... commodity value currency units were not confined to paper money. The commodity value of gold might vary.) Gold was a commodity, and its value in relation to other commodities was determined by supply and demand. At one ttae the United States was the only ...

... DOMINIONS, EVEN IF IT INVOLVED A CHANGE IN OUR FISCAL SYSTEM. T OUR EXTERNAL TRADE. The House went into Committee of Supply the Civil Service Estimates. On Vote of £324.000 for the salaries and expenses of the Board of Trade, Sir P. Cunliffe-Lister made lone ...