Evening star., 1919-03-14
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DEAR FOLKS:
7 HAVE written you four let
! ters thus far: You surely un-

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tiers thus far. You surely un'
derstand by this time what
] am aiming to get into youl
minds and hearts about the VII.
son g. Company business, Chi.
cago. In my first letter 1 tole
you why I intended to reveal tc
you the heart Of big business
In my second letter l introduced
to you the man who heads this
big business. In my third lette,
I gave you a glimpse into the
hearts of the mems employment
bureau. In my fourth letter
gave you a look into the heart
of the women's employment
bureau.
Now let me get it into your
minds that what ! am telling
you about Wilson & Company
in this series of letters repre-
sents the opinions that came to
me personally from the mouths
and hearts of the workers, and
they do not, in, any sense, rep
resent the opinions of Mr.. Will
son personally, or those of any
member OF his official family. I
am the spokesman for these
happy workers. They revealed
to me their innermost thoughts.
They talked to me frankly and
unreservedly. They told me
what they really and truly feel
about working for this COM
pany.
And please remember that the
Wilson &. Company business, or
any other business, represents
]. the length and shadow of one
man. He may have in his official
family and as heads of depart
ments some of.the best men in
the world, but after all it is one
man who must shape the policy
and lead and inspire his associ-
ate workers.
/ must give you the sincere and
honest expressions of these
workers if l am to- truly repre-
sent them, and in doing so, it
will be necessary to refer fire.
quently to Mr.. Wilson in very
complimentary way. The work.
ers insisted on telling me- what
they think of him and why they
are so proud to work under his
leadership and why they are so
determined to make a success of
the Wilson & Company business.
Please bear in mind, also, that
;this is the first time in the his
tory of business that a Big In
stitution has shown willing
ness to 60 to the public with the
opinions of its workers and to
rest its case with the people, so
far as good will and patronage
Is concerned, on what they think
of it.
This is SO unusual that it is bound
to make as much of an impression
on you as it did on me. You are GER
tain to think, as l do, that a busi-
ness is sure to be all right in all
particulars when the workers in
the ranks are anxious to go on
record in paying tribute to the man
and the institution they work for.
A worker in the beef department
told me one day that Wilson &
Company had given him new idea
as to the meaning of the words "&
Company" in a firm name He said !:
"Mr. Wilson has made US workers
feel that we are the & Company
A great many OF US have been TAX
en- in to the business as partners.
We are encouraged to save our
money and to buy stock in the
company with our savings. We
make enough money to save some.
Mr.. Wilson will be pleased when
we all become his partners, but not
any more so than we will be.
~Mr Wilson's just treatment of US
ard his consistent kindness inspires
us all to do our work well. We
have our hearts in our work. We
know the business will grow be-
cause we arc doing the right thing
BY the boss. He is proud of us and
our work tells us SO. He treats US as
personal friends. l think we do
more work in day than any crew
OF workers in the United States.
The conditions under which we
work are very happy.
Leading US by kindness is the
reason for our happiness and en-
thusiasm in our work. We like kind
words and appreciation the same as
other folks and we get both. Why
shouldn't this business succeed
when we are all working together
SO contentedly and SO proudly?"
Another workman. speaking en-