According to the history of Sekicyo, the toothpick manufacturing affiliated company (20 workers, annual production of 20,000 yen), which was expected to have a future in the "depression in Sekicyo", also resists the wave of recession Although it was not able to be closed in 1933, it is said that the subject of its production has moved to the front of Kumamoto · Y.Inaba shifted the production of birch to Kawachinagano so that production in Mie prefecture disappeared.
There is a memorandum for the survey sheet of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Koeisha company during the four years from 1935 to 1938.
1935 1936 1937 1938
Raw materials used 4,000 yen 4,500 yen 4,000 yen 6,000 yen White birch consumption amount
1800㎥ 1800㎥ 1440㎥ 1440㎥
Wood prices / 360㎥ 800 yen 900 yen 1,000 yen 1,500 yen Coal consumption 36,000 12,000 Used prime mover 3 horsepower motor 3 3 3.1 Electricity usage 4,800 yen Production volume 1000 cartons 1000 800 800 Production amount 7,500 yen 8,000 yen 7,200 yen 9,600 yen Employee male 3 3 3 3 Employee Women 6 6 2 2 Wage man 1 50 yen 1 50 yen 1 50 yen 1 50 yen Wage Women 60yen 60 yen 60 yen 60 yen One day working hours 10 hours 10 hours 10 hours 10 hours Annual working hours 320 days 320 days 320 days 320 days Work machine equipment Stripping Machine 1 1 1 1 Scraping machine 2 2 2 1 Molding machine 5 5 5 5 Friction machine 2 2 2 2 Dryer 1 2 2 2 Notes:
1. The raw log is a white birch from Osaka timber market.
2. The product is flat toothpicks and 1 carton is about 37, 5 kg, about 500,000pcs.
(For reference
In 1937 a bread 0.05yen a letter 0.04yen a post card 0.02yen)
In 1938 Economic control is advanced, all are military production and to get foreign currency that cover military imports concentrated on the production of export goods, the supplies necessary for the lives of the people were extremely crushed. Savings regulations were also set up to cooperate with emergency fiscal and economic policy.