Soon after Japan Cotton Corporation started its business, despite the increase of the trading volume of cotton, it made a great loss for that time in 1894 due to the heavy decline in the foreign exchange rate, and in 1895 TANAKA became a president and tried to recover the loss.
日本綿花創業まもなく、1894年（明治27年）には綿花取引量が増加したにもかかわらず、為替相場暴落で当時としてはかなりの損失を生じ、1895年（明治28年）田中が社長に就任して、挽回、回復につとめた。