The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-24
DEAR FOLKS:

our own conduct will we he
yuused ~ the people working for
anu by the people outside who
ouy our products, 4 ''0 ""'
We must maintain the standard
HuoPoed by this COMPANY wbtch
places us in a conspicuoU. nosItion
you all to feel that the Com.
pShy is back Of you and with Won
~ inc AAst man. / want Won to
DoOst every way you an. and
never let there be anv nTa.SnH
about the quality Of the 5,-o5ncta
we are handling.
we must help one another. W.
must V be afraid IN beI, ~
otner fellow and give him ! ligt
lou nus always be careful to nc.
ord the men working under vo,.
Just and fair and manly treatment. I
II know how much a kind word 4.
worth. l remember when l started
TO work in the stOCkyards-I pots
twenty dollars a week at my first
job. 1t was hard work in those
dayS-and a pat on the back and
a word Of praise when I deserved
1t helped me more than anything
else. You men are all making mons
than twenty dollars a week, but
you a remember when your pay
was small, and you know as well az
l do how much it has helped you to
have those under whom you worked
give you credit for good work, and
encourage you to do better work.
That's how you made your prog
ress, and that is how you can help
many others to develop. Let lis all
pay back the good words and the
friendly help we got by passing It
along to those who deserve it to-
day.
Just now we are featuring our
new Certified prOducts-ham and
bacon-and l hope you will all do
your full share to make these Ger
titled brands the outstanding ones
In our line.
IT want you all to feel that this
Company is as much yours as it Is
mine. | want you to feel that Its
success will give you as much sat
isfactiOn as it does me. If you all
do your part we will all be bene-
fitted.
"Plcase remember that it is easy
to waste in many ways. We must
conserve In every possible way to
let products go to the public
at as economical a price as posi-
BILE and at the same time give them
quality.
LET me conclude by suggesting to
you that you treat the workers I'M
der you with the same cOnsidera-
ton that l give to you, and all the
other executives with me give to
you. You car be Of tremendous
help to me and you can command
the respect and the loyalty and tho
enthusiasm of the workers that arc
going along with you day after day.
Make them feel the spirit Of this
business, which Is equality to all
and a square deal to all.
~ am mighty thankful for whas
you have done, and I know that In
future you will give this Company
that loyalty, and that skill, and
that pride which has carried us
along so successfully during the
past three years. I want our prod
ucts to be standard the world over.
II want that we shall discover
within our own plant those things
that r not up to the mark. [
don't want 1t ever to happen that
imperfect thing shall go to the
In a big organization like
ours, Of course, things will some
times 60 wrong, but il we all CO.
operate as we have been doing, |
feel sure that these little slips will
be taken care of in the future"
Now, dear folks, there is nothing
"frilly" about this talk by Mr.. Will
son to his associate workers, 1s
Doesn't 1t sound like a reyd
LdlhluB W OthOl AOol hA0H'
Can't you see why every worker In
the Wilson & Co. organization Is
led on to do his best because he
has respect for his chief and be-
cause he realizes that In this chief
he sees a human being like himself,
impelled to do the big things by
the same human impulses that
guide all other human beings?
you feel as I do, that you can
buy Wilson & Co. products with
Don't you feel that the slo-
gan Of the Company, "The Wilson
Label Protects Your Table" has an
unusual significance? Don't you
believe that any product coming
from the Wilson G. Co. plant bear
ing the label Certified" or the an
print of the slogan, or both, Is a
guarantee Of quality?
Sincerely,
WILLIAM C. FREEMAN,