El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-28
DEAR FOLKS:

/ THE manager or the
4 Employment Bureau
where all Of the men labor
Iers in the Wilson & Com
Ipany plant, Chicago, are
employed, invited me to sit
lin his office all of one morn
ing and look over the men
who applied for jobs. I ac-
/ cepted his invitation and I
had a most interesting ex-
( perience. I viii tell you
about it.
In the first place I heard
practically every man say:
Il want to work here, boss.
because Wilson & Company
treat men right and you
give them a chance to get
higher up in the ranks when
they make goodl'
/ In theAsecond place I no
ticed, With great personal
satisfaction, that the man
ager treated every appli-
cant for a job with as much
courtesy as if he were re-
ceiving him in his own
home.
In the third place. I got the
surprise Of my life when I
saw men. who had been told
by the manager that he
could not give them any
thing to do Just then, leave
the office with a smile and
a thank you
| wondered why men could smile and
say thank you after being told that
there was nothing for them to do. So
| asked one Of them what there was
to smile about and why he said thank
you. and he said. in.effeet. hist
"Oh. the boss. there. Is kind to every
body and Ike kindness. I know he
would give me a job if he could. /
an coming back again until ! get a
job with this company. ! want to
work here because ! am sure of get
ting a square deal
And he went away happy; 50 id the
others.
However. men keep on applying for
work IN the Wilson & Company plant
IN spite Of the fact that they know
The company IS always full with
laborers who never want to leave their
Jobs.
The manager IS the type that Mr.. Vii
son selects to deal with his army Of
workers. He won't have a man IN
less love for his fellows Is thoroughly
developed IN him-unless he Is a
good Judge Of human naturs-unless
he has the quality Of selecting work
ers who viii keep up the good fellow
ship and the loyal spirit that exists 50
markedly IN all department of the
Wilson & Company plant.
he made no mistake in choosing the
manager Of the Mems Employment
Bureau. who is a man Of big frame, big
heart, big character and with a big
idea of his duty toward his company
and toward his fellow man.
Among the number who applied for
Jobs while / was in the managers Office
was a soldier in uniform. His appear
ance and manner and conversation indi-
Gated that he was a refined, educated
man
The manager told him that he guessed
he had made a mistake in applying 70
him for a iob-that evidently he want
ed an office position, or, perhaps, want
ed TO 20 on the road as a salesman
that he employed men only who were
willing TO work with their hands Mark
what this soldier said
No, I don't want an easy Job. I found
myself overseas. Living in trenches
and going over the top made 3 different
man of me. That hard work gave ne
health and strength I never felt bet
ter in my life. I want to keep ny body
as healthy and as strong as it Is now.
want a job that requires the use Of
my hands, arms, legs, shoulders, feet.
san use my head, too, in doing manual
labor want very much to work for
this company. I hear everybody speak
so wei Of the organization. VIII
it greatly if YOU VIII give me
an opportunity 70 work as a laborer.
-ll take my chance on working my way
up The president Of your company got
to the top by starting at the bottom
Of the ladder Maybe / can climb to
The TOP, too, If am not too particular
about the kind of work 1 start to do
The manager said to him: you are all
right my lad; you've got the right
stuff in you. Come here next Monday
and l VIII start YOU TO work We want