Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1908 — STILL IN THE THROES OF THE PANIC. [ARTICLE]

STILL IN THE THROES OF THE PANIC.

Rees Clinton .returned last week from a month’s visit at St. Louis and surrounding towns. Rees says that the people of this vicinity do not know what hard times are, but in the factory districts it is something frightful. Big machine shops and factories that formerly employed hundreds of workmen are now down to a few dozen, and while they are beginning to re-employ help, it will be a considerable time before they are back to the old standard. —Brook Reporter (Rep.).