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Excerpt from The Fats and Oils Situation: October 1947 Prices for fats, oils and oilseeds are likely to continue high in the year inning October 1947 since domestic and export demands are expected to remain ong. Total United States supplies of oils and fats may not be greatly different n 1946-47, when prices were at record highs (cover page chart). Demand for fats and oils in the United States is supported by record con ar incomes. Personal incomes, after taxes, totaled about 170 billion dollars in 3-47 compared with 92 billion in 1941, the highest prewar year. Industrial pro tion, another major influence on fats and oils prices, averaged about 185 per t of the 1935-39 level, compared with 162 percent in 1941. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.