The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-15
THE PLANTERS
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r. I'M. oWanZy ana w. ". SmlJn.
The trustees elected the following
officers: President M. Damon, vice
president, w. G. Irwin, secretary and
treasurer w. o. Smith, auditor, G. H,
Robertson.
The committees appointed by the
president we're:
Experiment Station Committee-F.
M. Swanzy, chairman; Subcommittee
on Entomology e. E. Paxton f. Klamp
Subcommittee on Plant Pathology, G.
F. Davies, ]. w. Waldron.- Sub-com-
mittee on Agriculture, G. H. Robert
son, T. H. Petrie.
Cultivation, Fertilization and Irriga-
ton on Irrigated Plantations-G. F.
Renton, chairman; e. Broadbent, G..
H. Fairchild, w. Weinzheimer, and H.
b. Penhallow
Cultivation and Fertilization on I'm
irrigated Plantaltions-A. Lidgate,
chairman, John Watt, John T. Moir, j..
Hind and w. G. Ogg.
Cutting, Loading and General Plan
tation Transportation-C. c. Kennedy,
chairman, K. s. Gjerdrum, w. W..
Goodale, c. Wolters, land H. P. Faye.
Manufacture of Sugar and Utilization
of y-Products-John A. Scott, chair
man, James Webster, G.. Ross, ]. h.
Myers, and John Fassoth.
Machinery-Ca) Manufacturing; j.,
N. S. Williams, Chairman; w. Stodart,
Andrew Adams, R. Hall and A. Ahrens.
,(b) Agricultural: H A. Baldwin, chair
man, H. H. Renton, G. Glib, Geo. G..
Watt and ]. Chalmers
Foresight. P. Baldwin, chairman,
Albert Horner, j. M. Lydgate, G. H.
Fairchild and w. w. Goodale.
Warehouses for, and Storage or, Raw
Sugars-E. X. Bull, chairman, B. D.
Baldwin, Fred Meyer, ]. N. S. Will
liams, James Glib.
During the year the trustees have
held sixty meetings.
In order to more efficiently deal with
the subjects of labor and statistics
there was established early in the year
a Bureau of Labor and Statistics with
Mr.. R. D. Mead as director. The
value of this bureau has already been
demonstrated. Upon Mr.. Mead's ap-
pointment as director of the bureau,
Mr. L. J. Warren was appointed as
sistant secretary of the association.
The crop reports for the past year
and for the ten years from 1900 to
1909, inclusive are herewith presented.
The crop for the twelve months from
October 1, 1908 to September 80, 19O9
is the largest ever produced in these
islands, being 535 1876 tons of 1900
pounds each. The largest thereto
fore produced was that of the pre-
vious year which amounted to 521, 123
tons.
Prices of sugar during the year have
been good, and the facilities for trans
porting the sugar to the mainland mar
kets have beer better than usual.
Since the last annual meeting an
Act was passed by the Territorial Le-
gislature imposing a special annual
income tax of per cent on all in
comes exceeding $4,000 to promote the
conservation and development Of the
natural resources of the Territory
through immigration and other means.
Of the revenue thus derived three
fourths lis to be used for the en-
.couragement of immigration, and one
fourth for the development, conserva-
ton, improvement and utilization OF
the natural resources.
With this fund earnest efforts are
being made by the Board of Immigra-
ton of the Territory to induce Euro
pean emigrants to come to these is
lands
The fact that Congress in revising
the tariff at it's late session made no
change in the sugar tariff was one OF
great moment to the industry of these
islands.
,, The strikes of Japanese laborers on
certain of the Oahu Plantations, dur
ing the year, which were melted by
Japanese agitators, were much to be
regretted.
Mr.. F. M. Hatch, the representative
of the association at Washington, has
continued his valuable services at the
Capital.
The presidents and vice presidents
of the Association for the past eight
years have been as follows:
1902, w. G.. Irwin, H. A. Isenbeng;
1923, H. A. Isenberg, e. D. Tenney;
1904, E. d. Tenney, F. M. Swanzy;
19O4-5, F. M. Swanzy, H. P. Baldwin;
1OO5-6, H. P. Baldwin, e. F. Bishop;
1867, E. F. Bishop, F. A. Schaefer ;
1868, F. A. Schaefer, S. M. Damon;
19O8-9, S. M. Damon, w. G. Irwin