The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-22
planters ARE MEETING
TWENTIETH ANNUAL GATHERING
TODAY.
President Cooke Announces the Pros
pect of a Satisfactory supply of labor
from other American districts.

The twentieth annual meeting of the
Hawaiian Planters Association was
called to order by President c. NJ.
Cooke at 10 o'clock this morning in the
assembly room of the Y. M. c. A.
After the calling of the roll and the
reading of the minutes of the last an
4 nual meeting, President Cooke present.
| ed his annual address. In this he call
! ed attention to the fact that at the first
| meeting nineteen years ago the subjects
considered besides the question of the
| Reciprocity treaty, were the labor ques-
| tiOn, questions of agricultural impIe-
ments, and methods of cultivation, irri-
cation and transportation and that
these questions are still before the asso-
citation for consideration.
THE past year has been one of un-
usual aniety and Importance as your
trustees can testify and the reports of
their forty-eight meetings held since
November, "a, 1899 and the one special
meeting held by you on June 4, bear
witness to the numerous important
questions which have been presented
and acted upon. 1t has been a year OF
great changes, not only in the sugar
industry, but also in the commercial
and political conditions of these ISL
ands."
The address gave resume of the
business transacted at these meetings,
and continues:
''The question of Italian immigration
received much attention and expendi-
ture. Hon. S. NJ. Damon's mission to
Europe to further this cause did not
meet with the success we had hoped for.
THE matter of negro labor has also
been considered and several efforts
have been and are being made in this
direction. Much attention mas been
given to the introducing of new labor
into the country from Puerto Rico, it is
understood that that island was over
| TNgV 10 tod
! United States, laborers could be obtain
ed to the mutual benefit of both dis
tricts and we are expecting the first
installment of such laborers shortly. !
Messrs. S. T. Alexander. W. n. Arm
strong and R. Machfee have all given us
their assistance to this end
In July E. F. Bishop was commits
stoned with full authority to make ar
rangements both as to recruiting and
transportation of about fifteen hundred
agricultural laborers from the United
States, without restrictions or limita-
tions as to terms of wages. He has
since resigned, and c. Wolters has
taken up the work, and will assist
George L. Baldwin formerly Federal
Inspector of immigration in acting as
our agent in New York to engage labor
ers from newly arrived immigrants.
be success"
The address then spoke of the eff
tects of the contract system, and the
adoption of the pass book system for
laporers whereby the plantation man
ayers might act in unison and prevent
tlI United 1 acton on the part of the laborers
IN demanding excessive wages
The address announced that DR.. Max
Wen place as Director of the Expe-
Tlment station would be filled by r. E.
Blouln who has had nine years expe-
rlence under DR.. Stubbs and comes
nlshly recommended by both gentlemen
as eminently fitted for our work.
The Association proposes to erect q
laDarotory building at the Experiment
station.
The question of best labor saving
machlnes for the cutting loading and
Pldhtlhs OF cane has been discussed and
the matter is now in the hands of a
committee to prepare an advertisement
oHerlng prizes and stating terms for
machines of the best types, the prizes
10 be awarded by a committee of prac-
tical men," Ho
Dr MaXwell's report of the work of
the experiment station was presented
IN printed and bound form for the mem
Ders or the Association. 1t treats fully
the work Of the year and while exhaus,
1--WE is written in an exceedingly clear
ana attractive style. Some of the most
interesting experiments reported vera
designed to show the most favorable
style OF planting cane with reference
10 the amount of seed cane to be plant
ed in each row.
| In response to a suggestion nv tho
president, DR.. Maxwell said he had no.
thing to add orally to his report ex
cept TO reiterate more strongly if nos
slDle than he had done, that exceeding
care that should be exercised in bring
ing new varieties of cane into the ter
rltory, to avoid the danger of bringing
/ nufa
| suggested that no new varieties should
De brought in except through the ex-
pertinent station, and that these should
be given experiment there throughout
the time required by one full crop, be-
fore experiments We're made with il ON
plantations. AS pointing out the i'm
portance of this, DIR. Maxwell spoke of
a variety of cane brought in by Prof
koebele, after it had been most thor
oughly examined, but which yet devel-
oped indications during it's growth of
one of the most dangerous cane dis
eases known to the sugar industry,
necessitating the most active and radi-
cal measures to stamp it out.
i Manager Ahrens of Oahu Plantation
made an interesting report on the
workings of system of manufacture
in use on the Oahu plantation by which
the sugar was crystallized while in mo-
tion. This report brought out consider
able discussion.
1t was suggested that as the practical
work on all plantations was not carried
on in exactly the same way, reports
of the results of the use of processes
on different plantations were not al
ways exactly comparable, and there
fore We're not always a safe guide for
other plantations to go by. A resolu-
ton was adopted referring the matter
to the Director of the Experiment sta
ton to formulate, if possible, a system
of standards in methods to which all
reports should conform, so that reports
could be compared with one another in
all particulars.
The Association is in session this
afternoon and will continue tomorrow.
The following trustees were elected:
]. b. Atherton, George II. Robertson,
, II. A. Isenberg, c. Bolte, F. A. Schaefer,
w. G.. Irwin, William Pfotenhauer, H.
, p. Baldwin, and F. NJ. Swanzy.
Fine Job Printing, Star Office.