The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-10-18
ADOPT BYLAWS


was adopted. In this regard the or
ganizatlon IL planned on very much
the same lines as the Sugar Planters,
Association, with one or two excen-
tIons. The following extracts from the
bylaws give the only salient features.
ARTICLE II.-MEMBERSHIP.
Section /. Members of this associa-
t!on may be rubber plantation COM
panics and individuals who are direct
ly interested in rubber culture or i'm
rubber plantations. but the trustees of
! this association may in their discretion
admit other plantation companies and
/ individuals engaged in other agricul-
tural pursuits.
Sec. .. Applications for membership
shall be made to the Board OF Trus-
tees. and applicants. upon receiving the
approval of the Board of Trustees at
meeting. and upon the payment of
the initiation fee and a years dues.
shall be added TO the roll of members.
Sec. g. The initiation fee shall be one
dollar CsD. and the annual dues for
each member shall be one dollar, pay
able on January 1 of each year.
ARTICLE Iv.-vOTING.
Section l. At meetings of the mem
bers of this association. at least ten
members must be present to constitute
a quorum for the transaction of busi-
ness. Members may be represented. by
proxy. notice of which must be given
to the secretary in writing. Proxies
given by individual members can be
held by members only. Corporation
proxies must be signed by two officers
of the corporation member. A major
ity of all votes cast at such meeting
shall decide all acts except as herein
after provided in Article VIII. Each
member shall be entitled to one vote.
The first speaker called on was Jared
G. Smith of the United States Expert
ment Station, who said in part:
Rubber in the condition that ~
is found in the plant is in the tissuesl
In the Ceara it is a network of cells
not directly connected. That is,
it is the opposite. for instance,
of the blood in the human sys-
TEN. If the arm should be cut from
a man he would bleed to death, but
when you break a branch off a rubber
tree the tree does not necessarily die.
InerS Is u CSTldlu COluSCbiOu OuI II
is not a close one. If a rubber tree
should be cut down you would by no
means get all the rubber from it. The
latex from only small area would be
withdrawn.
'"The rubber in a plant seems to be-
placed there for the purpose of pre-
venting evaporation of moisture and
to stop up wounds which would other
wise cause trouble and possible dam
age to the tree. There certainly IS
rubber in many trees in Hawaii and
it seems to me that there should be
great deal of success in the grow
ing of rubber trees here.
AT the Experiment Station we have
been making a number of preliminary
experiments which we hope will be of
use to the rubber growers both here
and elsewhere. One of these you have
seen this morning in the tapping OF
trees. There Is still a great deal moro
to be done and we are going ahead
with it.
From what have seen of the Cear9
tree in this country it stands just as
we'll and in some cases far better than
anywhere else. The treatment of the
trees is a matter which can best bSy
worked out by those actually in charge
of the work. The theory is that one
should get the most wood that is pos
sible in healthy trees which have, at
the same time. been grown in the
shortest length of time and at the least
expense. That is, the trees should be
forced as much as is possible. I re-
peat that 1 believe that the best way
ha hi h Ia+a inc i-
the efforts and observa tions of those
who come in contact wiki the actual
work here on the plantations
Dr. Waterhouse was called on next
and read a paper which was probably
the most interesting of the meeting
1t will be found on page ). He was
by paper written by Jacob
Kotinsky and read to those present by
L. A. Thurston. Mr.. Kotinsky dealt
with the various pests
which are now in these islands and
have been found to affect rubber trees
and also with the various pests which
affect rubber in other countries from
which seed is imported here. He took
up all the known pests one after an
other and described their various
habits and characteristics. In closing
ne said:
II am certain that we are still free
from serious insect pests on rubber
plants and doubt whether the fungus
disease are Of any material conse-
4uence. The list of insects affecting
rubber in countries upon which we
1raw for our seeds and plants should
bring US to a full realization of the
Importance Of careful and conscien-
-ious inspection Of rubber seeds and
plants imported from outside the Ter
-itory. You can depend upon the thor
'ughness OF inspection Of plants, etc,
hat come by way OF Honolulu. But
presume there is always a chance
'or the ambitious (?) manager to i'm
port surreptitiousfy seeds and plants
and evade our inspection laws. II
-hese notes succeed in impressing you
'ufficiently with the Importance of, 50
ar as possible. keeping out possible
insect pest invasion to the extent that
,onsignees will refuse to accept or in
.roduce foreign rubber seeds or plants
1nless they are accompanied by a
'tamp or certificate from the Terri
jorial Inspector indicating that they