Evening star., 1919-04-25
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: SPENT so many happy
days with the workers in
: the Wilson & Co. plant.

days with the WORKERS III
Il the Wilson & Co. plant.
chicago, that I find myself
thinking about them very
often-even to the point of
waking up at 3 o'clock in the
morning, as l did just now,
and recalled what a worker
said to me one day after l
had commented on the habit
of the workers in smiling at
their tasks. This is what he
said:
"OH. THIS IS A SMILE OR
GANIZATION."
/ said to myself, l am going to
get I'D and go to my den, where
| have written most of these let
tiers to you, and jot downza few
thoughts about this remark OF
the smiling workman, and these
are the things l jotted down:
If 25,OOO workers. smile only
once an hour eight hours day,
they smile 100000 smiles in a
working day. If each smile aver
ages three inches fand / think
this is the average distance between
the corners of the mouth when it is
engaged in smiling, they smile 600,-
600 inches of smiles in aday, or nearly
10 miles of smiles.
Then the thought occurred to- me
that you and / ought to feel mighty
good to know that Wilson & Co. food
products. which come to our table, are
better products because they are pre-
pared for us under the right kind of
conditions.
Don't you think that we ought to
f. j the greatest confidence in the food
we eatwhen We think Of the fact that
it comes to us accompanied by the
smiles of the men and women who pre-
pared it for US!
Don't forget that a smile is token
of contentment, and confidence, and
faith, and integrity-four elements
that you and welcome in the produc
tion of the foods we cat.
Now let me tell you why. it is that
everything that is done by the workers
in the Wilson & Co. organization is
prompted by desire to put their
heart, their soul and their intelligence
into their work.
The best illustration can give you
is 10 print here some excerpts from a
recent talk (informaD made by Mr..
Wilson to the foremen and workers in
his Chicago plant on April 2 last:
II wish 1t were possible for me to
find the time to meet and confer with
you men oftener. We have now come
to the time when We are through with
the stress Of war. I appreciate the
strain under which you men worked
and want now to acknowledEe my
gratitude to you beeause you made 1t
possible for this Company to accom-.
plish what It has during the past three
years.
"The standing of this Company,
through your efforts. has been elevated
far and beyond what IL was three
years ago. and / know that what we
have accomplished could not have been
accomplished except through you, your
-
ers who worked under your direction.
you know that We are trying to run
this business on . fair and square plan
square to the consumer, square to
the producer and square to the en-
ploye.
1T II very important that We stand
on this platform or principle, or We
will 20 backwards and that we cannot
afford to do ever. We want the con-
sumner of our products to appreciate
always our statements In public print
to the effect that We are engaged in
producing the best food products that
can possible be manufactured.
"Our success depends upon you and
the others working undef you, and IN.
les each man takes IL upon himself
and makes It his own business to SUP.
port the principles upon which We
stand We cannot succeed.
The future Of this company de.
pends upon our mutual integrity and
our mutual loyalty. We must watch
everything to see that all We do Il
carefully done, and We must treat
fairly and squarely the people We conc
In contact with In our own organixa.
tion. - well ~ with the people ~
come In contact with outside Of oul
organisation.