The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-21
THE COFFEE MEN.
intelligent Course Of Lea.
ders in Organization.
The Essential Points DECIDED Upon.
Ideas Of Or. RUsse.-Sushr.
Grade Unforr1itl-.
tHilo Tr!bune.I

The last monthly meeting %: The
Olaa Coffee Planters Association was
almost exclusively spent in debating
the necessity Of corporate efforts %
the planters in OrCcr 20 make Jle new
industry successful. TGe unanimous
opinion was tina. points most esseuaJl
FOR success never could us attained
through Individual energy. u, matter
how A.--...gent,, active and Industrious
the planters may be-. Considering ..g
amount of business done in the inter-
est Of The O.aa district by. the A--1-
citation in the course of a few months
only of its existence. IL was decided gp
warmly urge the painters OF other dts
trlcts to form similar organizations.
Kona. the eldest coffee place EaumJ-
ma, Puma and Kohala ough. certainly
to have each and every one Their local
representative bodies. These few O.Jl
coffee planters who are still keeping
wild in the jungle ought 20 pU: their
shoulders to the wheel as soon as they
realize that it Is no, fair - benefit
grauitously ~ the other peoples
work.
STA the formation % merely IucI!
associations will prove inadequate to
srapple with difficulties. perhaps he
most material OF all. There are prob
lens superior to all others In impor-
lance. whose solution renders the co.
operation of the whole island. nay OF
the whole group. necessary ana Uu-
avolCable. As matter OF fact those
problems devolve upon the Govern
ment. Unfortunately the Government
does not show any disposition To tackle
them. The annexation to the 4. :. has
already charged us with the republican
duty to work out our own salvation
without and before aTminc US with
our republican rights OF selt-govcrn-
ment. which is the only tool to- do it..
An extremely unpleasant, difficult and
dangerous situation. The more diff
cult it is. tn, more We must unite TO
find the outcome.
acter. requiring immediate co-opera-
tive action of the whole island At
least. are the necessities:
/. To insure uniformity of grades
of coffee shipped tn the worlds mar
ket.
Without such uniformity Hawaiian
coffee will always remain an iudvt-
mite article requir ng careful inspection
and valuations of every in,.,viduJi bIE.
a kind of work sufficient ,p DISCUS,
the buyers.
>. Necessity 10 protect ourselves
from Importation of dangerous huGh,s.
Without some rigorous methods ot
inspection and disinfection the impur-
tation of those blights with subsequent
ruin of the industry is a mere question
of time. We have been fortunate
enough to escape them so far. by
chance. but It would De- NOR. than
foolish TO take such chances IN th"
future. No planter and no capitalist
with a sound mind will ever venture
into a departure ~hhl'NN ~ ''eNs
chances beyond merely the expert
msuting scale The insurance against
dangerous blights is equal II nlt more
essential than that against political
revolutions.
Such was the tenor OF conclusions
arrived at by the olaa Coffee Planters
Association. The debates have result
ed in the appointment OF committee
composed of Messrs. l.. Turner. Flor
entine Souza and DIR. y. Russell with
instructions TO communicate with the
representative planters OF other coffee
districts of this island OF Hawaii FOR
the purpose Of holding a convention In
the near future The details will he
fixed by the committee
DIR. y. Russell.