摘要
民国时期,天津成为华北地区棉花运销的集散中心.经营存棉业务的货栈仓库、银行仓库在棉花仓储上发挥了重要作用.其中货栈仓库由于出现的历史较早,当初的建设规模不够宏大,吞吐的能力较为有限.与之相较,银行仓库有后发优势,因而在仓库的数量、仓库的容量、储存的环境、仓库的管理、存储的安全性等方面均表现出极大的优势.由于该中心棉花进出口贸易多年来一直是天津乃至华北地区创收创汇最多的商品,因而一直受到政府乃至各界的重视与关注.存棉仓库是近代天津物资转运、农产品运销、商业贸易、金融服务等经济形式的综合反映,在改善棉花仓储环境、为棉商提供资金支持、促进保险业的发展等方面发挥了重要作用.
Abstract
During the Republic of China,Tianjin became a distribution center for cotton distribution in North China.Warehouses and bank warehouses,which operated cotton storage business,played an important role in cotton storage.Among them,due to the earlier history of the warehouse,the original construction of its scale was not grand enough,and the capacity of handling was limited.In contrast,the bank warehouse had a late advantage,so in the number of warehouses,warehouse capacity,storage environment,warehouse management,storage security and other aspects had shown great advantages.Because the cotton import and export trade of the center had been the most income-generating commodity in Tianjin and even North China for many years,it had been paid attention and concern by the government and even all walks of life.The cot-ton warehouse was a comprehensive reflection of modern Tianjin's economic forms such as material transfer,agricultural product transportation,commercial trade,financial services,etc.It played an important role in improving the cotton storage environment,providing financial support for cotton merchants,and promoting the development of insurance industry.