Evening star., 1919-04-11
DEAR FOLKS:
" 7HEN you work hard and
" conscientiously to

aCn1eVe a result dNI
you feel down deep that yor
have succeeded-don't you like
it very, VERY much wher
somebody comes along that you
know is an expert and he tells
you that your work is spendld
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 IA.
I call your attention to the fact that nat. Fri, !.
day with its sIX LETTERS carries with IL
ization is concerned. 1t fits the cycle or
Six, which is such dominant factor In the
business and brings so 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
25,OOO workers in his organlza-
tion. There were also in the
group three vice presidents of
the company. | mention this to
prove what l have been telling
you. that the Wilson & Co. or
ganization represents DEMOC-
RACYOF 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 rend-
cred.
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. CERTIFIED BRANDS OF
CANNED MEATS, VEGETABLES
AND FRUITS, AND THEN SAID:
T TAKE OFF MY HAT TO
THESE PURE FOOD PRODUCTS.
YOU HAVE PRODUCED A VERY
FINE AND A VERY WONDER
Full LINE, AND CONGRATU-
LATE YOU"
Wouldn't it make you happy if you.
like the Wilson & Co. workers. had
been working hard to perfect food
nroducts 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 re-
sulti
You bet il would.
Well, the Wilson L 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 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.. McCann personally and
intimately. He is an honest, fearless,
able man. Nobody on earth has ever
vet been able to control his opinions or
his pen. Both are owned by himself
and by nobody else.
Iknow he meant what he said when
he told those workers that their Ger
tilted foods are o. X. in all particu-
lars, and know also that if he had not
thought they were o. Z. in all particu-
lars, the tender of a million dollars
cash on the spot would not have made
him indorse them.
Mr.. McCann could have been rich by
now had he wished to barter 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.
I 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 a family
meet at their own dining room tables.
He told me he had come to Chicago
to investigate the Wilson & Co. bust
ness because his interest had been
aroused by reading these letters that
I am writing to you. At the end of
the day he was good enough to say
that he found everything exactly as I
have described it to you-that is to
say, that there is Heart, Honor and
the Square Deal all throughout the Viii
son & Co. organization.
Mr.. McCann and I once spoke from
the same platform at Sycamore Beach,
Mass, where intense people gather and
discuss the big problems of the day.
I will never forget the great ovation
Mr.. Mccain received on that occasion.
He Is a very dramatic and very intense
speaker. He had carefully prepared a
speech, but after its delivery the large