1935-1936年蚌埠商业低迷原因探析

Reasons for Bengbu′s Business Downturn during 1935-1936

1935年蚌埠复遭苦旱,由于受灾面积广、灾害程度深,以银钱业、盐粮业等为支柱的城市商业活动陷入低迷。市民阶层消费能力丧失,城市商业衰败主要是由物价飞涨、商业经营秩序失控、农业生产枯竭、农民破产、社会金融资金流动停滞等诸多因素所造成。此外,自然灾害肆虐、社会经济结构失序不仅造成这一时期蚌埠经济崩溃,也极大冲击了蚌埠及皖北地区地主阶级生产关系、城乡社会权力关系。

In 1935,Bengbu suffered again from the drought.Because of the wide area and the deep degree of the disaster,the city commercial activities,which were supported by silver money industry and salt grain industry,fell into a downturn.The loss of consumption ability of the citizen class and the failure of urban commerce are mainly caused by many factors,such as the soaring price,the out of control of commercial management order,the exhaustion of agricultural production,the bankruptcy of farmers,and the stagnation of social financial capital flow.In addition,the rampant natural disasters and the disorder of social and economic structure was not only led to the economic collapse of Bengbu in this period,but also greatly impacted the production relations of the landlord class and the social power relations between urban and rural areas in Bengbu and Northern Anhui.