Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-11-03

turning TO their various fields 81 labor, and be
licvcd that The past meetings had aided In &C.
mcnting tho friendship Of agent and planter
MI. Iheo II. Davies made = rather humor.
Gus speech which sc, all at the table in the
best Of humor he referred 10 the fact that the
planters had escaped the charge Of fraud that
had been placed To their credit, but now they
were charged with being all Englishmen and
Germans The charge, as regards the major
ity, was As basccss At the previous ono. Hut
how he as an individual Enplishman was 10
Set out Of that difficulty was more than he
could imagine.
Mr.. I. A. Sehacfer thought that The meet.
ings held during the past week had done
great deal Of good In bringing forth valuable
information and that the prcscn, meeting at
the festive board would aid to promote NO.
eial feeling between the planters and their
agents. lie hoped the Association would prove
fruitful Of much good and that at the mex,
annual meeting larger number would be pres.
ent. Before closing he begged leave TO intro.
duce little business matter which he hoped
would NEE, the approval Of the planters pres.
cnt and that was, the action deemed necessary
by Scneor Canavaro Portuguese Consul In col.
lectng small sum from each incoming Por,u.
gucse immigran, with which fund was
created for the care Of those Of that nationality
who might become sick and destitute. This
sum, Mr.. Schacfct stated, was intended 30 he
charge TO each immigrant and not TO the plan.
ter, and would rebound to the benefit Of the
destitute Portuguese.
Marks Of decided approval me, the state.
mcnt made by Mr.. Schacfcr so tina, !, would
appear the assembled planters fully c5hcuued
in the benevolent object projected by Senior
Canavaro.
Mr.. T. II. Davies apologzed for taking the
floor again, but desired to bring to the rceol
lection Of those present all absent friends who
would undoubtedly be pleased to be seated
amongst them. The speaker mentioned the
names of DIR. ]. Mott Smith, Hon. II. A. p
Carter, and Col. Z. S. Spalding as those he
desired specially TO have remembered in drink
ing to our absent friends"
Mr.. II. y. Baldwin stated he was not a
natural orator and he was better able to ex.
tract juice from cane than speech from him
self he fully endorsed the sentiments ex-
pressed by Messrs. Dole and Jones, as he be.
lieved all present did. The planters would
now go home and aid the press in maintaining
good government, they might not do much
writing OF speaking but like the owl they
could keep up a heap of thinking and have
their say pretty loud.voiced when they felt
like talking. He eulogsed the Planters Lab
or and Supply Company, as not being based
on mere sentiment, but fostered by industry
and patronized by the best business men in
the kingdom Of Hawaii, and it will never die
out while business in the country pays. The
reports Of the committees showed considerable
advancement over those presented al the last
years meeting and the speaker hoped the next
meeting would show still further progress.
He thought the information gained was Of
more value than the treaty, it meant in many
instances a ton more sugar to the acre. TAP
plause.)
The oft time toast of the Newspaper
Press called the editor OF the Gazette Mr.. A.
T. Atkinson, to his feet and he made the re-
Spouse for his 1onfrosS in journalism in feci-
tous manner.
Hon. II. NJ. Whitney, was the last speaker
and he briefly mentioned the good which had
been done by the old missionary workers Of
the past, the Baldwins the Alexanders and the
Lymans, who had with their own hands plan
ted and taught to the poor natives the rudi-
ments Of agriculture. AS a closing toast the
speaker presented the following "Recipro-
city, the golden band that encircles the United
States and Hawaii, may their union never be
broken" tApplause.)
The hour drawing on to the time Of departure
| Of some of the island steamers on which the
departing planters desired to take passage.
caused an adjournment sine die, but before
leaving, it was easily disccrnible that the bond
Of union between the planters and agents had
been drawn closer in the cause Of friendship
and unity