Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1907 — Employs Deaf Mutes Only. [ARTICLE]

Employs Deaf Mutes Only.

Over on New York’s east side a prosperous merchant engaged in the bottling Industry makes a specialty of employing deaf mutes In bls establishment These silent hands are reported to be more Industrious than Is usually the experience with unafflicted labor. On an average, the deaf mute bottler earns higher wages than his fellow workman, and he is generally more economical than the latter. Both in perceptive and receptive faculties the deaf mutes are said to excel as compared with those not so handicapped. In point of sobriety, the nonhearing, nonspeaking brother Is reputed to set an enviable example. New York Press.