Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1924-07-04 | Page 2 | Tennessee's Broom Plant for Blind a Success

Tennes sees broon broom plant for blind a success nashville tenn the state of tennessee employs seventy blind persons in tho the manufacture of brooms the rhe states broom factory for the blind la Is located on property in the vicinity of the main state prison nt at nashville and every employee except the he truck driver engaged in this work Is blind I 1 there are about fifteen women among the workers and some have bave married blind mim men who ore employed in tile the factory ant nnie r the factory settlement tl ement the industry lias has a capacity of dozen brooms it a day la Is operated nt at a profit to the lie state under the supervision of the commissioner of institutions and the employees bro paid a living wage for their servi serviced cei the brooms are placed on the market alongside the products of other factor factories ls and find ready sule sale tho the Indu industry also operates n rug weaving rind and ft a mattress cleaning de till all of which affords an op 1 port unity for making provision fur for many who otherwise would become wards of the state