New-York tribune., 1919-04-12
DEAR FOLKS:

succeeded - don't you like it
very, VERY much when some
body comes along that you know
IS an expert and he tells you that
your work is splendid and he
congratulates you?
Is it not Just human for all Of
us to like to hear praise of our
work?
Well, I saw a very happy
group of workers assembled in
the CANNED GOODS DE-
PARTMENT of the Wilson &
Co. plant, Chicago, on Friday,
March 18th.
call your attention TO the fact that Fri
day with its SIX LETTERS carries with it
good luck so far as the Wilson & Co. organ
iation is concerned 1t fits the Cycle of Six,
which is such dominant factor in the busi-
ness and brings SO much happiness and
success.
In the group of workers was
Thomas E. Wilson, President of
Wilson & Co., who is as intense
and as enthusiastic as any of the
$4,000 workers in his organiza-
ton. There were also in the
group three Vice-presidents Of
the company. mention this to
prove what have been telling
you, that the Wilson q Co. or
ganlzation represents DEMOC~
RACY OF WORK, which starts
with the head and goes all
through the ranks. One man is
as good as another in this organ
ization; one woman is as good
as another; and both men and
women are on a basis of equality
in the matter of recognition and
reward for service we'll rem
dered.
Now I will tell you why they
were so happy:
ALFRED w. McCANN, THE FA.
NOUS PURE FOOD EXPERT, HAD
JUST FINISHED TASTING AND
TESTING THE WILSON & co. GER
TIFIED BRANDS OF CANNED
MEATS, VEGETABLES AND FRUITS.
AND THEN SAID:
IL TAKE OFF MY HAT TO THESE
PURE FOOD PRODUCTS. YOU
HAVE PRODUCED A VERY FINE
AND A VERY WONDERFUL LINE,
AND CONGRATULATE YOU"
Wouldn't it make you happy if
you, like the Wilson & Co. workers,
had been working hard to perfect
food products and felt sure that you
had succeeded, to nave Mr.. McCann
IA man who knows what pure food
is-tell you that you had achieved
wonderful result?
You bet it would.
Well, the Wilson & Co. workers
are the same kind of human beings
as you are--so they were made very
happy when Mr.. McCann, who had
selected at random from the i'm
mense stocks of canned goods--cans
of Corn, Peas, Beans, Asparagus,
Meats, Preserves, etc.-and had them
opened up and then tasted and
tested them,-gave them his splen-
did endorsement
l know Mr.. Mccain personally
and intimately. He is an honest,
fearless, able man. Nobody on earth |
has ever yet been able to control
his opinions or his pen. Both are
owned by himself and by nobody
else.
l know he meant what he said
when he told those workers that
their Certified foods are O. K in all |
particulars, and I know also that if
he had not thought they were O. K. /
in all particulars, the tender of
million dollars cash on the spot
would not have made him endorse
them.
Mr.. McCann could have been rich
by now had he wished to barter his
honor - but he has kept himself
clean and aight-AND POOR, as
most men do who are intent and in
tense in doing things to help and
protect Humanity.
] did not know that Mr.. McCann
was IN Chicago until he walked into
the Wilson & Co. restaurant, which.
by the way, is big, democratic
affair where officials and workers
dine together in the same way that
members OF family meet at their
own dining room tables.
He told me he had come to Chi
cago to investigate the Wilson &
60. business because his interest had
been aroused by reading these letters
that | am writing to you. At the
end OF the day he was good enough
to say that he found everything
exactly as | have described it to YOU
that 10 to say, that there is Heart.
Honor, and the Square Deal ali
. throughout the Wilson K Co. organ.
zation.
Mr.. McCann and once spoke
from the same platform at Sycamore
Beach, Mass, where intense people
gather and discuss the big problems
o. the day. ! will never forget the
great ovation Mr. McCann received
on that occasion He is a very dra.
matte and very intense speaker. He
had carefully prepared speech. but
after ITS delivery the large audience
insisted on his continuing TO talk.
THEY WANTED TO HEAR
MORE ABOUT HIS CRUSADE
AGAINST IMPURE FOODS.
He talked for an hour longer. and
fher the guidance