Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-05-18
CHEAP TEA AND COFFEE.

The House bill placing ted and coffee
on tie free list, became 4 law yesterday.
Much as sonic Of the profcssed rcformers
have opposed this treasure of Justice to
to the recrle, it will be ono Of TIC great
triumphs of tho Administration in its
fight for the true interests of the masses.
The prosperous condition Of all classes Of
American citizens has made coffee and
tea universal necessities of life. Win
any man dare profess the belief that only
men Of means can afford to use tea and
coffee for the domestic table? The cx-
pcrience of all shows that our working
men and industrious poor have lattcrly
grown into n general Use Of these expen-
siVe articles, which in other countries are
considered Injuries to which roor inen
dare not aspire.
The tariff on tea Is at present Is cents
in gold per pound, with fees and charges
which run it up to about 30 cents dddi-
ticnrl ccst to tie CONSUMER coffee cts,
which amounts to about 3X cents per
pound in currency. All this will be saved
after tie first Of July, and the retdrh to
ante beitum prices on these articles will
cause reduction Of expenses to working
men that they will readily appreciate,
and they will not fail to give the credit
where it belongs, to the Administration
NATIONAL EDUCATION.
There is very considerable inquiry
throughout the country fer TIC last an
nual report of General Eaton, Commits
sioner of Education. The Bureau of Ed
ucation over which he so ably presidcs
has grown to be cne of the best arpreci-
ated branches of Tie Interior Department.
The last admirable report, as sent oft to
the press in the form of proof sheets froiii
which information of IN inpaluablt char
acter has already been extensively copied,
has brought rational educational efforts
very prominently before tie tublic. It
is now generally Bdhceded that more can
be done through tie iicditn Of Ma
tional Bureau than perhaps In any other
way. With public national education in
full blast this Bureau will still be indis-
pensablc; and until the common schools
are universal through all the States there
is no more important work than that
which is done in pushing statistics and
practical measures for introducing gen
eral education through the length and
breadth of the land. In aid of this there
is great need of issuing large edition Of
General Eaton's report and Congress
should not be economical in this direction
unless they can consider 4 few dollars
more important thar the growth of ma
tionel knowledge on the subject of the
best means Of promoting national educa-
ton.
PROHIBIT DRY REPUBLICANS.
The only appreciable change In tie
German vote away from the Party of the
Administration is likely to conie Of efforts
OF Republicans TO naticnalae the temper
ance movement-Schurz to the contrary
Notwithstanding. they eanrot be af-
tectec by mere local temperance organi-
tions, but if Republicans wish to be re-
lieved of the beer-drinking German vote,
they have only to commit themselves to
any forni of national tettperancc drgdni-
zaton. This information has been lust
obtained FROM leading Germans travelling
through the West and gathering mf5r-
nation on living issdc2 of the day. "A
word to the wise, ETC." C.M.