Commerce
CHAMBERS OF 86 COMMON COUNCIL which such a condition of affairs engen- A Committee of the whole House, a dered. Despite these annoyances, how-term used when a legislative body reever, American Commerce continued to increase, until the stars and stripes were familiar in every port of the earth. At the outbreak of the World War our commerce was at its height, and at the close of the war it continued to increase in volume. For the Commerce of the various countries see section Commerce under those countries.