The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-11
THE PLANTERS
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waiian Sugar Planters Association
was called to order this morning
promptly at 10 o'clock by President e.
F. Bishop. The roll call of the mem
bers of the Association and the plan
tation roll call were read by Assistant
Secretary r. d. Mead.
Nearly every plantation was repre-
sented, laBe number of the
members Of the Association being pres
ent. After the calling of the roll. the
minutes of the last meeting were read,
which included the executive meeting
held at the Experiment Station. Pres
ident Bishop welcomed the members
present to the annual meeting in the
name of the Trustees and then read
his report of the past year which was
loudly applauded
President Bishop said;
"On behalf of the trustees, extend
cordial welcome to the members Of
tie Association assembled here today
for the annual meeting. L mas hCeh.
customary for a good number o. wears
past that we get together once year
to interchange ideas, listen to reports
and discuss questions Of general inter-
est to that portion of our community
identified with the sugar industry
THE Planters Labor e Supply Co.,
the parent organization of the H. S. =.
A., was organized in March, 1882 thus
this year the organization has been in
existence for a quarter of a century.
1t may not be amiss to here mention
those who were identified with the
first organization The officers elected
| in March, 1882 were as follows s n.
| Castle president, e. p. Adams, s. L.
| Austin, S. r. Alexander, c. ~ Wilcox,
vice presidents; p. Z. Jones, CORES
ponding secretary; F. A. Schaefer, rec
ording secretary; J. H. Patty, treasurer
Three of the aforementioned are
still alive and are with us today at this
meeting.
The crop Of the year 1882, from the
! best information available, was 1000
| tons. and the possible output of the ISL
ands was estimated at $4,000 tons. This
| year of 1907 the total crop is 440,017
| tons. The growth of the industry is
evident without any further remarks
or comparison, and l think it may be
safely said that the importance of this
| Association, the scope of its work and
the necessity of it's continuance can be
| regarded in the same ratio. So much
by way of retrospection.
The work of the year just closed is
worthy of special mention in many re-
spects, and this win be largely covered
in the reports which Will be read to
you i'm the course of the meeting. My
| reference to the several items is only
| cursory. In many respects, the work
of the year has been one of observa-
! tiOn-watching the progress or results
| from work and experiments establish
| ed in former years. The reports to be
| submitted will not cover as many sub
jects as is customary for the reason
| that many of them have been pretty
| thoroughly exploited in former years,
| leaving those who are asked to write
up fresh reports on these old subjects
in rather a bad way, and with thread
| bare topics to deal with. The work of
| the Experiment Station, however, has
been full and interesting and in my
opinion it will give us enough food for
thought to carry us over the present
annual assembly. Its work, also, while
interesting. has been as much in the
way of observation as in any other re-
spect, the experiments previously es-
tablished having reached point where
they are decidedly in evidence. Mr.
cover great work and it puts him in
class TO be envied by all who are
identified with scientific agriculture.
The chronological Division. while
not resting on its oars exactly, is Ger
tainly resting on laurels so we'll earn
ed that the work of the division adds
to the fame of Rochelle and Perkins il
a way that must be lasting in the an
4 nails Of the pest warfare in sugar cane
I | make special mention of the fact tina
| the sugar luuWStIN III LllS ltllllOl
l has now ceased to be anxious over tn,
leaf-hopper pest, yet how short IS tn
] time since it seemed that the entir
5 industry was threatened with disaster
the scope of which was amply demon
strated by the complete devastation O
the crops Of one plantation Will
v many were seriously damaged
= In a trip around the plantation
), made this past summer, was muc
z pleased to note the full credit was &C
% corded by the managers generally t
!. | the Experiment Station staff for tn
y effective work done, which is as
/. should be. Individual members hay
70 from time to time deprecated the eN
h pense Of maintenance of the Station
t but | regard its work today as of in
n | calculable value compared with whic
= the cost of maintenance is as the an