Show Nation Fact Sheet On Fat Salvage The fat salvage sal campaign ca n has brought in about pounds of oE fats ats in the thc last la t 12 months month That's about tenth one of the total production of all inedible animal fats which in ill turn comprise about one fifth fifth of oE our total supply of fats fatsi i i and oils It is estimated that pounds of fats are arc wasted annually in households and ami eating places Housewives es get four cents and two red points for every ery pound of salvage fat they turn in to their butcher Salvaged ed kitchen fats Eats go o into the general pool of o inedible tallow and ami greases Of this total supply about 20 to 25 per cent is used in the manufacture of lubricants fatty fally acids and for other industrial pur pur- poses The balance goes ROCS into soap of o which about one fourth of our total production is used for war purposes purposes mainly mainly to the armed forces and for synthetic rubber and other special war commodities Glycerine vital ital in explosives is a byproduct of the manufacture of both fatty acids and arid soap There is as a great reat a need as at ascer ever er for the fat salvage campaign BACKGROUND ON FATS AND OILS Our total supply of edible and inedible fats and oils is i. i expected d to shrink For the year beginning Oct 1 1944 the total U S supply may maybe mayhe mayhe he be about pounds less than the t he supply in the he t previous pre year car Imports for the year 45 1944 arc not expected to rise they thy may act actually wally fall Europe's demand will belarge be bl belarge large lar e for some time to come We cannot count on Oriental sources for any substantial quantity until a considerable time bore after l ter the Jap Jap- Japanese anese are arc driven out of o the Phil Philippines I Malaya and the East In In In- 1 dies lies Total stocks of all kinds kines of fats and oils on hand as a of August t 1 were about pounds poems above c those of a year earlier but this will be more than offset by lowered production this year Production of edible and inedible in fats Eats and oils in the United States for 45 1944 is is estimated at ten billion bil billion hit lion pounds compared with u the record record output of billion hill ion pounds in lit 44 1943 and billion pounds in in 1942 19 Batter rr consumption con in the last half hat of 1944 may stay reach the lowest per capita level le in over half a cen century tury because of limited supplies Production is estimated at ten per pH percent cent lower than last year and total requirements require continue at high lugli levels le Lard Lar was removed removal from ration ration- rationing rationing ing in late in March because heavy seasonal hog hoR tern tern- boosted the supply Stor Star Storage Starn Storage age n e space at that time was limited and was teas being used to capacity However lard production in the year beginning October 1 I. I 1914 1944 may ma V drop droll as low as pounds compared with the 41 1943 record of pounds and a 1111 pounds in 1942 Shortening and cooking conking oils were removed er from front rationing in in April because e they arc are largely in interchangeable in- in interchangeable with lard |