The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-12-04

]. M. Dowsett. ....#..s. .eeN, i
For their thirty annual
Sugar Planters Association assembled
at ten o'clock Yesterday morning AT
the Planters Experiment. Station on
Keeaumoku Street. In the afternoon
there was held an executive session of
the trustees to consider the all.impor.
tant questions Of wages and bonuses.
Following the calling to order Of the
meeting Of the Sugar Planters, Asso.
citation yesterday by President Il. ID.
Tenney the elections of trustees, as
pamed above, was the most important
business Of the mornings session. At.
ter the selection of the trustees they
in turn named the officers. itt
Besides the reports OF officers and
the routine business Of organization
little else was done at the morning SEES
sion than to discuss the matter Of for.
estration and the preservation thereby
of the sources of the Islands water
supply so necessary TO irrigation.
No Change In officers AHA. al
There were no surprises in the elec.
association. II has been customary
for the presidency of the association
to pass along in certain order. That
order was maintained when, at the
time of the resignation of Georg Ro-
dick as president, L. ID. Tenney was
named to succeed him, and E. H.
Wodehouse succeeded Mr.. Tenney as
yice-president. IL, As Mr.. Tenney had
served but part of a year it was the
natural thing to continue him at the
head of the organization for the com.
ing year.
Tenney Sounds Keynote .r.,
In his address to the members OF
the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Associa-
ton Mr.. Tenney sounded a real and
patriotic keynote for this, the first
meeting of the members since the
United States declared a state Of war
with Germany, when he said; eve
must study our business from war
perspective and remember that we
have patriotic obligations to per-
form" From this he made it clear
that war conditions and necessities
will form a large and the most impor.
tant part of the business of the asso,
citation. Business conditions have
changed completely within few
months, and the planters must see to
1t that Hawaii does not fall short of
its part in supplying the. United States
4, with sugar requirements.
S3sIh his speech yesterday morning
ar. Tenney said;
"This is the thirty,seyenth annual
meeting of the organization and the
first to be held in its own building.
",The value. Of these gatherings has
been so clearly demonstrated by past
experience that further reference to
this fact would seem superfluous.
War Conditions
"Witb the world alamo and the en-,
try of the United States, into the war,
we are and win be confronted with
new and perplexing problems which
. will be difficult of. solution and may
call for the exercise Of u high degree
of patriotism and great material sac,
rifce. We must bear these burdens
with a spirit of determination and
, without undue criticism of those Off,
eials upon whom has fallen the duty
of imposing them upon us, and upon
whose shoulders rests the responsible
sity for the successful prosecution OF
the war. ittsgte Z
Question OF Bonuses ., ..,.,
Z. -. i" We must study our business from q
war perspective, and remember that
we have patriotic obligations to carry
through as well as those who Join the
eolors and actively, engage in Sighting
upon the battlefelds of Europe and
the high seas The success of the is
sue rests quite, as much upon the Ell
p cient manner Ia which we who remain
at home perform our allotted tasks al
upon those at the front, for unless We
by our Industry, supply them with
food, equipment and material will
which to fight, they can only fail, We
must be prepared to make, and mak'
cheerfully, every sacrifice necessary L
win this war, and these sacrifices will
be many. am certain that, when thu
final accounting is made, this associa
ton, through its membership, will b.
found to be high up In the list of thOs'
who have contributed to the utmost ex
tent materially and in patriotic etfor
toward the successful accomplish
ment of our country's aims
Crops Are Compared o., &sg,..
1.-THE crop Of 1917 is the second larg
est in the history of the industry
showing total Of 6If,574 short tons
as against the largest previous crop
that of 1915, which was 646, i45 tons
The crop would have been by far thu
largest on record, had not the excessive
drought so delayed operations as u
prevent the completion Of harvesting
before the close Of the statistical year
This record breaking drought has dam
aged the 1918 crop to an estimate,
total of from $4,000 TO 100000 tons
High prices for sugar have prevailed
and substantial profits have resulted
Supply of Labor