The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-18
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HAWAIIAN SUGAR PRODUCTION
FOR THE YEAR.
Machinery Is the Burden of the De-
bates at the Meeting of the Planters
Association This Morning.

i Dates at the Meeting OF the Planters
Association This Morning.
! The yearly conference Of the Planters
Association commenced this morning
in the hall I'm the Castle & Cooke build
ing promptly at 10 o'clOk to full at
tendance. Among those present were:
/ f. A. Schaefer, president; II. ID. Meade,
! secretary; Andrew Adams of Kahuku,
II j. M. Horner of Kukuihaele, G. c.
II Hewitt, +. McLane, j. Watt, ii. Dea-
con, j. j. Meyer, @. N. Wilcox for
Brewer & Co., T. s. Kay, p. McLane,
! w. Pullar, G. Hart G.. II. Robertson
of c. Brewer q CO., George Ross, II.
Il. ID. Tenney, Castle & Cooke; T. Give
Davies, Davies q Co.. G.. f. RentOn,
F. Webber, c. NJ Walton, Henry Wa
terhouse, w. Nj. Giffard, w. @. Irwin
q Co.; E. f. Bishop, c. Cooper, Man
ager Ahrens, II. =. Baldwin, George
Chalmers, James Gibb h. h. Olding,
Wray Taylor Commissioner of Agricul-
ture; j. 4. Crawley, of the Hawaiian
| Fertilizer Company; G. G. Kennedy,
II. Berg, Grnbaum and Company and
DR.. Averdam of the Hackfeld Fertilizer
Co.
The names of the firms and planta-
tions enrolled in the Association were
also called by the secretary and the
minutes of the previous meeting read
and approved. .........
| +. A. Schaefer, president of the Asso-
citation then made his address of well
come and opening of the conference
He said.
Another year has passed away
marked by the arduous efforts of trus-
| tees and managers to overcome the
difficulties of the industry. You all of
| you fully understand the labor troubles
and there is no need for me to enlarge
upon the serious nature of this phase
of our difficulties. The scarcity stin
! exist The outlay of capital for the
purposes of immigration has been very
great and everybody have equally done
their best to relieve the situation and
adjust contracts. .........
THE season has been an exception
ally dry one on the islands of Hawaii
and Maui, reducing the crop to a con-
siderable extent This dry spell lasted
for almost six months of the year. The
prices of sugar show a decline which,
with the increasing expense at the
same time, brings down the net pro-
ceeds at least $40 ton DR.. MaxwelPs s
successor at the experiment station,
Mr.. Blouin during his short stay
visited every plantation making him
! self personally acquainted with the
conditions and proved himself to be a
man of high scientific attainments and
practical knowledge. 1t was with re-
gret that we were compelled to lose his
services through illness induced by
climatic reasons. He has however sent
| in a report and meanwhile the station
| is in charge of w. f. Eckhardt. A
successor will soon be appointed al
though the trustees have so far taken
no action in the matter. l should rec
ommend all members to visit the ex-
pertinent station where excellent work
| has been carried out.
Il trust that some unanimous action
will be taken on the labor question
We know that we have already agreed
upon SIT to SIS for field work wages
but there are many other phases of the
question. The committee reports will
now be read and discussed and l close
with bidding all a hearty welcome"
On motion of Mr.. Tenney, the address
was acceptd and will be printed in the
Planters Monthly as will the following
report of the secretary.
In the latter report the trustees
names were announced as w. o. Smith,
B. f. Dillingham;, f. A. Schaefer j. b.
AthertOn, II. p. Baldwin, f. M. Swanzy,
A. Isenberg, w. G.. Irwin and G. Bolte.
Forty-three trustees meetings besides
minor conferences have been held dur
ing the past year. In regard to the
labor question 2930 Porto Ricans with
their wives and families have been i'm
ported, 76 Italians, who have so far
proved valuable additions, 105 Portu-
guese and 19 negroes besades number
of the latter imported by local firms.
The importation of the negro has not
proven a success and no further efforts
will be taken in that direction. The
crop has realized 36O,O3S tons of sugar
and the experiment station has proven
entirely satisfactory.
On the motion of Mr.. Tenney the old
board of trustees was unanimously re-
elected, President Schaefer announcing
that the officers would be chosen dur
| ing the noon hour.
on a suggestion from the chair that
If the delay of any steamers be deemed
necessary some action be taken in the
matter promptly, 1t was moved and
afterwards amended by Mr. Watt that
the Mauna Loa, Kinau and one Kauai
steamer be delayed for "a hours and
that the chair appoint a committee
to- ask for that concession. The chair
appointed Mr.. Tenney and George VIII
cox to see into the matter Immediately.
| The report of the committee on cul-
| tiVation was then called for from the
members, consisting of Messrs. II. r
Baldwin, j. A. Scott, John Hind, j. ).
| RentOn ana II, BdTkHduben' MI ohAu
win as chairman asked that the report
be deferred until after lunch and hnally
confessed no report was ready, as the
other members had not given In any,
thing and he himself had forgotten
| that he was a chairman until remind
ed by the secretary a short While ago,
since which time he had been too BUSY
| to write a report. He would however
he said endeaVor to make verbal re-
port and afterwards would see that the
same was written in shape for publica-
ton in the Planters Monthly. He then
spoke as follows
"There has been little change i'm me-
| thods generally OF cultivation In the
past few years, although there have
been a few new and advantageous
changes made, the spread of which is
being adopted by a number of the plan
tations. For example in planting rat
| toons, where formerly the water ran
down the furrow, / speak only of plan
tations where irrigation is used the
ridge between the rows has been split
with a plough, the cane hilled up and
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