El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-25

Il SPENT so many happy
[ days with the workers in
1.-The Wilson & Co. plant,
I Chicago, that I find myself
thinking about them very
often-even to the point Of
waking up at 8 o'clock in the
morning, as I did just now,
and recalled what a worker
/ said to me one day after 1
I had commented on the habit
of the workers in smiling at
their tasks. This is what
he said:
i"OH. THIS IS A SMILE ORGAN
/ ZATION."
/ / said to myself. I am going to get
I'd and 90 to my den, where / have
written most Of these letters to you,
and jot down a few thoughts about
/ this remark Of the smiling workmen.
and these are the things | iotted
down:
iIf 5000 workers smile only once an
hour eight hours a day. they smile
100000 smiles IN a working day. IF
each smile averages three inches land
| think this Is the average distance
between the corners Of the mouth when
I. it is engaged IN smiling, they smile
100000 inches Of smiles in a day, OF
nearly 10 miles Of smiles.
Then the thought occurred to me that
YOU and I ought to feel mighty good
to know that Wilson & Co. food prod
ucts, which come TO our table, are bet
ter products because they are prepared
for US under the right kind Of condi-
tons
Don't You think that We ought 70 feel
the greatest confidence in the food We
eat when we think Of the fact that It
comes to us accompanied by the smiles
Of the men and women who prepared
it for us7
Don't forget that a smile is a token
Of eontentment and confidence, and
faith, and integrity-f0ur elements
that you and ] welcome in the prOduc-
ton Of the foods We eat.
Vow let me tel you why it Is that
everything that Is done by the workers
in the Wilson G Co. organization is
prompted by a-desire TO put their heart,
their soul, and their intelligence into
their work.
The best Illustration I can give YOU Is
to print here some excerpts from a re-
cent talk (informall made BY 1lr. VII
son TO the foremen and workers IN his
Chicago plant on April ID last:
'I wish 1t were possible for ne to ind
the time TO meet and confer with You
men ofteuer. We have now come to
the time when we are through with
the stress Of var. I appreciate the
strain under which You men worked
and want now 20 acknowledge NY
gratitude 10 you because you made il
possible for this Company 10 accom-
plish what 1t has during the past three
years.
@The standing Of this Company.
through your ef IT'S, has been elevated
far and beyond what 1t was three years
ago, and I know that what we have
accomplished could not have been &C
complished except through You, your
cooperation and those Of our workers
who worked under your direction.
NYou know that we are irving to run
this business on a fair and square plan
square to the consumer, square &c the
producer and square to the employee.
1T IS very important that we stand
on this platform or principle, OF we
VIII 60 backwards and tina we can
not affcrd to co ever. We want the
consumer Of our products to .ppreciate
always our state-1Czt in public print
to the effect that we are engaged in
producing the best food products that
can possibly be manufactured.
Our success depends upon you and
the others working under you, and IN
less each nan takes it upon himself and
makes It his own business to support
the principles upon which we stand
we cannot succeed.
The future Of this Company depends
upon our mutual integrity and our mu-
tual loyalty. We must watch everv- I
thing to see that all we do is carefully I
done, and we must treat fairly and I
squarely the people we come in con-
tact with IN our own organization, as /
;