The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-10-20
THE PLANTERS CONVENTION
Annual Meeting OF the Planters
Labor and supply Company.
SECOND DAY.

Mr.. !. Nj. Homer reported Tor Inc
committee of five, recommending that
article II Of the bylaws be changed,
SO as to read:--
"Article II. The Board of Trustees
may levy assessments on the capital
stock of the company, as provided in
article 8, and may fix the date mot less
than thirty days from the time of pass
ing the resoution) at which SAID assess
ment, if unpaid, shall become delin-
quent; and any stock upon which any
assessment may become SO delinquent,
shall be advertised by the Secretary in
some one newspaper published in
Honolulu, for the period of thirty days,
when, if the said assessment shall still
remain unpaid, the Board of Trustees
shall declare the same forfeited
to the corporation, and the holder
or holders thereof debarred from any
rights or privileges based upon the pos
session of said shares Of stock. Pro
wded that any member may at any
time surrender any part of his stock to
the Treasurer of the company upon his
payment of all assessments that may
have become due and payable upon such
stock so surrendered up to the time of
such surrender. And the Board of Trus-
tees may then issue new certificates of
stock, in place of the shares SO forfeited
or surrendered the same as if the for
feited or surrendered shares had never
been issued"
On discussion this recommendation
was adopted.
The committee further recommended
the passage of the following resolu-
tom
"Resolved, that this meeting do
recommend and urge upon all persons
interested in the sugar business in
these islands to join this association
and help to carry out more vigorously
the objects of this company, and sub
scribe for shares of the capital stock, in
proportion to the average tonnage of
their production"
Passed.
Mr.. Spalding moved change OF
article 6, making the number of Trus-
tees seven instead of thirteen.
This was advocated by Messrs.
|, Spalding, Jones and Austin, and OPP
posed by Messrs. Mac6e, Bishop and
!. NJ. Horner. The motion was lost
, by vote of sass shares in favor, and
3,o7s against 1t, the necessary two
, thirds majority not being obtained.
1 AFTERNOON.
: While waiting for sufficient attend
, ance to proceed with the election O.
a Trustees, Mr.. Baldwin read report
S signed by himself as chairman of tht
i Committee on Seed Cane and Ferti
lizers. He recommended plan fo
saving all the refuse on the plantation
including dead animals, in a large
n cellar on the side of hill, with ar
S opening in the roof to dump through
n BY some such means enough fertilizers
r could be produced on the plantation tC
|. manure all the land planted each year
r The report also discussed seed cane
e and was supplemented by letter from
e Mr.. +. c. Bond, a member of TIT
e committee.
n On motion of MIR. Homer the repor
o was accepted and ordered to be pub
n lshed IN the Planters MOnfhL.
! ELECTION OF TRUSTEES
. Mr.. P. c. Jones, on the chairma
- announcing the election Of Trustees i
: order, said that before proceedin
. something should be done about tn
= number OF Trustees. This mornin
~ the meeting had voted down sever
= and he thought they could comprt
mise at nine. Thirteen was far to
cumbersome for getting along wit
smoothly. 1t was better to have min
Of and all present than only nine preser
s. out of thirteen. He made motto
ID accordingly.
ID Mr.. Macfe asked, if it was difficu
he to get FIVE out of thirteen, would it nj
IS. be more so to get five out of nine.
vi Mr. Jones said that was not HI
ID argument; he was not speaking of
or quorum.
a, After slight discussion, Mr. ions
ID accepted an amendment from M
'r iona. Austin, to make the quorum fol
u, instead of five, and the motion passe
al as amended without dissent ng voic
r. Nominations were then called TO
I'd Mr. Horner nominated Mr. Baldwin
n, Mr. Jones nominated Mr. Geo.
* Williams, of Spreckelsville, also M
John Lidgate and Mr.. G. N. Wilco
Mr., A II. Smith nominated Mr., R.
Mache, Jr,; Mr., Schaefer nominate
nit Mr., Robt Halstead and Mr.. ]
Sc Atherton; Mr. Baldwin nominated M
,is James b. Castle; and Mr.. Spaldr
Sc nominated Mr., G. H. Dole, Of Kaua
on While the tellers, Messrs. Jones an
To- Thurston, were out, discussion toe
IS. place on the report of seed cane ar
re, fertilizers, which was taken part in
We Messrs. Macfe, Halstead, Baldwi
se Austin, Walker and Homer.
he Mr.. A. III. Smith intimated, from Il