The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-12-04
ISLANDS PLANTERS
righteousness
Managers and Experts Discuss
Problems Of Sugar cultiva-
ton and Manufacture
tFrom Wednesday Adsertlser.l

The thirty.fourth annual meeting OF
the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Associa.
tion convened at ten O'clock yester-
day morning, president Il. Faxon Ri
shop In the chair. Assistant Secretary
7. J.. Warren read the minutes or the
1913 meeting, which lasted from No
ycmber % to December 4.
After the delivery Of the retiring
presidents address. the report Of w.
Q. Smith, secretary Of the association.
was read aud adopted.
On motion Of John 7. Moir, the en-.
tire board Of trustees was reelected as
follows; i. r. Bishop, T. A. Schaefer.
w. o. Smith, A. w. 4. Bottomley, T.. d.
Tenney, j. M. Dowsett, J. p. Cooke,
j.. II. Hackfeld and +. NJ Swanzy.
The president announced that all
members and their wives were invit
ed TO attend the baseball game Thurs
day afternoon, as guests Of the trus-
tees The session then adjourned until
1:30 O'Clock.
oficers Are Elected
AT meeting Of the trustees held
Immediately after the session had ad-
journed the following officers were
elected for 1915: J. M. Dowsett, pre-
sident; A. w. 7. Bottomley, vice.presi-
dent; w. o. Smith, secretary and
treasurer; L. J. Warren, assistant Sec
rotary and treasurer; ,. W. Waldron,
auditor.
In the afternoon the real business
Of the convention was entered into.
Brief Presidential welcome
j.. M. Dowseft, newly elected pfesi-
dent Of the association assumed the
chair, and briefly addressed the con-
vention. After thanking his associa.
ties for the honor conferred upon him,
Mr.. Dowsett said:
"My only regret IN accepting the
Office Of president Of this Organization
for the ensuing year is that my senior
in service and ability, r. A. schaefer,
did not care to accept the honor tend
cred him. His services to our industry
during the long years Of its growth
and development have been Of meal
culable value.
'sIn assuming the duties Of ofico
/ ] ask the hearty cooperation Of oil
the members and win promise to bend
my every endeavor to. the perfection
of plans for the mutual good Of the
\ organization aud the industry
Experiment Station Report
The president taen called on J: w.
| Waldron, chairman Of the experiment.
station committee to lead the discus.
sion. The report Of his committee fol-
lows:
| 'fIn presenting TO you their report
upon the experiment station for the
past year, your committee IN charge BE-
lieves that any review Of the work ac.
eomplished can not well be more con
cretely presented than Is done IN the
i directors report to the committed, pre-
scented herewith.
i 1.-THE steady advancenient Of the
standards Of efficiency, aud searching
analyses Of problems under considera-
ton, make each annual showing better
| than the last. Your station stands a.
the most profitable inyeetment any 50.
gar industry has ever made. Its cost.
moreover, has been appreeiably reduced
and your committee have at all times
sought maximum efficiency at minimum
cost. II Is hoped that the time Is not
far distant when the Waipio substation
will become practically self supporting.
aud in time, snurce Of prolif to be
applied in reduction of the general
station expense.
4
Borer Parasites and Birds
''The triumph Of the cane borcr
Taehinid is now well known to You an.
the progress made in the search Tor
enemies Of the Anomala beetle is snch
that IL is hoped the problem may soon
become one Of selection, care being ne.
eessary that we do not bring 10 our
plantations any insect, in friendl~
guise, which may in time deveIon somo
undesirable trait. Coupled with the
pest of the Anomala beetle is that Of
the Japanese rose beetle, aud there Is
reason TO believe that the enemies Of
the one may prove also Destructive Of
the other, Besides the first shipments
Of parasites of the Anomala beetle.
mentioned " tho director rao0rt 9th.
ers have since been received, ana the
Insects liberated in the Affected ais.
triet. 7'I
Somewhat allied to the topic Of en-
tomology is the oft-renewed agitation
In various quarters for the Importation
OF suitable varieties Of birds which will
be useful IN reducing some 81 our IN.
sect nests without beearling destrnc.
tive IN other ways. While there can
be no question that great care should
be exercised IN selecting any birds for
lrnoft'tien 70 these Islands. apd ar
tion taken only after a satisfactory
study Of their habits and Tendencies
before they are liberated, Il Is not IA
i be denied that there are ar AZ loo.l