Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-20

the session commended with paper
by H McCubbin on Milling. = Fol.
/ slowing q discussion on this paper. an
!, adjournment was taken until $3.50
this afternoon when r. Renton Hind
land James Ogg addressed the enRin.
] eers on the subjects which had been
lassighed to them,
From the first words Of welcome
from D. f. Sheedy, chairman of the
lfIaNaifair Engineering Association.
with which the mill engineers are az.
fliated, the convention gave every
| sign Of success. The Mil Engineers'
Convention will probably be made
into an annual affair. It was stated
this morning that the plantation own
ers are strongly in sympathy with
the idea and believe that many bene-
fits can be derived from such
annual meetings.
The papers which are read at the
convention are to be published In
booklet form and distributed TO the
millers attending the convention. An
idea OF the thoroughness with which
the subjects of interest to the dele
gates are being handled may be had
from a few lines In the report Of the
committee which arranged for the
papers:
General Discussion
.We first prepared list of Ques-
tions on mill work and from these 48
were selected and mailed out In print
ed form to the mill engineers. From
these answers papers have been pre-
pared covering all the phases Of raw
sugar manufacture and we trust that
they win be of service to the engin.
Ieers present in furnishing topics for
discussion; for upon an interchange
On ideas rests the success Of this
gathering"
1t will be seen from this that the
meetings are proceeding along the
line Of the inter-island civic conven-
tion. one Of the profitable and inter-
esting features of which was that a.
general discussion followed each adj
dress.
/ In his opening address Chairman
Sheedy touched on the need Of great
er efficiency In the sugar industry
here. especially needed in view Of the
reduction in the tariff. Said he:
This seems most opportune time
for the Inauguration OF policies to
this end. The tariff reduction is with
us and it is well known that many of
our plantations win cease TO exist as
sugar producers unless there is re-
duction in the cost Of manufacture,
and the community demands that
you, with machinery worth millions
in your charge, work to this end.
McCubbin's speech, which was the
last one on the morning program,
was heartily cheered. He had worked
upon it until the last minute and had
left nothing undone to make Milling"
one of the most comprehensive and
interesting papers yet heard.
McCubbin is from the Pioneer Mill
of Lahaina. He had prepared therel
a number of models and designs of
tion of sucrose from cane is made,
and these he used in the course OF his
talk to illustrate the point made.
Would Have More Meetings
The report of the mill engineers
meeting committee, which was re-
ferred to above, was signed by R. r.
Hind, James 0gg, ]. e. Kennedy, II.
McCubbin and HI. s. Truscott. At the
end they said: 4 =
In concluding our labors we wish
to express the hope that this win be
a foferunner of many such meetings
in future years, for the production Of
sugar today depends Largely for its
efficiency upon the engfneefs In !
charge" II
Kopke reviewed briefly the purpose .
of the meeting and urged that free
discussion follow the differeat papers. I
Chairman Sheedy's address Is as
follows:
Gentlemen: It Is my pleasant duty