Ren NAKASHOJI, the minister of Agriculture and Commerce, who took the matter seriously, issued the 'Bori (Excessive profits) act' against cornering and speculative stocking of rice, iron, coal, cotton, paper, dye and medicines on September 1, 1917 but it was not successful.
事態を重く見た仲小路廉農商務省(日本)は1917年9月1日に「暴利取締令」を出し、米、鉄、石炭、綿、紙、染料、薬品の買い占め、売り惜しみを禁止したが、効果はなかった。