Mid-Continent will recover, Blunt tells workers Friday

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 ~ Updated 9:25 PM

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., traveled to Poplar Bluff on Friday morning to visit the employees of Mid-Continent Steel & Wire, the largest nail manufacturer in the country. He returned a letter the local plant employees sent to him when tariffs were placed on the steel they use to manufacture their goods.

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