San' Francisco Mail News.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 30, 3 February 1894, Page 2

San' Francisco Mail News.

WOOL MEN PROTEST.

TheNatiouul Association of Wool Ma,-t factiirers met in New York on January 10th. After electing officers for the ensuing year several prominent members made speeches denouncing the propo&ed new Wilsoa tariff in so far as ib alfccbs the wool business. A protest was prepared and adopbed, wibh instructions, that copies be sent to President CleveTahd and to meHibe'rs of Congress* Tho protest declares that tho meeting represented the allied wool industries of the United States, with an invested capital exceeding $500,000,000, and asnembled to protest against a measure which threatens to destroy a large paro of brcia capital and leave tho protection of the rei mainder uncertain. The wools and woollen schedule of tho Wilson Bill is so drawn as to enbail upon American manufacturers a maximum of loss and embarrassment, anti to offer to foreign competitors possession of the American market at minimum risk and etiort. The protest is made against tho measure aa tho Bole cause of the prolongation of business deprda&ion, Which, ib is declared, would at once ' disappear bub for the menace of its future enactment). The paper particularly protest* against the proposed rates of duty ad valorem as- insufficient without accompanying specific duties to equalize tho present differences between the foreign and ddme'stic cosb of production. The resolutions protest againßb the proposed duty on carpets being no greater than upon yarna from which they are woven. Ln closing, the document Bays: "We appeal tc the patriotism of the American Congress to prevent" the' consummation of this national misfortune, anil wo appeal to our fellow-citizens in every walk of life to second our protest against this legislative act of extirpation." THE UNEMPLOYED. • Unemployed labour isbecominga troublesome factor in the body politic of the United State. Tite cry for work or bread is heard from every quarter. In San Francisco meetings of citizens have been held, and largo sums subscribed with a view to temporary relief, for there are 10,000 or more seeking occupation whereby they can prevent fopd. It is proposed bo pub a large body of these men at work on Golden Gate Park, paying them ono dollar each at the close of each working day. On January 2nd, a large Crowd of unemployed men, accompanied by women, many carrying children in arms, marched to the City Hall in Chicago, and demanded work from the city. They were informed there was no worky and they made many threats. One leader said, " We will have work, or we will tear down the City Hall ; our families are suffering ; wa must ha^e employment or bread." The puiica rJispersorl them.

Numerous outrages are the result of this poverty. In San Francisco foot pads have become so numerous thnb special squads of police have been formed to deal wi h the evil.