The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-03-01

A PLASrER's Association would be 3
source Of great strength a. the principal
industry Of the grUup. Many and most
Interesting are the questions which would
be discussed by such body; and web
organized It would have q decided IN
fuence upon legislation The moment II
l. understood that the planters want this
or that. not a. isolated Individuals, but as
I 4 body, they arv much more likely to get
what they wish than they can at present.
| Besides such an sssoclati0n VII give op7
I portunity Tor discussing points atReng he
I planters thSrnSelv6S The planters Of
I hagSt--- ----rF not desire exactly the same
ting as the planters u Hawai-, and they
4 0f Alsyr may have a plan which Is not IN
1 eunSJl1lce With the Otha- two Discus
! son wuuld make these gentlemen able 70
I decide upon what would be the best hns
| % follow. what measures should be first
attended %: the desires 0f one section
might have 10 give way 10 the more press
Z ing needs II another; tins would be a
Sreat element u strength; there need be
no longer any wasted energy. but all could
I give tuI force 20 ghateYer was asked
Seeing how Important the sugar industry
Is. there can BE- no question of It's right 10
speak very prun0uncedly upon all matters
of legislation
It : lot only in matters referring to
politics and the administration OF Affairs
that such an association wuald be useful.
but II the matter Of Improvement Of eul-
tlvar1Jn- OF machIDery. Of carving power.
It would Be invaluable. The minor details
az tEe MI. the small improvements which
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are uAas slLnsr tur saving IzlSss -. - - ~
pense- the .experfeaee which man has
gathersd from planting particular kinds
Of cane II particular places. the compari
son uf the results obtained by employing
different kinds Of labor. and a thousand
other things are now locked up as It were
IN isolated places. Snd any one desiring
information has to seek II far and WIDE, 10
drop. hay haz;Eri upon one point at the
most northern end Of the group. and on
on. another at the southern With an
ASSOCIATION information UPON al points
can be obtained from the fountain head.
the best thar i % be had. not thus nan or
th1t mans particular new. but the New
OF the subject which Is held BY the whole
planting interest.
An Irnuortant officer To such an associa-
tor viii he its Secretary- the post viii
require a man practically acquainted with
cane cultivation. and with machinery; aIs
duties viii be Uner0us and he VIII TN
doubtsdlv have many calls upon his time.
Il would be very hard for Il man actually
engaged IN planting to I'll the post. There
ars. however, plenty OF men who have
the requisite knowledge. and who might
develop INTO admirable Secretaries
From the point Of view Of the outside
world d Planters Association would be
most vaIulable information. from an
available source. could be obtained By IN
tending Immigrants. either poor or rich
The information supplied from such
body would have great weight with those !
who contemplated coming and would I
make them thoroughly eontsnted when I
they arrived Itwould not be 70 it inter /
crest. as It l. To that Of the pure labor |
agent. to misrepresent the conditions of |
Llfe; 70 draw to- highly colored 6 picture (
Of the ArcadIan simplicity N which the I
Laborer on u sugar plantation lives
1berp ! thus plenty Of work for a I
Planters Association not only for the 4,
benefit uf the planters themselves, but I
also Tor the country at large Here there
has always seemed lack OF that spirit Of
unity which charaeterIzes the Anglo Saxon
race u gther parts Of the world Il s 10
De hoped hat this lack may be disappear
ing M +-rs eu IN the same ents-71rises-
ses s5s to. 'iR', of al
matter
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