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Show BRITISH REG! PRE-IRPOIR Commercial Strength Growing Rapidly, Says Report of American Chamber LONDON, Sept. 4. Great Britain ll mi 11 on her ray to regain the commercial com-mercial position which she held before th war savs the official monthly sum- i y issued by the American chamber r) oommerCS here The chamber bases Its opinion on the July returns re-ci re-ci t erl by the board of trade, which makes the best showlnrr since the war. CJreat Britain's advorsc trade balance belnc 'educed to 18.000.000, compared With t34.oon.OoO for Juno. The present outlook In not so Rood. ays ths statement', but the depression is thought to be only temporary. Among the unfavorable factois mentioned, men-tioned, apart from the threutened minors' min-ors' strike, is the decrease In many lines of British exports to '.ho United BtatSi bj Which sterling exchange is i . pi down. Moreover, tho rise in the uMt of Using hoo Continued, notably SS regards bread, butter, petrol and railway freight. The chamber of commerce reports that B large metal firm In endeavoring endeavor-ing to overcome American competition competi-tion In the steel Industry by puiehas-Ing puiehas-Ing large tracts of land In South Wales on which could be conducted .-ill the processes of steel manufacture from the ore to the finished article. on |