The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-25
governor HOLDS
ELECTROMAGNETIC
Leaders Of Big Business Inter-
I ests Discuss Plan For ~
\ Sliding Scale
Government Seeks Accurate In
' formation and Square Deal
They Are Tod

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tWhat we were after was to dis
cover The commercial value Of water.
OF TO find some means Of discovering
that vslue.,' ..e Az.
In these words Governor Pinkham
yesterday summed up the object Of an
important conference between govern.
ment officials and business men of the
Territory in his Office yesterday morn
ing. A plan which provided for the
payment for water on n "slidine
scale" to correspond with the rising
and falling price of sugar, had been
'OutllDed by q. X. Harrison, Territorial
photographer, and was submitted to
the meeting by its author. 49,. a.
After number of difficulties were
pointed out by. the practical sugar mep
present, it was decided that Governor
Pinkham viii write a statement of Thn
proposed plan to the firms represented
at the meeting, and they would an
swer, giving their opinion on the sug
gestions. The Governor letter will
be forwarded at once.
Reason for Meeting
In opening the meeting Governor
Pinkham made the following state.
ment:
1.-THE reason for calling you gentle
men to meet with the executive and
affiliated department heads is to con
fer as to the value of various govern.
ment irrigating waters and endeavor to
ascertain a sliding scale, if possible,
that will correspond to the varying
yields Of sugar they produce and the
market price obtaining.
'An endsavor has been made to pre-.
pare such a scale, but 1 leave you to
Iorm your own opinions.
1.-THE government wishes no adyan-
tage; it wishes as fair treatment aa
occurs in water deals on a large scale
between private interests. In case
sugar prices become depressed, the
government desires TO so operate it will
not be oppressive or destructive of en-.
terprise.
1--WE have reverted to the govern.
ment's possession some five largo
bodies of land that constitute self con
tanned business enterprises, wholly
without extraneOus support, and which
must, in order to be successful, be or
ganized on strictly business principles
1.-The government will seek correct
and exact information from those of
you qualified to advise in a strictly
business sense as TO values, equipment
and operating capital required to fully
and completely, without wasts, utiliz.
the maximum capacity of these lands.
Seeks Information
The executive seeks information of
those possessed of absolutely accurate
facts, and expects those facts to be
given, as well as the result of expert.
ence, ahdFdOes not rely on those pre-.
senting simply Theories
Land Commissioner Rivenburgh, Ter
ritouai photographer harrison, Dep
uty Attorney General Smith and Terri
torial Treasurer Mccarthy, with the
Governor, represented the government
at the meeting. Among the Others
present were: John X. Clarke, repre-
senting Hind, Rolph & Company, as
manager of the firm s Honolulu Office
{. Brewer & Company, Ltd, was rep
resented by AlonzO Gartley; Castle &
Cooke was represented by Z. D. Ten.
ney and T. II. Petrie; WQialua Plnnta
ton was represented by W. w. Good
ale; +. A. Schaefer & Company, Ltd
was represented by Wilhelm LAM
wee president; Alexander L. Baldwin
was represented by Charles r. Hemen-
way, Georg ROdiek and J. F. C. Ha
gems represented H. Hackfeld & Com
Pany, Ltd; Rev. Hans Isenberg repre-
scented characterization, and Col z. 8
Spaldlng, Makoe Sugar Company.