The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-11-19
Question Of Extending Contract
System of Growing Cane
Comes Up Today.
RESULTS MAY BE IMPORTANT
Experiment Station Visited Yes
terday by Members of
the Association.
tFrom Thursdays Advertiser)

At the meeting of the Sugar Plant
ers' Association at nine O'Clock this
morning the labor question will be
taken up and thoroughly discussed and
some interesting developments are ex-
pected to follow. The meeting, of
course, will be executive, but an an
inouncement of what is decided upon
will probably be made.
The japanese editors have asked for
IAN extension of the contract system of
growing cane as the best way of in
,creasing the earnings of the laborers.
This plan, it is understood, meets with
flavor among considerable number of
the planters and it is probable that,
with some notifications, it will be
! adopted. Whether or not anything
! will be done in the way of increasing
the wages of other than contractors is
: uncertain, but there is a general senti-
J ment that wages should be raised in
some way.
Tonight will take place the annual
banquet of the association, which will
undoubtedly be the usual elaborate and
enjoyable affair.
Yesterdays Meeting.
At the opening of the meeting yes,
terday morning an invitation from
President Gilmore of the College of
Hawaii was read, inviting the mem
bers of the association to visit the
college and use the apparatus and APP
planes for any purpose they might
see fit. At the suggestion of w. o..
Smith it was decided that the asso-
citation should pay visit to the col
(Iege in the afternoon after having Wis
tied the Hawaiian experiment station.
Experiment Station.
The report of the committee on ex-
/ pertinent station was read by F. NJ.
Swanzy. 1t was in part as follows:
"For many reasons a change has
been made in the administration of
the station. Heretofore the staff has
been made up of three divisions, the
agricultural and chemical, the patho-
logical and the chronological, each
division having its own director. The
separate directorships have now been
done away with and one general di-
rector has been appointed.
"With the termination of the office
of director of pathology has come the
necessity of dispensing with the valu.
able services of Mr.. l.. Lewton- Brain.
During the period of this gentleman s
engagement he has shown himself to
be pathologist of great attachments
and his services to the association have
been of much value and very highly
appreciated.
Gin the agricultural and chemical
and chronological divisions there has
been some excellent work done in fer
tilization experiments, raising of new
cane varieties, wax extraction from
bagasse, investigation into sugar manu-
featuring methods, etc.
elm the pathological division much
attention has been given to the cause
of decay of forests, especially on Ma
vi, while the study of fuugoid disease
of cane is continued.
"The chronological division has fol.
lowed up its good work in studying the
insect pests of cane and their enemies
and in this connection special mention
must be made of the work of Mr. F.
Muir in Borneo, Celebes, New Guinea
and other equatorial islands in search
of an enemy for our cane borer. Mr..
Muir has most cheerfully faced the
risks to health which his work in these
countries involved and has been re-.
warded by the discovery of n natural
" an attack of fever rendered it i'm.
possible for him to travel by the steam.
er which brought his discovered insects
to Honolulu and they, not having re.
ceived tho err" he would have given
them died before their arrival. Mr..
Muir will. however. try again, and it
is hoped his coming efforts will be
crowned with success.
"The Planters Monthly is no longer
p"i'lshed under the auspices Of the
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association,
but has been taken over by the Ga,
2otte eamnanv md Is being edited by
Mr., l.. A, Thnrston 10 whom permission
Is given "a use certain selected articles
from the Record At his discretion"
General Discussion.
The report on agriculture aud chemis
Try Of the experiment station was read
by G. y. Ecknrt, the station chemist
a desnli0fY discussion of the reports
followed. some considerable attention
being paid 10 the matter If subsiRtions
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