But after war broke out between China and Japan, the mainland market gradually declined, and then as war spread throughout East Asia, shipping became difficult and many rushwork traders went out of business. After the war ended, things looked up economically, but then mainland China fell victim to civil war, which continued until the Nationalist government withdrew to Taiwan, and the state of the rushwork trade went from bad to worse.
但中日戰爭爆發後，大陸市場逐漸沒落，接著大東亞戰爭又起，航運蕭條，帽蓆貿易商倒閉不少；戰爭結束雖然景氣好轉，但隨即大陸又陷入內戰，直到國民政府遷台，蓆帽業每下愈況。