Although these assertions were theoretically developed through the analysis of the actual economic situation, his excessive demand for the use of domestic products and the exclusion of foreign goods resulted in a sort of meaningless claims, including "a theory that lamps will destroy our country," "a theory that railroads will perish our country," "the curse caused by milk," "the four curses caused by umbrellas," "boycott of the solar calendar," and "a theory about uselessness of bookkeeping."
これらの主張は経済の実情を分析した上での理論展開がなされていたが、国産品推奨・外国製品排斥を主張する余り、次第に「ランプ亡国論」・「鉄道亡国論」・「牛乳大害論」・「蝙蝠傘四害論」・「太陽暦排斥論」・「簿記印記無用論」といった一種のトンデモ論に堕してしまったのである。