The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-12-07
PLANTERS meeting
ENDS BUSINESS IN
EXPEDITIONS Way
Three Days Session All That Is
Required For Covering More
Than Usual Business
COMMITTEES ENTRUSTED
WITH WORK SAVES TIME.
First Meeting Since War Meets
Problems and Accomplishes
Much ln-Few Sessions


Only three days were necessary 10
complete the business before the an.
nual meeting of the Hawaiian Sugar
Planters Association this year, one of
the most important Of oil Of the thir,
ty-seven that the association has held.
The adjournment last Wednesday af-
tefnoon came as rather a surprise, even
to the members who had not expected
to finish before yesterday afternoon at
the earliest. Some Of the members of
the association said yesterday that had
they known the sessions would close
on Wednesday they would have made
arrangements to return home that even
ing but that now they would remain
over until Saturday.
Time Not Wasted a..
One reason for the earlier end of
the meeting was the expedition that
was shown, right after the opening.
Heretofore, having organized, a recess
would be taken for the rest Of the
morning for the election. This year,
however, a ten-minute recess was TAX,
en-, then came the reconvening and
business went right ahead. A halliday
was thus saved at the very outset.
The handling Of the labor, wage and
bonus reports and the questions aris-
ing under them in an executive session
and reference of the matter to com
mittee saved a vast amount of debate
on those subjects that would probably
in the end have brought about the
same result, a submission to a commit
tee with powers. g, .
T.IooI 4hn 1sno.s A. n-Aw.,.k ~,
more important matters that were be-
fore the meeting TO committee solu-
tion was the chief cause of the rapid
disposal that was made of business.
Improvement In Sugar ..4 s.. ..
One Of the points of especial inter
est that was brought out in the re-
ports and in the course of discussion
of them was that the cause of com
plant as TO the granulation of Hawai-
ian sugar had been satisfactorily re-
moved. A year ago this problem was
discussed Mt some length and it was
then determined to make, il possible,
grade Of sugar that would meet the
demands of the refners. 800
Shipping problems are uncertain
enough and serious enough to have
caused prolonged discussion. They re-
eeived consideration but the commit
tees and the Sugar Factors Company
are looked to for the, working out Of
the solution SO far as lies within their
powers and they viii do it quite as well
and probably far better than could be
done by any other action taken by
the association. 49,, Il
In this connection, however, it was
brought out that there is need for
larger storage facilities on practically
all the plantations If the shortage of
bottoms for the marketing of sugar
should remain as acute as it is now.
This question, together with types of
warehouses and Equipments was taken
mp in a special report.
Pests and parasites was topic of
general interest discussed under the
report Of II. p, Agee, for several of
the plantations have sustained serious
losses from the leafhopper. Mr.. Agee
answered the query of whether the par
asite was playing out in the negative
aud blamed to unusual conditions the
apparently lessened efficacy of the par
asite.
Conserve Water Supply
importance Of fOrestration and of.
reforestration as an aid to the con-
seryation of the water supply was dis
eussed at some length at the first SEES
sion of the association and again on
Tuesday morning. The unanimous SEN
timent favored action that would save
what there is Of higher forests and
provide for more.
Machinery, labor saving devices, fer
filtration, irrigation and by products
OF sugar were some of the other sub
jects that we're considered. ..,..
Contrary, to the expectation of some
the matter of leases and of home
stealing did not come in for much con.
sideration, possibly this being consid-
cred a matter for action in other ways,
perhaps by the individual plantations
rather than by all collectively.
IL was the first meeting of the asso.
citation since the war and a patriotic
keynote was sounded by Il. d. Tenney
Mt the outset. He made it clear to the
members that the primary duty of the
planters here is to produce the largest
possible supplies of sugar and to meet
the new burdens which they are sud-
denly called upon TO carry. vi IA
The election of trustees and by them
of officers brought no surprises. Since
Mr.. Tenney had served only a part of
a term, succeeding Georg Rodiek after
the war broke out and the latter was
indicted for conspiracy to violate the
Of the United States, 1t was
hut fair that he should continue in Of,
Ace and that the general plan of roth.
tion should not be further disturbed
The trustees and officers for the com
ing year are; ...,.,....
u. ID. Tenney, president; +, II. Wode
house, Independent; W, o., Smith, sec
rotary and treasurer; T.. J.. Warren, as
sistant. Secretary and treasurer. +. Al
Schaefer, u. Faxon Bishop, J. y, CT
Hak gems, "A. w. r. Bottomiey, J.. NJ.