第一次世界大戦下に澄ける日本造舶業の鉄鋼材確保策
-浅野造船所の事例-
1969 年 4 巻 3 号 p. 25-53,ii
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1969 年 4 巻 3 号 p. 25-53,ii
The unprecedented boom of the Japanese shipbuilding industry during World War I was accompanied by a serious difficulty in procuring raw materials. The domestic iron and steel industry had not yet developed enough to supply the local demand. In addition, England and America put into effect an embargo on iron and steel in 1916 and 1917 respectively. The Japanese shipbuilding industry, favored with a great deal of orders from abroad, tried to overcome the shortage of raw materials, first by contracting with the U.S. Government for a supply of iron and steel in return for an equivalent amount of ships, constructed at Japanese shipbuilding yards.
But eventually some of the shipbuilding firms, such an Mitsubishi, Kawasaki and Asano, implemented a more long-ranged project for securing raw material; that is, ventures into iron and steel production themselves. In this paper the author has elucidated the procurement policy of Asano Shipyard, established by Soichiro Asano, president of the Toyo Steam-ship Navigation Co.
