The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-14

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held by members only. Corporation
proxies must be signed by two officers
of the corporation member. A major
lily OF all votes cast at such meeting
snail 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
| ruent Station, who said in part:
/ Rubber in the condition that IL
is found in the plant is in the tissues.
In the Ceara it is a network of cells
not directly connected. That is,
1t is the opposite. for instance,
| of the blood in the human sys-
| tenn. If the arm should be cut from
man he would bleed to death, but
when you break branch off a rubber
! tree the tree does not necessarily die
| There is a certain connection but it
| 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 a 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withdrawn.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
ii 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 great deal more
to be done and we are going ahead
with it.
From what have seen of the Ceara
tree in this country 1t stands just as
well and in some cases far better than
anywhere else. The treatment of the
trees is a matter which can best be
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
the efforts and observations of those
who come in contact with the actual
work here on the plantations"
DIR. Waterhouse was called on next
and read a paper which was probably
the most interesting Of the meeting.
1t will be found on page 5. He was
followed by a. paper written by Jacob
Kotinsky and read to those present by
L. A. Thurston. Mr.. Kotinsky dealt
extensively 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
he said:
81 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-
quence. The list of insects affecting
rubber in countries upon which we
draw for our seeds and plants should
bring rs to a full realization of the
Importance of careful and conscien-
tious inspection of rubber seeds and
plants imported from outside the Ter
ritory. You can depend upon the thor
oughness of inspection of plants, etc.
that come by way of Honolulu. But
presume, there is always a chance
for the ambitious 90 manager to inn
port surreptitiously seeds and plants
and evade our inspection laws. If
these notes succeed in impressing you
sufficiently with the Importance of, so
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
lnless they are accompanied by a
stamp or certificate from the Terri
orial Inspector indicating that they
lave received his attention, If this OBJ
ect is attained these notes shall not
ave been presented in vain"
HAVE FEW PESTS.
c. ]. Austin was called on to give
short talk on bugs which trouble the
ocaI rubber men. He said in part:
I'm the Territory of Hawaii the rub
er planters are unusually fortunate.
here are few insects which will
eed some care but l believe that
an say that in every case we have at
he pest. There may be some which
re do not know of as yet but l doubt
there are any Of sufficient import
nee to cause trouble if tine trees are
arefully watched.
There is some slight indication of
fungus disease but this troubles only
he leaves and has not gone into the
God, where it would create damage
any extent. On this account, with
rompt action and care I believe we
re safe from trouble of this kind.
here are fungus diseases extant in
lis Territory which attack the roots
Ut so far they have never attacked
ibber. On the whole l believe that
am safe in saying that we are very
rtunate and have no insect or disease
hich can be considered a dangerous
lemy to our new and coming industry
rubber production"
Continued on Page Eight)
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