456 
Coming  back  directly  to  the  Hawaiian  rubber  industry,  it  might 
be  said  that  we  are  taking  up  the  item  of  marketing  before  neces- 
sary. However,  it  is  a matter  upon  which  we  will  need  all  the 
suggestions  obtainable  in  order  to  perfect  a proper  system  and 
receive  the  full  measure  of  reward. 
Under  an  almost  perfect  selling  organization,  the  fruit  growers 
of  California  have  realized  fortunes  where  they  would  have  lost 
their  all,  had  the  matter  of  marketing  been  left  to  each  individual 
or  company. 
The  rubber  growers  of  this  Territory  will  realize  similar  good 
results,  providing  they  market  as  a unit,  and  the  results  will  be 
particularly  apparent  and  gratifying  at  any  time  when  the  value 
of  rubber  is  at  a comparative  low  level  of  price. 
From  ‘‘The  India  Rubber  World,”  I have  taken  the  following 
comparative  quotations,  the  figures  applying  to  Para,  other  grades 
showing  practically  the  same  difference  in  price  between  the  dates 
mentioned : 
April  1st,  1908 $ .76  to  $ .77 
October  29th,  1909 1.85  to  1 87 
Certainly  these  figures  must  give  great  encouragement  to  those 
who  invested  under  conditions  and  quotations  of  a few  years  ago, 
but  I trust  these  favorable  conditions  will  in  no  way  lead  the  rub- 
ber growers  to  overlook  the  necessity  of  a proper  organization  for 
cooperative  marketing. 
RUBBER  IN  HAWAII , 1905-1910. 
By  W.  A.  Anderson. 
It  is  five  years  ago  next  month  since  the  first  Plawaiian  rubber 
plantation  was  incorporated,  and  it  would  seem  that  this  is  an 
opportune  time  to  “take  account  of  stock.”  Before  another  con- 
vention of  the  Hawaiian  Rubber  Growers’  Association  is  held 
at  least  two  of  the  plantations  will  have  some  trees  old  enough  to 
tap,  and  it  is  to  be  presumed  that  they  should  be  ready  by  that 
time  to  report  some  tapping  done.  It  would  be  highly  fatuous 
to  claim  that  no  mistakes  have  been  made,  or  that  it  would  not 
have  been  possible,  in  the  light  of  present  knowledge  and  expe- 
rience, to  show  better  results.  We  are  still  learning,  and  we  shall 
know  more  five  years  hence  than  we  do  now.  But  we  have  had 
some  experience,  and  it  seems  fitting  to  consider  where  we  stand 
now  as  compared  with  five  years  ago — as  regards  progress  and 
the  prospects  of  success. 
The  first  plantation  was  incorporated  January,  1905.  The  plans 
of  the  company  were,  broadly,  to  plant  Ceara  the  first  year,  be- 
