Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-01
DEAR FOLKS:

workers in the Wilson
4 Co. plants in Chicago and
in ten other cities are an
American loving group Of
citizens with a genuine re-
gard for American institu-
tions and customs.
"A great many of t hese
workers came to America
from foreign countries and
found here an opportunity
to enjoy liberty of thought
and action - to educate
their children - to acquire
comfortable homes-and to
live under conditions that
bring them happiness and
prosperity.
1t will astonish you to
learn, as it did me, that the
workers in the Chicago
plantalone saved$1,7O0,O
from the first of May until
the end of December, 1918.
This means that every
worker averaged a saving
OF over 1926 during this
period, and they are saw
ing at the same ratio dur
ing 1919.
Furthermore, these Wilson
workers throughout the
country are buying 81, ,OOO,-
900 Of Victory Liberty f,
Bonds.
Does this not represent
substantial citizenship?
Does it not also indicate
that Wilson & Co. are
standing by their workers
in a helpful, practical way?
| There is another angle about
this thing that I want to bring
to your attention.
The workers are engaged in
producing Pure Foods. They
buy the foods they produce for
use in their homes.
They have learned how to use
these foods in an economical
way.
They know that Good, Whole
some, Honest Food bought and
used carefully, is more sustain
ing, more nourishing, more eco-
nomical, than the buying and
using of Indifferent foods.
Quality in food counts for far
more than Quantity.
Workers are enabled to buy the
foods they produce at the retail
stores maintained in connection
with the Wilson & Co. plant in
Chicago.
They buy them at cost, plus the
expense incurred in maintaining a
sales force and setting apart Space
for the purpose in the main building,
which stands at the entrance to the
plant.
The workers are not allowed to run
bills or to buy eXtravagantly. They
are advised to buy only enough to
nourish life in wholesome, salts
factory, healthy manner-to fit them
for their work.
= Furthermore, the Wilson & Co. plan
of service to their workers includes
definite and helpful suggestions as
to how they can use the foods they
produce in the most intelligent and
most economical way.
These suggestions come from the
Domestic Science Department, at
the head of which is young woman
who started to learn to cook when
she was eight years old-due to the
necessities of her household. Her
father had died and she was the
eldest of several children. Her
mother needed her help.
The mother-a wonderful woman
taught her daughter to use, the best
materials in cooking, telling her that
little of the very best went so much
farther than whole lot of stuff of
poor quality.
Well, this little girl grew up to be
wonderful cook. She became fas-
cinated with this great arty She edu-
Gated herself on profits realized from
teaching others how to cook. She
studied the food question from every
angle. She knows what is what.
She is a wonderful help in the Will
son &\Co. organization by suggesting to
workers how to use good foods economi-
cally.
Isn't there suggestion in this story to
you, Dear Folks? Ii
I Shouldn't you buy only those foods
whose quality you are sure os?'
Mind you. Wilson & Co. send their food
products oil over the world bearing this