BRITISH TRADE
SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT'
GONFIDENCE IN FUTURE
British Official Wlrelui.
BUGBY, 25th April.
Lord Herbert Scott,. ia his presidential address at the annual meeting of the London Chamber of Commerce reviewed the trade outlook which in several respects showed signs of improvement. He emphasised the urgency o£ recovering the great export trades in textiles, iron, steel, and coal, if prosperity was to be regained, and said that he regarded the formation of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation as the beginning of a hew era of concerted effort to rehabilitate Britain's greatest export trade. . .- ■ '
Regarding trade generally he said that the stabilised currencies in Europe had reduced tho wide margin between. British and Continental quotations and enabled British goods to competo oa more- level terms. This development, coupled with the -nciv spirit of co-op-eration in British industry, 'justified confidence in the future.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 96, 27 April 1929, Page 9
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141BRITISH TRADE Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 96, 27 April 1929, Page 9
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