Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-03
PLANTERS PRESIDENT CALLS
FOR PATRIOTIC WAR SERVICE
E. D. Tenney In Address at Annual Meeting
Declares Sugar Men of Hawai- Have National
Duty to Perform -

Wv ness from a war per-
spective and remember that we
have patriotic obligations to
carry through"
This sentence, part OF the ad-
dress Of President E. D. Tenney
at the annual meeting OF the
Hawaiian Sugar Planters, As
sociation which began today,
sounded the note of war at
the outset Of the first general
session Of the planters In TINS
territory since the United
states entered the European
,eonHict. ;, J. $3.50. -,
~ ~. session. beginning at 10 ociock
q. 80 new experiment station oullolns
=, Yaeaumoku street, viii contInus s
e. several DAYS. War conditions anu
- nace1eities will play q large parl
Az the discussion. There arg -,
her Of printed reports OF tne sesn N.aS
committees to be read and oiscusse -
President Tenney's ADDRESS pels 49,.
IN. nrogram OF the morning sssslun'
referred repeatedly to the special prp q,
lens arising from war conoitlons. =
mi, "A the thirty-seyenth annual
rn.stinr az the organization and tne
ssirrt - Be held in its own buildine;
sTne yaiue Of these gatherings mas
49,, ~ clearly demonstrated By past
S{%[flSn,e that further refer enee sD
,shis fsct would seem superh uous.
! ~ War cpnditIors
awiths tia world aklame ana the en-.
-. ~ tks 'If1lted states into the war
- "a vii be confronted with
49, - bsrnlexing prpblefns which
.,i,I ~ 61fficnIt OF solution and may
.sii fSr thf exercise Of q high degree
- n.friotisfli ana great material sac-
,;fies IVA must bear these burdens
,z,tk l .epirit or determination and
G;fnont Undue criticism Of those offi-
100 ,,rnn whom has fallen the duty
8 imnoeinr them upon US, and upon
1900 shonlders rests the responsihh.
~. for the SUCCESSFUL prosecutor u
the war.
eve must study our business Ilv ~ :
war irrespective, and remember .na -.
We have patriotic obligations % cary
through Is we'll as those who loln. sne
fcIfff and actively engage 10 ngntins
s1S6n the battlefields OF Europe ana
hirh seas. The success OF the IL
Sr1 rests quite as much upon the efii-
clehf manner In which we who remain
~ Nome perform our allotted tasks as
,,,,,- 'ffnee At the front, for unless we.
~ arr industry, supply them with
feos equipment and material with
Ts<ick "a fight. they can only fail. We
,.s,If Re prepared 10 make, and make
Shserfnlly. every eacrifice necessary to-
S,in thie war. and these sacrifices Will
~ many. lam certain that, when the
aSsI accounting Is made, this associa.
FLOR. through its membership, win be
fennd Ia bs high up IN the list OF those
<-,h5 have contributed 10 the utmost ex
vent materially and IN patriotic effort
toward the successful accomplish.
n1ent az ui,r country's aims.
Crops 1917 and 1918.
ssThe CROP Of 1917 IL the second larg-
est n the history Of the industry,
rkowina total Of 644,674 short tons,
80 se1inst the largest previous crop,
fket az 1918. which was 646,445 tons.
5,6r erop would have been by far the
lryreet On record, had not the exces-
11re drought so delayed operations as
"a snrevent the completion of harvest.
i'm before the close Of the statistical
,,5Sr This record breaking drought
80 dsuaaeed the 1918 crop to an esti-
.5tsd total Of from rs. 900 to 100000
fcns High prices for sugar have pre-
VAILED. and substantial profits have re-
suited.
af,eneral Nv snealKfng, the labor supply
hsa been sufficient 20 meet the needs
81 ne plantations. The large earnings
noerihie under the prevailing system
~ nofnDensation have attracted 20 the
s nisnfafions q large portion Of our float
ne nonulation. with the result that the
S1rrerste number Of laborers Is great
- fhen heretofore. Labor has never
fs.n 70 well compensated, so prosper
<,,S nor have the general conditions
- .frouhding it been 80 good as during
y the past year The bonus PAID mas
heen 40 large that, upon final settle
nent, the isborers are RECEIVING an
amount 80 great that many are leaving
1he plantations to spend their money
elsewhere or engage IN otner occupa-
lions which this capital enables them
20 do. No inconsideraole number are
leavine for the coast and the Philip
nine Islands.
Tfis question OF compensation rs
the most important matter which VIII
come before you for consideration.
THE bonus system, based upon the
gross price Of sugar IN the New York
fdsrket. was established as q method
under which the laborers would share
IN the prosperity q the plantations plantations,