Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-04
REVISION
OF BONUS
SUGGESTED
A. w. T. BottomIey Charged
With Duty and Will Report to
Next Meeting of Trustees, is
Report Following Executive
Meeting

plantation laborers. The work Of re-
vising the scale is chiefly in the
hands of A. w. T. ,Bottomley and will
be presented to the trustees of the
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association
for discussion at their next meeting.
E. D. Tenney, president of the asso-
citation, refused to make any state
ments on the subject but it was gen.
orally rumored about the meeting
that the business of settling the bonus
question would be given hearing by
the trustees before the end of the
week
Just what changes are proposed,
whether the scale Fill be revised or
raised could not be learned, most of
those who attended the executive ses-
sion yesterday. refusing to discuss
the matter
The greater part of this mornings
session was consumed in the reading
and discussion of the report of the ex-
pertinent station committee but
supplementary report on that sub
mitted by the committee on forestry
was contributed this morning by DR..
H. L. Lyon.
In this supplementary report DR..
Lyon pointed out that the Hawaiian
sugar industry which depends a great
deal on water, will suffer unless the
present watersheds are not reforest-
ed.
i THE native forests are doomed, !
said DR.. Lyon, land In no great time
their efficiency will be practically
negligible"
: He suggested action now along re-
forestration lines and pointed out that
the reason the native forest is dying
is because in the first place 1t is COM
posed of trees which are used to new
made soil and that secondly the trees
now composing the watersheds are
not protected as they were before
the period of sugar cane cultivation
when forests ran from watershed to
the sea-
Our forest is of the very ancient
order. It is believed that these IS
lands were once part of the Asiatic
continent and that shortly after this
land was formed the trees and plants
which seek new-formed land spread
here to what was then part of the
Asiatic continent"
When this land became divided
from the mainland the flora and fauna
which grows on old soil could not
come and hence only trees that seek
new made lands have been here. Now
these trees are dying because the soil
has changed and it means that we
must reforest our watersheds with a
society of trees, vines and plants that
will hold water and that will find this
old soil good to thrive in"
DR.. Lyon suggested that tree nur-
series be established, one On a noun
tain and the other in lowlands where
experiments could be conducted to
discover which trees : would prove
best for the demonstration of the plan.
tation watersheds.
In the discussion which followed
the reading Of the experiment station
report it was brought out that the leaf
hopper pest has not been solved yet
but the members of the association
were undoubtedly pleased when the
report informed them that the scotia
wasp had proved an effective parasite
on anomala. Mr.. o. H. SweZey of the
station said that solonies of the
scotia wasp were being sent out to all
by the station wherever
the anomala made its appearance.
On the subject of the leafhopper
which has worked such .ravages in
certain plantations Mr.. Agee admitted
that the solution of the problem had
not been reached chiefly. because the
staff of the station had not had the
time to study it, but that in he near
fuure the leafhopper would be given
more attention than in
the past.
The cane borer situation was we'll
in hand, the report read, except in the |
Kona district where attempts made |
to kill the pest have failed. H. P. Agee, !
of the station admitted in this !
that here was a possibility |
that the parasite was bein killed by |
some larger pest.
F. NJ. Anderson of Hawaii reported |
that the cane borer was his most |
serious enemy, and R. S. Norris also |
spoke along the same line. Prof n. !
Veitch of Fiji who happened to be /
present was called upon to give his !
with the cane borer in
Fiji. 4,
On the subject of eyespot disease
Dr. Lyon addressed the meeting and
brought forth samples of cane to show /
that some varieties were more sus- !
ceptible to the disease than others |
The yellowstripe disease on striped !
tip cane was next discussed and it was |