The Washington herald., 1919-04-24
DEAR FOLKS:

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pends upon our mutual integrity
and our mutual loyalty. We must
watch everything to see that all
we do is carefully done, and we
must treat fairly and squarely the
people we come in contact with in
our own organization, as well a.
with the people we come in con-
tact with outside of our organizs-
ton.
BY our own conduct win we be
Judged by the people working for
us and by the people outside who
buy our products.
We must maintain the standard
adopted by this Company, which
places US in a conspicuous posi-
iion. i want you all to feel that
the company is back of you and
with you to the last man. / want
you to boost in every way YOU
can, and never let there be anv
question about the quality of the
products we are handling.
| I'VE must help one another. We
must never be afraid to help the
other fellow and give him a lift.
You must always be careful to
accord the man working under
you just and fair and manly treat
mcnt
Il know how much a kind word
is worth. / remember when |
started to work in the stock yards
i got twenty dollars a week at
my first job. 1t was hard work in
those days-and a pat on the
back and word of praise when |
deserved II helped me more than
anything else. You men are all
making more than twenty dollars
a week, but you can remember
when your pay was small, and you
know as well as | do how much
IT helped you to have those under
whom you worked give you credit
for good work, and encourage you
TO do better work. That's how
you made your progress, and that
is how you can help many others
TO develop. Let US all pay back
, the good words and the friendly
help we got by passing il along
TO those who deserve II today"
Just now we are featuring our
new Certified products-hsm and
bacon. and | hope you will all do
your full share 10 make these Ger
tihed brands the outstanding ones
in our line.
81 want you all to feel that this
Company is as much yours as IL is
mine. j want you TO feel that its
success will give you as much sat
IsiactIon as II docs me. II YOU all
do your part We will all be bene-
fitted.
Please remember that il is easy
TO waste in many ways. We must
conserve in every possible way to
let our products go TO the public
at as economical a price as posi-
bic and at the same time give
them quality.
Let me conclude by suggesting
10 you that you treat the workers
under you with the same consid-
Grafton that | give to YOU, and all
the other executives with me give
10 you. You can be OF tremen-
dous help TO me and YOU can
command the respect and the 10y
atty, and the enthusiasm of the
workers that are going along with
you day after day. Make them
feel the spirit of this business,
which is equality 10 al and a
square deal TO all.
81 am mighty thankful for what
you have done, and know that in
future you will give this Company
that loyalty, and that skill, and
that pride which has carried us
along so successfully during the
past three years. want our
products to be standard the world
over.
within our own plant those things
that arc not mp to the mark. |
don't want it ever to happen that
an imperfect thing shall go TO the
public. In a big organization like
ours of course things will some
times go wrong, but If we all CO.
operate as we have been doing, I
feel sure that these little slips will
be taken care of in the future"
Now, dear folks, there is nothing
"frilly" about this talk by Mr.. Viii
son to his associate workers, is
there? Doesn't it sound like a real
man talking to real men2 Can't
you see why every worker in the
Wilson & Co. organization is led
on to do his best because he has
respect for his chief and because
he realizes that in this chief he
sees a human being like himself.
impelled to do the big things, by
the same human impulses that
guide all other human beings?
Don't you feel as / do that you
can buy Wilson & Co. products
with safety? Don't you feel that
the slogan of the Company "Thc
Wilson Label Protects Your Ia
bic" has an unusual significance?
Don't you believe that any prod
uct coming from the Wilson &
Co. plant bearing the label Ger
tihcd," or the imprint OF the slo-
gan. or both, is a guarantee of
quality? Sincerely,
WILLIAM {. FREEMAN,
$50 Fifth Avenue, New York City.