Show til ico ice duties tile excessive duties on hat trimmings are not tho the only duties d which vh icci the tit 0 government auit now refund to the im porters who were compel compelled leLl to pay thorn them A decision of the circuit court of if appeals requires tile the government to pay back from to that was improperly collected as duties on leaf tobacco under the old tariff and the treasury department d his has asked the collector of this port to submit a statement as to the claims c aims and the sum cum involved the decision of tho the samo same court concerning tile the double duties upon carpet wool that were nvere exacted under tho the mckinley McKin loy tariff in obedience to tho the demands of ex cs C stroller pt roller lawrence Lawr erce of ohio has been accepted by the department as final and tile the bums paid in excess of the lawful duties will now bo be refunded in these cases c a ses as in tile case of the duties on oil hat trimmings the VIn blunders or intentional errors error of officers choso whoso devotion to tile doctrines of ism was intense had tile the effect efat ct of compelling the people of this country to pay tile alio duties twice trice As tile sum to bo be refunded to the importers of hat trimmings alono alo no is is i at a t least AS S and in the opinion of ex Sere secretary tary roster why may bo be 1 tho the decisions call for a very considerable addition to tile the expenditures of the tha next neat fiscal year new yolk times |