The Washington herald., 1919-04-12
DEAR FOLKS:

anu JOu doW4
deep that you have succeeded
don't you like it very VERY
much when somebody comes along
that you know is an expert and he
tells you that your work is splen-
did and he congTsVlates youf
Is it not just human for all of
US to like to hear praise of our
work?
Well, l saw very happy group
OF workers assembled in the
CANNED GOODS DEPART
MENT of the Wilson & Co.
plant, Chicago, on Friday, March
I4th.
eAn yu,r attention to the fact that Friday
WITH its SIX LETTERS carries with Il good
luck 50 far As the Wilson & Co organization is
eoncer1-sd- II its the Cycle Of Sir. which is
such a dominant factor in the business ana
brings 50 much hAppiness and success.
In the group of workers was
Thomas Z. Wilson, President OF
Wilson & Co., who is as intense
and as enthusiastic as any Of the
5000 workers in his organization.
There were also in the group three
Vice-presidents of the company. |
mention this to prove what | have
been telling you, that the Wilson
& Co. organization represents
DEMOCRACY OF WORK, which
starts with the head and goes all
through the ranks. One man is as
good as another in this organiza-
ton; one woman is as good as an
other; and both men and women
are on a basis of equality in the
matter OF recognition and reward
for service we'll rendered.
Now l will tell you why they
were so happy: =
ALFRED w. McCANN. THE
FAMOUS PURE FOOD En-
PERT, HAD JUST FINISHED
TASTING AND TESTING THE
WILSON & CO. CERTIFIED
BRANDS OF CANNED MEATS,
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS,
AND THEN SAID:
81 TAKE OFF MY HAT TO
THESE PURE FOOD PROD
UCTS. YOU HAVE PRODUC-
ED 4 VERY FINE AND A
VERY WONDERFUL LINE,
AND l CONGRATULATE
YOU"
Wouldn't it make you happy if
you, like the Wilson & Co. work
ers, had been working hard to per-
feet food products and felt sure
that you had succeeded, to Have
Mr.. McCann-a man who knows
what pure food is-tell you that
you had achieved a wonderful
result
You bet it would.
Well, the Wilson & Co. workers
arc the same kind of human beings
as you are-so they were made
very happy when Mr.. Mccain,
who had selected at random from
the immense 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 splendid endorsement.
! 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.
I know he meant what he said
when he told those workers that
their Certified foods are o. K. in
all particulars, and | 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 bar
ter his hOnor-but he has kept
himself clean and straight-AND
POOR, as most men do who are
intent and intense 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, demo-
cratic 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 &
Go. business because his interest
had been aroused by reading these
letters that l am writing to Won
At the end of the day he was good
enough to say that he found
everything exactly as | have de-
scrlbed 1t to you-that is to saw
that there is Heart, Honor, and
the Square Deal all throughout the
Wilson & Co. organization.
Mr.. McCann and I once spoke
from the same platform at Saga
more Beach, Mass, where intense
people gather and discuss the big
problems of the day. l will never
forget the great ovation Mr. Nc