The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-12
ANNUAL MEETING OF SUGAR MEN
Planters Association Holding Twenty
Fifth Convention---Industry Pros
porous and Prospects Are Bright.

With the best year in the history of
the sugar industry in these islands to
discuss and compare notes over, the
members of the Sugar Planters Asso-
citation, fifty streng, gathered yester-
dav morning for the twenty-ffth annual
rkeeting of the organization. Every
Santation in the group was represent
] ~, either by manager, owner or agent,
and general feeling of satisfaction
with what had been accomplished dur
ing the past season and what would
be accomplished in the coming one was
evident.
Congratulatory were the reports of
the president and secretary, read at
the opening session yesterday morning,
the former referring to the fact that
what little danger seemed to be IN the
future in the difficulty of securing ade-
ouate labor would doubtless be over
come as all the other dangers when
had threatened the industry in the past
had been overcome
PRESIDENTS OPENING ADDRESS.
E. Faxon Bishop, welcomed the mem
bers to the annual meeting in the fol-
lowing address:
"On hehalf of the trustees, 1 extend
a cordial welcome to the members or
the association assembled. here today
for the annual meeting. 1t has been
customary for a good number OF years
vast that we get together once ID
year TO interchange ideas, listen to re-
norts and discuss questions of general
interest to that portion of our COM
a munitv identified with the sugar INDUS
try. e,,,,
.aThe Planters Labor and Supply
20 the parent organization OF the
VI s. p. A, was organized In March'
1aS9. thus this year the organization
has been in existence for quarter
of a century 1t may not be amlss TO
here mention those who were ldehlllieu
with the first organization me oiiA
GERS elected in March, 1882 We're as
follows: s. n. Castle, PRESIDENT Il.
A1ous { L. Austin, S. T. Alexander
q n. wilcox, vice presidents; T. -
Homes. corresponding secretary; + A
SChAPfeT.
Patty treasurer.
..Ttreo of the above mentioned are
sin alive and are with us today at TINS
meeting. r.. .,,a
. ernie crop of the year 1882, from the
hest information available, was o''ooV
TONS and the possible output OF the
,s,ands was estimated at S4,O0O tons
This year of 1907 the total crop is 44o'
or tons. The growth of the industry
,s evident without any further re-
MARES or comparisons, and / thlnh II
,,,ov ba safely said that the import
ance of this association, the scope 'i
its work and the necessity OF l's coN-
4inuance can be regarded in the same
ratio So much by way OF RETROSPECT
ton. -,7 ie
..-rbe work of the year just closed Is
worthy of special mention IN many
= resnects. and this will be largely COW
ered in the reports which VIII De reau
NJ 10 vou in the course OF the lieetiiA.
ia NV reference to the several items :.
only cursory. In many respects ',i'
d. work of the year has been one VI oD'
Sdrvation-watehing the progress u
rsr,1ts from work and experiments es'
.nI,-I,,,5 y, former wears. The reports
10 he submitted will not cover d.
reason that many of them have beer
rrAtt,, thoroughly exploited in former
[,ao,.s leaving those who are asked t'
Ivrita nm fresh reports on these Ole
subjects in rather a bad way and VIII
tbreadbare topics to deal with. Ih'
x,orl, Of the Fxperiment station, now
ever has been full and interesting
and in my opinion it Will give Us
k enough food for thought TO carry Us
over the present annual assembly. Its
work also. while interesting. has peer
as much in the way of observation a.
in any other respect, the experiment.
Il previously established having reache,
n a point where they are dec1dedlE II
evidence. Mr.. Eckart's Hawaiian seeo
81 1ings. alone cover a great WORK anu /
Il 'puts him in a class to be envled oA
n all who are identified with scienuh'
K agriculture (Applause)
.'The chronological Division, while
n not resting on its oars exactly. is GER
- fain1v resting on laurels so well earn
~ that the work of the division adds
- the fame of Eoebele and Perkins
49, a vav that must be lasting in the
~ Ankpals Of the pest warfare in sugar
kfCdne I make special mention TO tn'
Y fact that the sugar industry IN thE
n Territory has now ceased to De ahN
1 ious over the leaf-hopper pest yet nov
n short is the time since it seemed ina
n the entire industry was threatened
n with disaster, the scope OF which wa'
/ amplv demonstrated by the complet
n devastation of the crops of one plan
4 tation. while many were seriously dam
4 aged.
n .sTn trim around the plantations