Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-14
DEAR, FOLKS:

understand by this time what
| am aiming to get into your
minds and hearts about the
Wilson & Company business,
Chicago. In my first letter 1
told you why l intended to re-
veal to you the heart of a bigs
business. In my second letter
| introduced to you the man y
who heads this big business. In
my third letter I gave you a
glimpse into the hearts of the
mems employment bureau. In
my fourth letter I gave you 2.
look into the heart of the wo- z
mems employment bureau.
Now let me get it into your
minds that what l 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, repre-,
sent the opinions of Mr.. Wilson
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 Off p
cial family and as heads of de-
partments 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
associate workers.
| must give you the sincere and
honest expressions of t h csc
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 success of
the Wilson & Company busi-
ness.
Please bear in mind, also, that
this is the first time in the his
tory of business that a Big In
stitution has shown a willingness
to go 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 IL IS bound
to make as much of an impression
on you as it did on me. You are
certain to think, as do. that a
business is sure to be all right I'm
all particulars when the workers IN
the ranks are anxious to 60 on rec
ord in paying tribute to the man and
the institution they work for.
A worker in the beef department
told me one day that Wilson & Com
pany had given him new idea as
to the meaning of the words '&r
Company" in firm name. He said:
"Mr. Wilson has made US workers
feel that we are the '& Company
A great many Of us have been taken
into 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. MT. WuSOl
will be pleased when we all become
his partners, but not any more 80
than We will be-.
"Mr. Wilson's just treatment of us
and his consistent kindness inspires
us all to do our work well. We have
our hearts in our work. We know
the business will grow because we.
! are doing the right thing by the.
boss. He is proud of us and our
work and tells us so. He treats US
as personal friends I think we do
more work in a 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 rea-
son for our happiness and enthusi-
asm 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 con-
tentedly and so proudly?"
| Another workman, speaking enthusi-
asticalIy of the Wilson & Company
environment, got off his bit Of philos-
ophy to me: s.aI4a8