The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-10-19
PLANTERS L. AND S. co.
Annual Meeting of the shareholders


The annual meeting of this company
opened at the office on Merchant street
shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morning,
y 80 shares being represented, including
the interests of Messrs. Alexander &
Baldwin. 5. F. Alexander. J. b. Anterior,
II. p. Baldwin, BeecrOft's Plantation, E.
c. Bond. c. NJ Cook, B. +. Dillingham;, ).
b. Dole, Grove Ranch, Hawaiian Agricul-
tural Co., Hitchcock s. Co., r. Halstead,
Honomu Plantation, J. NJ. Horner, w. Y.
Homer, Haiku Sugar Co., p. Isenberg, +.
c. Jones, Kaneohe Plantation, Kilauea
Sugar Co., Kohala Sugar Co., Kipahulu
Mill. Kipahulu Plantation, w. Lidgate Il
Co, Makee Sugar Co., r. A. Macfe, Jr.,
Princeville Plantation, Pacific Sugar Mill
Co, w. H Purvis & Co, w. II. Richard,
A. IL. Smith, w. o. Smith Il. 5.
Spalding, f. a. Schaefer, J. q. Spen-
Ger, G. y. Wilcox, A. S. Wilcox, Wailuku
Sugar Co., Waiakea Sugar Co, 7. X.
Walker and Andrew WEIGH.
Mr.. S. B. Dole presided, and Mr.. l.. a.
Thurston, the Secretary, having at the
Presidents request called over the fore
going names, the first business entered
upon WAS luS PRESENTATION VI
THE sECRETARY's ANNUAL REPORT.
To the President and stockholders of the
Planters Labor and Supply Company
Gentlemen: The following is respectfully
submitted as the Secretary's report for the
past year:
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS.
At its last annual meeting held October
10. 1885, the company elected the following
named gentlemen as Trustees: S. B. Dole,
H. P. Baldwin, W. E. ROwell, 6. n. VIII
cox. r. Halstead, H. F. Glade, r. a.
Macfie, ]. B. Atherton, P. c. Jones, L. A.
Thurston, w. V Horner, J. NJ. Horner,W.
r. Castle.
The following officers were elected by the
i'0s sN,s 90 President s. 3. Dole; Vice
Trustees - -5l7-'aa sllrer, ?.
President, H. P. Baldwin; Ifcag
c. Jones; Secretary, L. A. Thurstoa a,
ditOr, J. B. Anterior.
The Trustees have held five meeting
during the year.
IMMIGRATION AND LABOR.
During the year ending October. 1855
immigration laborers were brought c IN
the country to the number Of f. Sc 5es
! slsting of Portuguese, 50; J,rbis u,as IN adj
/ South Sea Islanders, id, r.
/ ditiop 70 ,,,o,,,sr1 and chliureh'
''o,oii ~ wing IS a statement of the ar
ne Of Immigrants since the last annua
II,a,Sseting: March, ,, 1886, by Stirlingshire-
Portuguese, men, 148; women, 90; chill
dren, 1872; total, 439
February f. 1886, by City of Peking-
japanese, men, $50; women, OBS: total
9l8.
September -, 1886, by Amana-Portu-
guese, men, 14G; women, 116; children
239; total, SOL
Total, Portuguese, men, 294; women
215; children, Adj.
Total, Japanese, men, $50.
Total new laborers for the year 984
Ditto for two years last past, ., us
No South Sea Island immigrants have
been obtained during the year, the last at
tempt of the Hazard, two years ago, met
with such poor success. The brig Allie
Rowe is now on trip to the South, with
orders for 200. The South Sea Islanders
are obtained at lower wages than either
japanese or Portuguese, but it is doubtful
policy to obtain them, as almost without
piration of their contracts, the expense OF
getting them here thereby becoming a
dead loss. As none OF the Japanese con
tracts have yet expired, we cannot say
what they will do, but it is probable that a
large proportion of them will remain in
the country. The Portuguese have shown
that in the main they will make a perma-
nent population, but small proportion of
the whole number brought here have gone
to California, and the reports from those
who have gone there are that they regret
the change and would be glad to get back.
There is no doubt that the expense of oh
tanning japanese at 500 each and Portu-
guese at 800 each is very much more than
is necessary. These figures have given the
introducers of the laborers a much larger
margin of profit than the planter can af-
ford to pay, and there is no reason why
the figures should not be very much re
duCed In the future.
The obtaining of laborers during the
coming year is a question of the greatest
Importance. The position of the Govern
ment with relation to the subject is doubt
al. Some time ago il was announced that