Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-23
DEAR FOLKS:

"By our own conduct will We bo
Judged by the people working for
us and by the people outside who
buy our products.
1--WE must maintain the standard
adopted by this Company, which
places us in n conspicuous position.
want you all TO feel that tho Con.
pany Is back OF you and with youI
to tho last man. I want you toI
boost In every way you can, and
never let there he any question
about the quality of the products
we arc handling.
"Wo must help ono another. Wei
must never be nfaid to help theI
other fellow and give him a lift.
You must always be careful to nc.
cord tho men working under youI
just ana fair and manly treatment.
II know how much a kind word isl
worth. I remember when I started
TO work in tho stock yards--I gotl
twenty dollars a week mt my flrst{
job. 1t was hard work in thoscl
days--nnd a pat on the back andI
word OF praise when 7 deserved
1t helped mo more thany anythinSt
| else. You men arc all making morcl
than twenty dollars week, butt
you can remember when your pay1
was small, and you know as we'll as
1 do how mucl IL has helped YOU TO |
hive 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 nll payi
back the good words and thoy
friendly help VIC got BY passing i'll
along TO those who deserve it to-l
day"
Just now VIC arc featuring our
new Certified products-ham andI
bacon, and ] hope you will all do{
your full share to mako these Ccr-l
titled brands tho outstanding oncsI
in our IiEe.
II want You all to feel that this
Company is rs much yours rs 1t is
mine. ] want you to feel that it's
success will give you rs much sat-
isfnction rs it docs me. If Won all
do your part VIC will all be bcnc-|
flied.
"Pleasc remember that it is easy tn1
waste in many ways. We must con.5
serve in every possible way to led
our products go to the public at al
| economical price as possible and at
the same time give them quality.
"Ict me conclude by suggesting tn5
you that you treat the workers un-
der you with tho same considerations
that givc to you, and all tho ,other}
executives with me give to you:' You'd
cnn be Of tremendous help to mo and
you can command tho respect and tho
loyalty, and the enthusiasm Of thol
workers that arc going along with
you day after day. Make them feel
the spirit OF this business, which is
equality to all and square deal to(
all.
~ am mighty thankful for what youj
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 suc-
ceSsfuIly during the past three years.
I want our products to be standard
the world over.
II want that we shnIl discover with
in our own plant those things that
arc not up to the mark. don't want
1t ever to happen that an Imperfect
thing shall go to the public. In al
big organization like ours, OF course,
things will sometime GO wrong. but
IL We all cooperate as VIC have been
doing, I feel sure that these little
slips will be taken care Of In tho fu-
turc."
Now, dear folks, there is nothing l.
"frilly" about this talk by Mr.. Wilson
to his associate workers, is there? /
Doesn't it sound like real mani
talking to other real men? 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 rcaiizes{
that in this chief he sees a human
being like himself, impelled to do the
big things, by the same human inn
pulses that guide all other human be-
ings?
Don't you feel as do that you can
buy Wilson & Co. products with
safety? Don't you feel that the slo1
gan Of the Company "The WILSON,
Label Protects Your, Table" has an
unusual significance? Don't you be-
lieve that any product coming from
tho Wilson G. Co. plant bearing the
label Certified" or tho imprint of
tho slogan, or both, is a guarantee on
quality?
Sincerely,
WILLIAM C. FREEMAN
ESQ Fifth Avenue, New York City,