The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-11-03
PINEAPPLE
CONFERENCE
HiIo Business Men
Meet Coast
Agent.

office of Charles Furneaux on Satur-
day for the purpose of meeting c. p.
Bentley, representing the California
! Gamers Associa tion, and to listen to
| the report of X. l. Lille, special rep
! resentative of the Hilo growers, who
visited the Coast for the purpose of
! investigating the fruit canning there
and to arrange If possible, to secure
/ financial support for a cannery in Hi
! 10.
! C. C. Kennedy, p. Peck, Charles
Furneaux, Geo. w. Patty, l.. Turner
and II. +. Kelsey Joined in a running
discussion while Mr.. Bentley was de-
liverlng an informal address to the
meeting. r. l. Lille at first present.
ed a report on his visit to the Coast.
What seemed to be clearly brought
out at the meeting was that there
would be no lack of land for pine
| apple cultivation in the vicinity of
Hilo.
Mr.. Bentley stated that his coming
to Hilo to investigate the pineapple
situation was due to Mr.. Lilies call
upon the association, and If anything
! came out of it the credit belonged
| to Mr.. Lille. OF his own accord and
in answer to questions. Mr.. Bentley
made remarks as follows:
1.-Two questions / wish answered.:
81. What will pineapples cost?
SO. How many can we get?
Sugar mills run on a larger scale
and for larger profits. / should say
| that to manufacture ten tons of pine
| apple into preserves would cost US
as much as it does the sugar COM
panies to make thirty tons of sugar.
"It will require 1000 tons of fruit
| during the first year to keep the can
| merry in operation. That means that
! you must draw upon Maui and get
all of the fruit that is not now
| canned on Oahu. l am told that
Oahu produces more pines than all
the other islands combined. 1t
would be wise to have one cannery
| centrally located and with smaller
branches in other localities. The
plant is a small item as one for 5O,-
900 cases would not cost more than
$4,000. The machinery is simple,
most of the work is done by hand.
The chief outlay is labor and pine
apples, though the cans cost more
than the fruit. The expense of con-
Quoting a 10000 can plant per an
mum would be about $4,000 during
season. We would like to inter-
est the plantation people because l
do not believe we could get the re-
quired quantity of fruit from holders
of small tracts"
Mr.. Bentley spoke about pines of
about four pounds as the best, and as
to quality said that the more acidity
in the pines the more sugar 1t VIII
take to preserve them. consequently
they commanded a lower price.
Sugar costs us five cents per pound
and fruit one cent, so you can see
the difference
He said there would be no difficulty
about finding a market but there
might not be any profits. Less than
&c, 900 cases per annum would not
bring a profit to the cannery. The
average housewife would not pay more
than 25 cents per can for fruit. Figure
the profit at five cents per case and
what had they? Mr.. Bentley added
that he was not here with power to
make a five year contract. The cost
of freight, labor sugar and approx
innate cost of fruit must first be fur
nished his company. The company
would not go into the scheme If
thev had to raise the fruit-they are
not farmers. If they could get agree
ments from people to grow pines for
delivery in 1905 the association could
go ahead with the cannery either here
or elsewhere in the Territory.
ESTEE MEMORIAL SESSION.
The following resolutions touching
the death of Judge Estee We're pre-
sented yesterday before Judge Little,
who with remarks of his own ordered
them spread upon the records:
Whereas, The bar of this Court have
with profound sorrow learned that the
Honorable Morris NJ. Estee. late Judge
of the United States Court for the Dis
trict of Hawaii on the 27th day of Oc-
tober. A. d. 1908, departed this life;
Therefore, To indicate the esteem in
which we held him while living, and
the respect and veneration in which
we hold his memory,
Resolved, That the many virtues
which adorned the character of the
Honorable Morris NJ. Estee and which
during his incumbency as Judge of the
United States Court of the District
of Hawaii, shone conspicuously, have
endeared his memory to us and made
for him an- enduring monument as an
able, upright and just judge, courte-
Gus and accomplished gentleman, and
a sincere and disinterested friend,
Resolved. That his death is public
| calamity, in which the bench loses one
of it's brightest ornaments, most
honorable example of impartiality,
firmness, patience, learning, sagacity
and suavity of department; the bar
one of its most warmly cherished pro-
fessional brethren: and the Territory
an exalted patriot and useful citi-
zen.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
presented TO this Court by the MEM
bers of the bar, with the request that
they be spread of record and that n
copy be transmitted to his family un-
der seal of this Court,
Attorneys present and Joining In the
eulogies pronounced We're: w. S.
Wise. Carl 5, Smith, ]. Castle Ridg-
way. Thos. c. Ridgway, C. F. Parsons,
w. II. Smith John U. Smith and ].
NJ NiuaS