The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-11-24

}.SU o CLOCK yesterday until ten O'CLOCK
this morning. Reports were made dur.
ing the day by the president, secretar,
and nearly all of the committees anC
the work of the meeting will be WOUND
up today after an executive session. Il
ID. Tenney is the new president OF tn,
Association.
Much valuable information regarding
the sugar industry was impaired in the
reports. many of them technical, given
yesterday The only paper which
aroused discussion was one on methods
of cane handling by c. c. Kennedy
He made the suggestion that the Asso-
citation offer some incentive to inven-
tors in their labors to perfect ma
chine for handling and transporting
cane, which though heartily seconded
was not acted upon.
MEETING OPENS.
The meeting was called to order by
President Isenberg, in the Castle &
Cooke hall at ten o'clock. The follow
ing members were present: A. Ahrens,
II. A. Baldwin, ID. b. Baldwin, J. Il.
Crawley, George Chalmers, 4. c. Da-
vies, G.. +. Davies, Il. +. Dillingham;,
c. +. Eckart, ID. Forbes, w. W. Good
ale, William NJ. Giffard, $. Is. Gjer-
drum, George Glib, James Glib. II.
Hall, C. Hedemann, John Hind, j. r.
c. Hagens, ii. A. lsenberg, C. c. Ken
nedy. II. $. Kay. ID. G. Lindsay, A,
Lidgate, j. a. Low. John Il. Moir f..
b. McStocker, William Pullar, G.. Il.
Renton, G. II. Robertson, G. n. Rolph,
+. NJ. Swanzy, j. a. Scott, +. "A.
+. d. Tenney, l.. A. Thurston, +. Web
err, w. G. Walker.
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
After the reading of the minutes
President II. A. lsenberg read his an
nual address which was as follows:
Gentlemen; 1t is with much pleasure
that / welcome you to the twenty-third
annual meeting of our Association.
In looking back upon our past bust
ness year we cannot say that the same
has been one of extraordinary pros
perity, although marked improve
ment took place in the price of sugar as
with the previous year. our
in connection with the
by most of the sugargrow-
ing countries of Europe, of the Brus-
seis convention did not fully material
ize; the change thereby created in Eu-
rope had no effect on the American
but proved the latter to be alb
Independent of the former. 1t
is astonishing how very quickly the
Cuban crop recuperated from the set
back caused by the insurrection and
war, and the estimates for the coming
crop are reported to be far in excess of
any crop ever harvested in Cuba. Not
these facts, the United
States government proposes to grant
n tariff concession of twenty per cent
on Cuban sugars and there seems to be
very little doubt OF the United States
Congress passing the respective bill.
1t remains to be seen what effect this
action will eventually have on the price
of our sugar, the same being sold on
the Cuban basis.
Your trustees have held forty-nine
the labor question again be-
ing the foremost subject of discussion.
Although there has been somewhat of
an improvement in the labor conditions
of the islands, during the past year,
there are still times when the supply Is
and the subject of obtaining
a sufficient number of suitable field la
borers remains one of constant anxiety.
Among those who have sought for
work as field laborers there have been
a small number of Koreans, who. so
far, have given satisfaction. Two
of your trustees with dele
gates from the four islands have been
held for the purpose of discussing all
matters surrounding the labor ques-
ton. These meetings have been quite
7 n
tinuation of the same. Our Islands
have been favored with visit from
Mr.. +. p. Sargent, Commissioner Cen
eral of immigration, who made per-
sonal study of our labor conditions and
matters. This gentleman
expressed himself as highly pleased
with the conditions he found upon the
and | record with particu-
lar interest his statement in the pres
ence of all of your trustees that he
had fully convinced himself of the fact
that the work In the Hawaiian cane
fields is not adapted to white people
and that our sugar industry could not
get along without Asiatic labor.
The crops of many plantations have
oeen seriously damaged during the past
year by the new insect pest, called the
however, there is reason
% believe that this danger Will be en-
irely removed after enemies have been
distributed and increased in sufficient
numbers to check the propagation of
he leaf-hopper. Reports received from
,arious districts indicate the coming
crop to be in splendid condition and 1t
s to be hoped that the weather will
continue to be favorable so as to some
What offset the many hardships we
AVE to contend with. An understand
ng has been reached with the new De-
,artment of Agriculture and Forestry,
or the joint employment of two addi-
ional entomologists and i would rec
mmend that the planters freely avail
OF the services of these gem
lemen whenever needed. Professor
loebele, to our regret, returned In very
,oor health from his successful trip to
Iexico in search OF lantana destroYers
nd II was absolutely necessary for him
o take q much-needed vacation. He Is,
Ioweyer, at the present time engaged
n the search for enemies of the va
ious insect pests, particularly the leaf
Upper.
Mr.. William Haywood, the Washing |
on representative of this Association,
whose services proved to be quite salts
actory. has been re-engaged for an
a.