A grandchild, Sukenori HIRATA assumed the position of the mayor of Yokkaichi City after being the president of Hirata Boseki, and constructed Yokkaichi Industrial Complex and succeeded in achieving economic development and making Yokkaichi be an industrialized city, whereas he created the negative legacy of Yokkaichi asthma pollution issue.
孫の平田佐矩は、平田紡績社長から四日市市長に就任して四日市コンビナートを建設して、経済発展と工業都市四日市を建設した反面・四日市喘息公害問題の負の遺産をつくった。