and steam engines.......... 989,873 I,7Io,9I3 2,633,033
Timepieces and accessories........ 897,440 721,871 1,793,933
Wheat and flour.................. 5,092,258 II,I62,I69 I3,963,458
Furs............................. 53,997 915,078 1,165,438
Cow and buffalo hides, and boot-sole
leather...................... 1,437,180 4,931,316 10,446,168
Other leathers................... 920,90I 1,752,875 5,682,198
Steel billets and plates............. 6,342,483 7,341,487 14,577,009
Steel rods and tubes.............. 5,040,190 5,613,261 9,344,664
Iron nails........................ 1,509,993 1,960,055 2,609,431
Tin and steel plates.............. 972,620 2,706,768 4,698,063
Electric wires... 733,269 I,044,766 I,206,o68
Steel (not including soft steel)...... 777,818 664,785 2,339,188
Aluminium...................... 143,429 539,869 1,096,398
Unrefined copper.................. 80,009 49,798 I,900,475
Lead........................... 703,390 992,876 1,726,003
Tin.............................. 544,376 I,302,530 1,628,149
Zinc......................... 1,350,40I 1,489,829 3,93I,886
Raw cotton................... 68,206,724 71,466,843 I09,260,156
Cotton drills...................... 08,644 1,221,701 I,OI2,292
Canvas.......................... 74,298 1,oo005,969 1,708,212
Calico, bleached and unbleached.... 4,254,368 2,973,263 7,952,947
Wool and woolen yarn............. 5,955,883 12,883,766 13,497,966
Woolen cloths and blankets........ 3,731,513 9,003,35I 20,I36,831
Hemp and hemp-thread............ 1,865,391 2,282,967 3,382,348
Coal and coke...... 2,052,059 12,392,423 6,193,004
Teak and other timber............ 674,564 507,805 1,281,374
Railway rolling-stock............. 505,339 914,091 1,910,345
Cables, submarine and underground. 332,167 I,036,960 2,569,173
Steamships...................... 1,733,426 9,319,693 7,660,292
Total 128632,65 12,636761 64,49,77

Total - -.....................

I28,632,765 I72,636,76i.:

264,439,775