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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

      That the undersigned officers and directors of the Wm. Wrigley
Jr. Company hereby severally constitute and appoint William
Wrigley, C.F. Allison III and Wm. M. Piet, or any of them singly,
our true and lawful attorneys and agents with full power to them
and each of them singly, to sign for us in our names in the
capacities indicated below the Form 10-K Report of the Wm. Wrigley
Jr. Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, and any
and all amendments thereto, to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and documents therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting to such attorneys and agents, and each
of them, full power of substitution and revocation in the premises,
and generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in our
capacities as officers and directors to enable the Wm. Wrigley Jr.
Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, and all regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming our
signatures as they may be signed by our attorneys, or any one of
them, to said Form 10-K Report, and any and all amendments thereto,
and all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them may do or
cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto executed the
Power of Attorney this 6th day of March, 1996.

       /s/ WILLIAM WRIGLEY              /s/ JOHN F. BARD
           William Wrigley                  John F. Bard
      President, Chief Executive       Senior Vice President
          Officer, Director          (Principal Financial Officer)


                       /s/  DENNIS J. YARBROUGH
                            Dennis J. Yarbrough
                           Corporate Controller
                      (Principal Accounting Officer)


     /s/ CHARLES F. ALLISON III             /s/ DOUGLAS S. BARRIE 
         Charles F. Allison III                 Douglas S. Barrie 
                Director                             Director

         /s/ LEE PHILLIP BELL             /s/ ROBERT P. BILLINGSLEY 
             Lee Phillip Bell                 Robert P. Billingsley 
                Director                            Director


         /s/ GARY E. GARDNER                 /s/ PENNY PRITZKER
             Gary E. Gardner                     Penny Pritzker
                Director                            Director


        /s/ RICHARD K. SMUCKER             /s/ WILLIAM WRIGLEY, JR.
            Richard K. Smucker                 William Wrigley, Jr.
                Director                             Director

STATE OF ILLINOIS    )
                     ) SS
COUNTY OF COOK       )

      I, Steven C. Huston, a Notary Public in and for said County,
in the aforesaid State, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above-named
directors and officers of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, personally
known to me to be the same persons whose names are subscribed to
the foregoing instruments, appeared before me this day in person,
and severally acknowledged that they signed and delivered the said
instrument as their free and voluntary act, for the uses and
purposes therein set forth.

      GIVEN under my hand and notarial seal this 6th day of March,
1996.



                                          /s/  STEVEN C. HUSTON
                                               Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-10-96