As for lumber, pulp, rubber, sere., their import will be curbed by juridical import association which will ration such imports among manufacturers. Considerable restricting of such imports is expected.
Under this system, merchants and industrialists of medium and minor scale will suffer severely in proportion to the success of the import restrictions, which tend to help the big industrialists to monopolize supplies of raw materials.
Even though the purchase of peace industry materials be successfully curtailed, it does not necessarily mean a reduction of Japan's total imports. If the increase in the import of munitions and other materials Required for the expansion of Japan's productive power outdistances the decrease in the: import of peace industry materials, Japan's total' imports this year will increase inevitably.
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