The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-10
Pl ANTERS' ASSOCIATION MEETS
FOR TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION
S. M. Damon Elected President---Reports Are
Enthusiastic and Encouraging
Visit Experiment Station.

The thirty-eighth annual meeting of
4ion is now in session, attended by the
majority of the various plantation man
ayers, representatives of the agents and
the scientists connected with the Ha-
waiian sugar industry. The session
opened yesterday morning in the rooms
of the association in the Judd building
and the reports of some of the commit
tees were received with enthusiasm. The
fact that 1905 has been the banner
sugar year for the islands accounted
for the enthusiasm of the planters as
sembled and the cordial, eongratulatory
greetings exchanged between them.
At the election of officers for the
coming year, the honor of the presi-
dency of the association was voted to
S. NJ. Damon, who has been vice-presi-
dent during the past year under Presi-
dent F. A Schaefer.
Other officers elected were: W. G..
Irwin, vice-president; w. o. Smith, Sec
retary and treasurer; R. D. Mead, as
sistant secretary, and George H. Rob-
ertson, auditor.
The nominations were made at an
executive session of the new executive
committee and the elections ratified by
the association.
F. A. Schaefer, in the president s
chair, called the meeting to order yes
terday morning at 10 clock, those pres
ent at that time being s. nj. Damon,
w. o. Smith, Royal D. Mead, H. P.
Baldwin, George r. Ewart, E. d. Ten
ney, E. E. Paxton, w. H G. Campbell,
George Chalmers, C. C. Kennedy, George
f. Renton, w. NJ. Giffard, John Watt,
J. H. Mackenzie, II. A. Baldwin, f. M.
Swanzy, G. F. Davies, J. Fassoth, Geo.
Gibb, K. S. Gjerdrum, c. f. Hart, John
Hind, F. Klamp, A. Lidgate, r. Hall,
J. R. Myers, john NJ. Ross, F. Weber,
Geo. C. Watt, E. H. Wodehouse, 7. II.
Petrie, J. P. Cooke. w. L. Hopper, j. F.
C. Hagens, ]. W. waldron, w. Pullar,
John NJ. Ross.
Included in the seeretary's report
were the gratifying statistics of the
crop of this season, as published in the
Advertiser on Saturday, and the fol
lowing important paragraphs:
"The committee on labor has held
many meetings during the year and had
various plans under consideration. Up
on the recommendation of this commit
tee the trustees decided that in order
to carry out more systematic and COM
prehensive plans in regard to maintain
ing an adequate supply of laborers it
was desirable that labor bureau be
organized to be in the immediate
charge of capable and efficient officers.
Steps have already been taken to carry
out this object and it is hoped that
much benefit viii result therefrom.
Mr.. F. NJ. Hatch, the representative
of the Association at Washington, has
rendered valuable and efficient service |
and the Association is fortunate in be- |
inc able to retain him as their repre- |
sentative at the seat of government.
Tariff Revision.
Congress is about to consider the sub |
iect of tariff revision and hearings are |
about to be had before a committee IN |
of the new session of Con-
gress. 1t is of the utmost Importance
to the sugar interests of these islands
that there should be no diminution of
the tariff on sugar imported into the
United States from foreign countries.
This subject has been given earnest
by the trustees and our
at Washington. Without
tariff protection sugar could not be pro-
dueed at profit in these islands owing
to the cost of production, distance from
the market and cost of transportation.
The report concluded with a refer
ence to the loss the association had sus-
tanned in the recent death of the. late I.
Rain Walker, and concluded with a
copy of the resolution of coincidence j
passed by the association trustees and j
forwarded to the widow of the deceased.
The Presidents Address.
President Shaefer followed with his
as follows:
Honolulu, November Z, 1908.
To the Officers and Members of the
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Associa-
tion.
Gentlemen-A year has passed again
since the members of the Hawaiian
Sugar Planters Association came to-
gether at their last annual session, and
IN the name of the trustees I extend to
you all hearty welcome at the present
Meeting.
The business year of 1907-190S has I
been the most successful one for the
ngar industry of these Islands which
We have to record. This refers par o
icularlv to the large tonnage of sugar
Produced and also in marked degree
o the good sugar prices which prevail l.
d during that period. The total toni