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Newton Citizens Prepare To Fight Filled-Milk BillPlantTcwn Will Be Deserted As Group Marches On Capitol“The streets of Seneca Tuesday will give residents and visitors an idea of what the town would hr like should House Bills 307 and 30*r pass in the present state legislature,” Chamber of Coinmcrcr president Tom Poor said yesterday.Many of the merchants and far mers around the state-line village in Newton county plan to close their doors r.d head for the state capitol building, March 8, clamoring for the defeat of the proposed legislation designed to outlaw filled milk products in Missouri, accord ing to the C of C head.Has Huge PlantSeneca is the Missouri town chosen by the Carolene Products Co. to build their million-dollar plant which began operation in August of 1948.The plant situated equally on the line of Missouri and Oklahoma, provides the largest payroll in that section. T.Vv produce Milnot, ? skimjncd milk products with vegetable oils added.Proponents of the bills advocate that manufacturing and selling of such a product is detrimental to dairymen. Opponents to the proposed bills, sav that housewives have provei Mi)not*s value on al most every dining room table.“The Seneca merchants respect the payroll of 80 employees. The diarymen pespect an average increase of 21 cents per hundred pounds of milk since Milnot came,” Air. Poor said.The Scneci! Chamber of Commerce ha* parsed a resolution opposing the proposed legislation Around 300 men and women of the area met Tuesday night to map plans ~for-thc defeat of tiic billsnow before th^ Dairy Committee in Jefferson City.Hearing of . a!1 persons interested will be held Tuesday night ir the Capitol buildingMr. Poor t^Id the group Tuesday night that Seneca “will become an other ghost town if these bills ar;, passed/’ John Pence, manager of the plant, said that “there's no doubt but that we will have to shut down.”It is the second hearing in Missouri on tli? “filled milk” bills.Two years ago the agriculture commitee sat in the House of Representatives in the capitol building until after midnight listeningContinued on Page 4 ........................C
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Neosho News
Neosho, Missouri, US
Sun, Mar 06, 1955
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