The Washington herald., 1919-05-01
DEAR FOLKS:


Institutions and customs.
A great many of these workers
came to America from foreign
countries and found here an op-
portunity to enjoy liberty of
thought and action to edu-
cate 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 plant alone saved
100000 from the first of
May until the end of December,
1918. This means that every
worker averaged a saving of
over $226 during this period
and they are Saving at the same
ratio during 1919.
Furthermore, these Wilson
workers throughout the country
are buying 100000 of Vic
tory Liberty Bonds.
Does this not represent sub
stantial 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 | want to bring to your
attention.
The workers are engaged in pro-
ducins Pure Foods. They buy the
foods they produce for use in their
own homes.
They have learned how to use
these foods in an economical way.
They know that Good. Wholesome.
Honest Food. bought and used
carefully. is more sustaining. more
nourishing. more economical 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
sales force and setting apart space
for the purpose in the main build
ing. which stands at the entrance
to the plant.
, The workers arc not allowed to
run bills or to buy cxtravagantly.
They arc advised to buy only
enough to nourish life in
Wholesome, satisfactory, healthy
manner-to fit them for their
work.
Furthermore, the Wilson & Co.
plan of service to their workers
includes definite and helpful sug-
geStions as to how they can use
the foods they produce in the
most intelligent and most cconom-
ical 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 chill
dren. Her mother needed her
help.
Tic mothcr-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.
We'll, this little girl grew up TO be
a wonderful cook. She became
fascinated with this great art. She
educated 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 wonderful help in the Will
son & Co. organization by suggest
ing to workers how to use good
foods economically.
Isn't there suggestion in this
story to you, Dear Folks?
Shouldn't you buy only those foods
whose quality you are sure of?
Mind you. Wilson & Co. send their
food products all over the world
bearing this significant slogan. The
Wilson Label Protects Your Table"
That means what it says.
Workers see to IL that eyerythinr