The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-18
PLAN TIERS
MEET TODAY
Labor Problem
Subject for
Debate.
W. g. IRWIN MAY
BE PRESIDENT
This is the Twentieth Anniversary
of Hawaiian Sugar Plant
ers Association.

The twentieth annual meeting of the
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association
will be opened this morning at ten
O'Clock in the Castle & Cooke building.
The work of the association for the past
year has been of the greatest impor-
lance, and the meeting today and to-
morrow is expected to result in a solu-
ton Of many of the vexing problems
which have been troubling the plan
tiers during that time.
The discussion of the labor question
will of course occupy the largest share
of attention, but this will not by any
means monopolize all the time of the
planters during their session of two
days.
The election of trustees will be held
this morning and the choice for presi
dent it is thought will be w. G. Irwin.
He is not in the city at present and
the vice-president to be elected will in
that case act as president until the re-
turn of Mr.. Irwin.
given over to routine business" said
F. a. Schaefer, president of the assoc
citation, in discussing the work of the
meeting yesterday. There will be
report by the president and secretary
and also by the various committees.
The association has had an unusually
busy year, and there have been some
forty or fifty meetings of the trus-
tees.
THE trustees will be elected in the
morning and during the midday meet
ing will elect their officers.
1.-The most important question Of
course is that relating to labor. The
committee on labor will make a re-
port upon the number and nationality
of laborers brought here during the
past year, and the future in regard to
this question will be the subject Of
much discussion during the meeting.
What our future action will be in this
matter 1 cannot of course foretell.
There are several different phases of
the importation of labor which must be
considered. We have no one to repre-
sent US in Washington just at present,
but several parties who went there on
private business are looking after our
interests.
Mr. Blouin, former director of the
experiment station, who was compelled
to go to New Orleans because of his
health, has sent in a report for the time
he has been at work. 1t deals prin-
cipally with the experiments at the
laboratory and station. His report
deals also with the results of the ex-
periments begun by DR.. Maxwell. and |
of the irrigation and fertilization work |
The successor to Mr.. Blouin will, very |
likely be named at the meeting; there |
are several candidates for the place.
"A report will also be made by |
Charles Eckhardt, who is manager of |
the station now, and also chairman of |
the committee on fertilization. His re-
port will be of much interest, though |
Of a rather scientific nature.
mo one has been awarded the prizes
offered by the Planters Association for
inventions of labor saving machinery.
We have been so busy with labor and
other troubles, which took up both our
time and money, that not as much at
tention was paid to such devices as we
nave wished.
mo, 1 hardly think the Cuban ques-
ion will come before the meeting, nor
will we take any action to offset the
agitation begun towards the free ad-
nothing of any discussion of that sub
ect; still we can never tell beforehand
what is likely to be brought up in our
meetings. b.
This is, I think. our twentieth an
iual meeting, and we expect the usual
arge attendance" =
Yesterdays island steamers brought
many of the prominent sugar planters
md managers to attend the meeting.
Among those in the city are: Fred
ieyer, manager of the Waianae Sugar =
%; c. B. Wells. Wailuku Sugar Co..
&. S. Gjerdrum, Hama Plantation; Jas.
iibb, Paauhau Plantation; John Watt.
]. NJ. Horner Kukaiau Plan
alton, Paauilo; VIM. Pullar, Honomu
ugar Co.; H. Deacon. Pepeekeo Sugar
o.; j. "A. Scott, Hilo Sugar Co; c.. C.
levitt, Hutchinson Sugar Plantation.
'aalehu; E. f. Gliding. Kohala Sugar
o.; T. S. Kay, Halawa Plantation.
,ohala; r. Hall, c. F. Hart Plantation,
lohala; G.. n. Wilcox, Grove Farm
Lihue; F. Weber. Lihue
lantation Co; J. Fassoth, Waimea
ugar Co.; f. Madden, Kukaiau Mill
o., Paauilo; c. NJ. Walton. Hawaiian
gricultural Co, Pahala; c. c. Ken
edy. Waiakea Sugar Co. HiIo: w d.
Dwell. Spreckelsville; w. L. Lucas.
ihue John J. Meyer. Kauai; ]. T.
oir, Onomea Sugar Co; p. McClain.
oloa Sugar Co; n. p. Baldwin: Geo.
oss, Hakalau, and G. r. Ewart. XII -