The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1918-08-20

at the Lihue County Building, the
meeting being called to order by the
president little after o'clock. The
minutes of the last meeting, as we'll
as those of April 4th were read and
approved.
Under the head of old business, Mr..
Brandt reported that the Punu Ba Pele
road had been put into good shape
by the County so that there is now no
difficulty in making the trip to that
section by auto, even as far as Hale
manu- and Kokee. He would how
ever advise anyone contemplating the
trip to first ascertain in advance the
state of the weather, as it would be
impossible to make the trip in rainy
time. An enthusiastic vote of thanks
was rendered by the Chamber to the
Board of Supervisors.
Mr.. H. d. Wishard rendered the re-
port of the nominating committee for
officers for the coming year, as fol
lows:
President. t............Th. Brandt
Vice President. ......R. d. Moler
Treasurer. r.............J. j. |. Silva
Secretary ........J. M. Lydgate
Auditor. .........W. N. Stewart
The report was adopted and the
nominees were unanimously elected.
Mr.. Crawford the retiring President
commented briefly on the excellent
quality of the work done by the
Chamber during the year. In re-
sponse to the demand of the times,
the influence and activities of the
Chamber had far outrun the original
purposes Of the body, and especially
along patriotic lines, much good work
had been done. In retiring from the
position he wished to express his
hearty appreciation of the cooperation
which he had received from the men,
bers, and of the unity and harmony
which had been shown by them.
The President-elect Mr.. Brandt, then
took the chair, and expressed his sense
of the honor conferred upon him, and
his determination to fulfill the duties
of the office to the best of his ability.
Mr. Lydgate in few fitting words,
voiced the appreciation of the Cham
ber for the excellent work done by
Mr.. Crawford during the year. He
had proved just the man for the
place and for the times; prudent,
broad minded, efficient, faithful and
loyal, the Chamber had every reason
to be proud of his leadership, and the
speaker called for a rising vote of
appreciation for the services of Mr..
Crawford in that capacity. This was
given with enthusiasm.
The Treasurer proposed the follow
ing names for membership:
S w. Sahr, M. G. Santos, w. H.
Beer, II. j. Ebey, ]. F. Bettencourt Jr.
and E. Livesey, all of which were
duly elected. The Treasurer then pre-,
sented his. annual report showing a
credit balance of S304. The report
was approved.
Mr.. Wshard moved that in view of
the comfortable balance in the Treas
'ury, the treasurer be instructed to
purchase two War Savings Certificates
for the Chamber, which would cost
$1663S.
Mr.. e. NJ. Cheatham then requested
the attention of the Chamber to the
matter of the proposed new cane
growing contracts now being framed
by the government, and to be accept
ed as standard for all the Homestead
ers in the future. Taking the Adver-
tisers report of the proposed contract
which he presumed was reliable, it
seemed to him an exceedingly unfair
and unjust contract that would mean
ruin to the whole homestead industry
throughout the islands. He then pro
ceeded to point out the defects in
convincing detail, the most important
of which was the price, viz, one dol
lar a ton of cane per cent of price OF
sugar on a basis of s tons of cane to
one ton of sugar, and reduction OF
10 cents for every ton over 8, re-
quired to make the ton of sugar.
Only under the most favorable con
ditions could the high standard be at
tanned, in most places nine, ten OF
even more tons of cane were required
to make a ton of sugar. which would
mean a very material reduction of the
price For the Kapaa Homesteads
it would mean an so cent price, which
with present high costs, would near
assured disaster, and that in short
order.
Another injustice complained of was
the proposition to credit the home
steader for his cane OH the basis OF
the average sugar content of the
whole plantation. thus depriving hin