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


feel sure that different methods
must be adopted In the future, ana
that every effort must be made To
change Hawaiian sugars from being
the least desirable 10 being one OF the
most desirable sugars offered 10 The
reflRers. and in doing this il must not
be forgotten that owing 10 the ash
content OF oar sugars " z are already
at q disadvantage as compared with
the Cu6ans. II should also be remeH,-
bered that q very few. perhaps even
one plantation. sending a poor quak
lty OF sugar, is quite sufficient 10 give
/ the whole business black eye anu
/ undo ali the good work which is be-
ing done by others. therefore say
that believe that all the plantations
should agree 10 make a standard grade
of sugar which will be satisfactory 10
the refiners, and that through its eN-
pertinent station the assOoia ton
should see that this standard Is lived
up to b. all
Veteran Members, Present and Absent
I'll is very pleasant 10 see so full
an attendance eli members at this
meeting, including several OF our char
ter members, namely, Mr.. p C. Jones,
Mr.. W. . Smith and Mr. George VII:
. cox. j regret however. that among
the absentees there are three gentle.
men who have by their long expert
ence and great knowledge of the
sugar business contributed much to
1.-The success of our annual meetings in
the past-E mean Mr.: Tenney, Mr.. J.
. P. Cooke and Mr.. Swanzy. Two of
them, MIR. Cooke and Mr. Swanzy. as
YOU know, have been very seriously i'll,
but / am glad 10 say that they are
now considerably better, and il is,
know, the earnest hope of all OF US
that both these gentlemen will be re.
stored TO health at an early date and
that. We may soon again have the
benefit of their wise and kindly coun.
sell
Value Of Annual Meetings
My observation OF these meetings.
extending over a period of about 10
years, leads me strongly TO believe
that the interest in these annual
gatherings is ever increasing, and that
the participation in discussions fol-
lowing the reading OF the papers Is
growing more and more valuable year
after year. This is q most encourag
ing sign that We are all alive TO the
problems which have to be faced, for,
gentlemen, feel that we realize that
when conditions become normal, low
prices must be expected, even with a
continuance of the moderate protec.
ton which we are now getting. I,
for one, however, have no fear for
the future: We have met and over
come our bad times in the past and
we will meet and overcome them In
the future, and have no doubt that
the men at the head Of our planta.
tions, who. by their energy and re-
sourcefulness, have brought the sugar
industry of Hawaii to the high posi-
ton which it now occupies, will be
fully able to cope with whatever emer-
gencies may. arise"
Among Those Preser.
Among the members of the associa,
ton who answered the roll call this
morning were A. w. T. Bottomley,
w. o. Smith, c. H. Atherton, F. c.
Atherton. Frank A. Alexander, E. F.
Bishop. E. K. Bull, George Chalmers,
John Chalmers, R. A. Cooke, James
Campsie. William r. Castle, T. Give
Davies, ]. NJ. Dowsett,. c. f. Eckart,
G. R. Ewart, H. Focke, David Forbes,
A. Gartley, w. NJ. Giffard. w. w. Good
ale, j. = C. Hagens, Robert Hall, John
Hind, Charles r. Hemenway, James
Henderson, R. A Hutcheson. R. Rem
ton Hind, P. c. tones. James Johnson,
Henry J. Lyman, j T. Moir, j. R.
Myers, H. b. Penhallow. T. Fl. Petrie.
William iPullar, H. H. Perry, George
f. Renton, Georg Rodiek, John M
Ross, Z. A. R. Ross, John A. Scott, A.
Valentine; ]. W. Waldron, L.. J. War
rem, John Watelhouse, George C. Watt,
John Watt, F. Weber, Charles H. vii.
cox, G. n. Wilcox. J. n s. Williams,
E. H. Wodehouse, j. r. Wilcox, J. l..
Cockburn. W. A.. Ramsay and E..
Kopke.
All the plantations are represented.