The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-09
SPENT so many happy
days with the workers

fIhllIt SiiiNbSp, pi"S '''iN
myself thinking about them
often-even to the point Of
waking up at 3 o'clock in
the morning, as | did just
now, and recalled what a
worker said to me one day
after | had commented on
the habit of the workers in
smiling at their tasks. This
is what he said:
"OH, THIS IS A SMILE
ORGANIZATION"
said to myself, | am going
Ito get up and go 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 | jotted down:
! n $4,000 workers smile only once
an hour eight hours a day. they
! smile zoo 900 smiles in a working
day. II each smile averages three
| inches Cand / think this Is the aver
| age distance between the corners Of
| the mouth when 1t is engaged I'm
| smilingD, they smile 500, 600 inches
| OF smiles In day, or nearly 10 miles
| OF smiles
Then theGthought occurred to me
! that YOU and ought To feel mighty
| good To know that Wilson 4 Co.
/ food products, which come Ia our
| table, arc better products because
they are prepared for us under the
right kind OF conditions.
Don't you think that NC ought to
| feel tho greatest confidence In tho
food VIC cat when we think OF the
fact that It comes 10 us accompanied
bv the smiles OF the men and women
who prepared It for u.s.
Don't forget that a smile Is a token
Of contcntmcnt, and confidence, and
faiih, and integrity four elements
that you and welcome in the pro-
ducton OF the foods We cat.
Now lct> mo ten you Why {, is that
everything that is don" by tho work
crs iu the Wilson a Co. organization
Is prompted by a desire 10 put their
hearts. their soul and their inielii-
gencc into their work.
| Tho best illustration | can give you
is to print here some excerpts from
a recent talk NntormRD made by Mr..
Wilson to tho forcmcn and workers
in his Chicago plant on April "a last;
I wish II were possible for me TO
find the time Ia meet and confer
with YOU men oftcncr. We have
now come la the time when we are
/ through with the stress Of war !
nppr,riatc the strain under which
Won men worked and want now TO
! acknowledge my gratitude To YOU
bCcauae you made II possible Tor
! this Company Ia accomplish what
! Il hns during the past three years.
"Thc standing Of this Company.
through YOUR efforts, has been clc-
,ntcd far and beyond what II was
thrr~r ycnrs nro, and I know that
" hat We have accomplished could
not have been accomplished except
/ through you, your cooperation and
those of our workers who worked
/ under your direction.
You know that VIC are trying TO
run this business on n fair and
Suunrc plHn--suuarC to the CON
suniCr. suunrc Ia the producer, and
Suunrr to the CmplOSC.
..It is very important that We stand
on this pintform or principle, Or wc
viii go backwards aud that We eau
not afford In do ever. We want tho
consumer Of our products To Hpprr-
riatc always our statements In pub
lie print to the effect that We are
engaged In producing the best food
products that can possibly he man
ufnCturCd
Our success depends upon YOU
and the Others working under YOU,
md unless each man takes II upon
himself and makes II his own bust
ness Ia support the principles upon
which We stand we cannot succeed.
/ The future OF this Company de,
pCnds uhon our mutual integrity
aud our mutual LOYALTY. We must
watch everything To see that Hll We
/ do Is carefully done, and We must
treat fairly aud ~uuarCly the pcu-
rlc wc come In runtnrt with In our
rUn organization. u~ wet a. with
/ the pcopIc Nc tonne In contact with
outside Of our UrganiLatisn