We must not think to make a staple commodity of all the knowledge in the land, to mark and licence it like our broadcloth and our woolpacks.
In the early nineteenth century timber became the dominant staple commodity.
For instance, the staple commodity in Atlantic Canada was cod.
The Beijing authorities announced Wednesday fresh price controls on 34 staple commodities following widespread complaints from residents over illegal price hikes.
It is your staple commodity.
Tennessee relied on northbound riverboats to receive staple commodities from the Cumberland and Tennessee valleys.
Using them to make ethanol raises the demand for staple commodities like corn and cane sugar, keeping prices high.
The former is one of the grand staple commodities of the island; the latter is the produce of a small grain, grown exclusively by the natives.
To her, sugar is sugar, a staple commodity.
But to depend on them for production of your staple commodities-?