Iba ordered his trustworthy assistants to buy the Shisakajima Island under his name and relocate the refinery so that the local residence would not know Sumitomo was maneuvering behind closed doors.
伊庭は、住友が動いていると悟られないよう、腹心の社員に命じて伊庭の個人名義で買い取り、精錬所を移転した