Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-19
BIG Meeting Of
SMALL FARMERS
ON MARKET Plan
General Convention OF Pine.
apple Men on Oahu Will
Be Held in Honolulu
FIVE LOCAL MEETINGS
ARE TO BE HELD FIRST
Operating Fund Planned Would
Provide for Advances on
Fruit in Transit

A meeting in Honolulu OF home
steaders and small farmers engaged in
the pineapple-growing industry on
Oahu. or their representatives. will be
called within a few DAYS by A. T.
Longley, superintendent OF the terri
torial marketing division.
In this way the marketing division
expects to obtain from the homestead
ers their opinion OF the plan to create
a permanent working fund for market
ing those pineapples grown on this
island which are not contracted for to
the eanneTies. and also to what extent
they will cooperate with the division
In the project of sending man to
Chicago to open an eastern market for
the fruit.
By calling such a meeting, Mr.
Lcngley is carrying out the suggestion
of several Oahu homesteaders who
have become interested in the project
since the details we're made public in
the Star-Bulletin several days ago.
During the last three days Mr.. Long
ley has had calls from a number of
pineapple growers, all of whom are in.
favor of both plans, he says
Preliminary work to be done prior
to calling the general meeting will be
to hold conferences with the small
farmers in the Wahiawa. Aiea, Heeia.
Pupuukea, Palolo, Kunia and Pearl
City districts These conferences will
be presided over by Mr. Longley and
Leslie Clark OF the College of Hawaii.
the latter being exceptionally well
versed in pineapple growing, picking
and packing.
The details of the Chicago scheme
and the permanent working fund plan
will be explained After the confer
ences have been held stlIe growers in
each district will be asked to name a
delegate or delegates to attend the
meeting in Honolulu.
The Honolulu meeting, says Mr..
Longley, viii see both schemes thresh-
ed out Upon its completion 1t will
be known just where the growers
stand and to just what extent they
will cooperate with the marketing di.
vision.
The permanent working fund plan,
says Mr.. Longley. was evolved follow
ing recent meeting of representa-
tives of the division with the home
steaders at Aiea.
Should this fund be created, 1t
would be to the pineapple growers of
Oahu what the working fund of the
California Citrus Growers Association
is to the growers in that state" de-
clares Mr.. Longley.
"Such a fund surely would help the
local growers. For instance, If man
had a consignment of pines on the
way to market and needed an advance
of money he could get it from this
fund"
Under the new plan 1t lis the idea of
the division to crate ALL pines on the
ground; that is. as near as possible
to the place where they are grown.
This would prevent the bruising which
might occur IL the pines were shipped
to Honolulu uncrated.
Il do not see why the plan OF open
ing an eastern market would not be
successful, says Mr.. Longley. There
is an ample market, and the. only
problem can see is that of getting
the fruit to the market. With good
man on the Coast, and with COM
retent working force, do not see why
we cannot sell the pines"
1t has been suggested to Mr. Long
ley by man formerly in the fruit bus
mess on the Coast that the best way
to market the fruit would be by the
division having its own brokers on the
mainland, and getting its orders
through the brokers. He discouraged
the contract plan
Il believe the suggestion is a good
one," says Mr. Longley. I'VE have
got to arrange things whereby every
pineapple that is shipped out of Ho-
nolulu will be Sold