抗战前湖北棉花市场计量问题初探

On the Measurement Issue in Hubei Cotton Market before the Anti-Japanese War

传统商品市场上的计量器具名称各异,单位量值参差,其使用情况与商品流通有着密切关系。尽管抗战前的湖北棉花市场用秤纷繁复杂,但仍具有一定的规律性:市场用秤具有一定自适应功能;上下位市场之间具有计量关联性,即上位市场棉秤单位量值一般不小于下位市场棉秤;计量关联性与棉花市场联系的密切程度有相关关系。抗战前湖北棉花市场的计量关联性以棉秤及其单位量值可变为前提,以棉花流通为动力,以市场体系为依托,以维护商贩利益为目的,是一种变相的价格调节。

The measuring instruments have different names and unequal unit quantities in traditional commodity markets, and the use of them has a close relationship with commodity circulation. Although the steelyard use is numerous and complex, there still has certain regularity in Hubei cotton markets before the Anti-Japanese War： the cotton steelyard has some adaptive function; there＇s a measurement correlation between upper and lower market, that is the unit quantity of upper market is generally no less than lower market; the measurement correlation has a related relationship with the degree of market linkages. Taking the cotton steelyard and its unit quantity may be variable as the premise, the cotton circulation as a driving force, and basing on the market system, the measurement correlation in Hubei cotton market before the Anti-Japanese War is a disguised form of price regulation in order to safeguard the interests of traders.