The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-03-26
Planters Society.

1t the adjourned meeting of planters, mer-
chf.nts, and others interested in the planting and
agricultural interests of the Kingdom, held at
the Court House. March Odd, at 10 A. NJ, the
Hon. G.. NJ. Robertson, Chairman, called the
meeting to order. MIR. McCnlly was elected
Secretary pro tenn.
DIR. Judd, on behalf of the committee to whom
had been referred the series of fourteen resolu-
tons submitted by Mr.. Wyllie at the preliminary
meeting, reported, recommending the adoption
of them as they stand
On motion of Mr.. Harris, report of ommitt
adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Wyllie, voted, that the
blank in resolution 10 be filed by SIS as the an
nual subscription Of members.
On motion of Mr.. Wyllie, voted, that a depu-
tation of three be appointed to wait on His Maj
esty the King, pursuant to resolution A, to invite
him TO confer on the Society the honor of being
its Patron. The Chair appointed Messrs. Wyllie,
Aldrich and Hillebrand.
On motion of DIR. Hillebrand, voted, that a
committee of one be appointed to confer with the
R. H.. Agricultural Society regarding a plan for
the amalgamation of the two Societies. The
Chair appointed Mr.. Webster.
On motion of Mr.. Harris, the Society pro-
ceeded to organize by the election of officers by
nomination and Uira voce vote, and elected
Presidsnt-a. C. wYLLIE,
yies-Presdesto0d N, ROBERTSON
SecTetay-J. ". AUSTIN.
1t was voted that for the present the President,
Vice President and Secretary should act as direc-
tors.
Mr.. Aldrich moved that, as from our local cir
orrafancaa faira coult not cnpyapieptly he held
the Society have an annual festival, which should
include q dinner and perhaps some other festiv-
tiles. This was warmly favored by Messrs.
Wyllie, Montgomery, de Varigny and others, and
was pleasantly discussed at some length, and
finally adopted.
Mr.. Wyllie moved that, owing to the urgency
of the case, the standing committee on sugar and
labor be appointed at once. Messrs. Wyllie, de
Varigny and Robertson supported the motion
with earnestness. The question of labor was the
most serious, the most imminent of all. We
might very suddenly and very unexpectedly find
ourselves confronted to the difficulty of a want of
labor. In some parts of the Kingdom it was al
ready perceived. Ii was not safe and not desira-
bic either that the plantations should depend
wholly upon the natives for labor, or that the
natives should all be compelled to resort to the
plantations for support They had in their own
right quite rs much land as they could cultivate,
if they were none of them to labor for the for
eigner. In introducing lhborers from China,
care should be taken not to get the sort of coolies
formerly imported. There was a better class of
laborers obtninabie there. 1t would be desirable,
and quite feasible too, to procure an immigration
from Germany Of farmers and laborers with their
families. 1t would be necessary, and it was in
tepded, that in this matter this Society and the
Government should cooperate. Only by such a
guarantee as the Government alone could give,
would they be able to procure legitimacy, and
with the consent of foreign Governments, immi-
grants. rs in many of the British Colonies was
~practised successfully, with a stipulation to re-
turn them home after n term of years. Messrs.
Aldrich, Phuger and Green, were appointed the
committee, with power to add to their number
from members of the Society. ~
l.. McCuLLY, Secretary pro tenn. J