Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-05

II they have been quick to apply this
principle and deal Justly and gener.
ously with their laborers.
Labor Conditions Fairly Satisfactory
II Generally speaking. the labor con.
1 ditioEs Oh the plantations during the
i year have bean fairly satisfactory.
1 Some OF the plantations have been
4 more or less pressed for labor at diff
Iferent times. but | cannot recall any
particular period when all OF the
j necessary faborers needed To conduct
plantation operstions were on hand.
II al any time ali Of the plantations
had all the laborers required. fear
that some Of US would think that the
millennium had arrived =
Benefits Of Filipino immigration
The payment OF a portion of the
bonus monthly and the extension
/ thereof to contractors has served 10
/ keep plantation hands cpntented and
| on the job nearly all the time. FIJI
i pino immigration has continued with
out interruption and the labor com
| mittee will report that for the year
/ under consideration total of 1874
/ men, TAI women and 1874 children have
/
| Islands. IL is our hope and desire
that this immigration may continue.
I Not only are we receiving benefit
ltherefrom, but the Filipinos are also
/ profiting Very considerable sums OF
/ money are being taken home or sent
home by laborers. and those who re-
4 turn are certainly more competent
and efficient through their experience
as plantation laborers in Hawaii. IL.
/ Splendid work of Experiment
/ Station ..:.. -. .....-
The experiment station has had
a very active year under the able
direction of M Agee, in cooperation
/ with the experiment station commit
| tee AS full report OF the work
! done viii be made by the director of
| the station and the committee and
presented to you for consideration. |
| do not need 10 refer TO their work
! beyond mentioning few matters in
! passing which seem to me to- be wor-
/ thy of attention .. 49,.
I The work being done in connection
with plantation experiments, which is
| referred to in the report of the ex.
| pertinent station committee, seems to
/ me to give promise of great results,
| and | trust that these experiments
will be continued and extended
through the cooperation of the plan
| tation managers The plan now in
! operation for training number of
young men in the agricultural and
chemical departments of the station
| should fill a long-felt want, and from
! these young men we may surely ex-
pect to find some of the future mana
gers and head overseers. -
| Success in Fighting Pests r.:
In passing, | would like also to
congratulate the pathological division
on the excellent success which has at
tended their work in connection with
the search for parasites for the ano-
mala beetle, and the establishment on
the infested fields of one. species of
these parasites, viz, Scotia wasp
The Makiki station has been eX-
tended by the purchase of a lot con-
tanning somewhat over an acre OF land
adjoining the present station, and
plans have been approved and con-
tract let for a fire proof building which
will provide additional room for the
staff and the valuable station library
and chronological collection. With
the completion of these improve
ments. which are being made at q
| time when the plantations can we'll
afford to pay for them, the Makiki
station should be web equipped for
its work for some time to come.
Quality of Sugar Must Be Improved
"One of the most important subjects
which will be brought to your atten-
ton at this meeting is the necessity
for a great Improvement being made
in the quality Of sugars which We are.
sending to the refiners, and / trust
this most important matter will re-
ceive your careful consideration and
that some means will be devised for
the establishment of a standard of
quality which will be adhered to by
all
at is truth too well known to
need repetition, that in order to OBJ
tain the best market price manu-
facturer has to be continually on the
alert to improve the quality OF ms
wares; and if, for one reason or an
other, the quality is allowed to de-
clinet the manufacturer soon finds, In
these days of competition, that he is
losing his market, or has to- take a
lower price than his competitors.
This is equally true of the manufac-
ture of sugar as of anything else.
Competition in the sugar business, as
in almost every other line of business,
is becoming keener all the time, and
we may be sure that the Cubans, with
their eyer.increasing crops, which
they s.ll in competition with each
other and with Hawaiian and Porto
Rican sugars. are losing no opportu-
nifty of making sugar more and more
in conformity with the requirements
of the buyers. The result will be that
unless radical Improvements are
made at the beginning Of this corp,
and continued through the season..
new contracts will only be made SUBJ
ject TO deduction, based on refin-
ing value, greatly in excess Of any.
thing we have ever had to pay in the