The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-12
AFTERNOON SESSION.

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the officers of the organization.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention went into session
! again at o'clock, the newly elected
president, F. A. Schaefer, being in the
chair. As first matter of business he
announced the election of himself and
the other new officers, these being:
F. A. Schaefer-President.
S. NJ. Damon-Vice president.
W. o. Smith-Seeretary and treasurer
G. H. Robertson-Auditor
R. D. Mead-Assistant secretary.
BALDWIN URGES EXCHANGE OF
IDEAS.
President Schaefer further announced
that the trustees had appointed a spe-
cial committee to select the committees
for the various branches of the work
of the association for the coming year,
this committee consisting of H. P. Bald
win, E. d. Tenney nd E. F. Bishop.
The report of this con nittee was then
read, as follows:
Your committee appointed to ar
range the schedule of committees for
the next annual meeting submit the
following:
Your committee believes that ii is
of great Importance that the system
of reports to annual meetings by man
\ lox t0,5X
on the other hand, that such reports
should be made and careful attention
given thereto. There are many practi-
cal matters in connection with planta-
ton affairs that the Experiment Sta
tion staff cannot report upon.
I'VE therefore recommend that COM
mittees be appointed to report upon
the following subjects: "a Experiment
Station; (2) Labor; 80 Cultivation,
fertiliza ton and irrigation on irriga-
ted plantations; (4) Cultivation and
fertilization on unirrigated planta-
tions; go Cutting. loading and general
plantation transportation; 60 Manu-
facture of sugar and utilization of by
products; CO Machinery; (a) manu-
facture, OBJ agricultural; 81 Forestry,
and 80 Warehouses for, and storage
of, raw sugars.
I'VE further suggest that the presi-
dent appoint the chairmen of COM
mittees at this meeting as early as
possible with the suggestion to said
chairmen that before the meeting adj
journ they hand to the secretary a
list of members whom they desire to
serve with them on said committees"
In presenting this report, which was
adopted, Mr.. Baldwin stated that he
regretted to see that there was dis
position on the part of good many
of the members to attend the meetings
for the apparent purpose of being en-
tertained and instructed, while at the
same time Sinking any part in the
discussions or in drawing up any of
the reports. He said that he did not
think it wise to leave all the reporting
to the staff of the Experiment Sta
tion, valuable as were those reports,
but thought rather that there should
be a freer and fuller discussion between
the members of these reports and also
reports on matters from the members
themselves which the Experiment Sta
tion staff could not supply. He in
stanced irrigation in the field, the
manufacture of sugar and the uses of
various machines in cultivation as
things with which the Experiment Sta
ton was not supposed to deal but things
of the utmost Importance to the plan
tation manager.
Mr.. Smith, in moving the adoption
of the report expressed very much the
same ideas, urging especially that there
he free and full discussion of the
reports brought in
Mr.. Baldwin further explained that
he did not wish to seem to be eriti-
eizing the work of the Experiment Sta,
tion, the value of which none knew
better than he did.