The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-12
DEAR FOLKS:
VI7HEN you work hard and
wv cons cienti o u sly to

ASei ooWh ueeP tndt you nave
succeeded - don't you like it
very, VERY much when some
body comes along that you
know is an expert and he tells
you that your work is splendid
and he congratulate your :
Is it not just huraan for all
of us to like to hear praise of
our work.
Well. I saw a very happy
group of workers assembled in
the CANNED GOODS DE.
PARTMENT of the Wilson &
Co. plant, Chicago, on Friday.
March 18th.
call your attention TO the fact that
Friday with it's SIN LETTERS carries
with II good luck so far as the Wilson q
the Cycle OF Six, which is such a domi-
nant factor in the business and brings
30 much happiness and success
In the group of workers was
Thomas E. Wilson, President
of Wilson & Co., who is as in
tense and as enthusiastic as any
OF the $4,000 workers In his or
ganization. There were also In
the group three Vice-presidents
OF the company. I mention this
to prove what I have been tell
ing you, that the Wilson & Co.
organization represents DEM
OCRACY OF WORK, which
starts with the head and goes
all through the ranks. One man
Is as good AZ another In this organ
ization; one woman IL as good az
another; and both men and women
are on basis of equality In the mat
ter OF recognition and reward for
service we'll rendered.
Now I will tell you why they
were so happy:
ALFRED w. McCANN, THE IA.
NOUS PURE FOOD EXPERT, HAD
JUST FINISHED TASTING AND
TESTING THE WILSON & co.
CERTIFIED BRANDS OF CANNED
MEATS, VEGETABLES AND
FRUITS, AND THEN SAID,
II TAKE OFF MY HAT TO
THESE PURE FOOD PRODUCTS.
YOU HAVE PRODUCED A VERY
FINE AND A VERY WONDER.
Full LINE, AND CONGRATU-
LATE YOU"
Wouldn't it make you happy If
you, like the Wilson & Co. workers.
had been working hard to perfect
food products and felt sure that you
had succeeded, to have Mr.. Mccain
"a man who knows what pure food
is-tell you that you had achieved a
wonderful result3
You bet it would.
Well, the Wilson & Co. workers
are the same kind of human beings
as you are-so they we're mado very
happy when Mr.. Mccain, who had
selected at random from tho In
n,ense stocks of canned goods-esns
Of Corn Peas, Beans, Asparagus,
Meats, Preserves, etc.-And had
them opened up and then tasted and
tested them,-gave them his SPLEEN
did endorsement
I know Mr.. Mccain personally
and intimately. He Is an honest,
fearless, able man. Nobody on earth
has ever yet been able to control
his opinions or his pen. Both are
owned by himself and by nobody
else.
I know he meant what he said
when he told those workers that
their Certified foods are o. X. In all
particulars, and know also that IL
he had not thought they were o. X.
in all particulars, the tender Of a
million dollars cash on the spot
would not have made him endorse
them.
Mr.. Mccain could have been rich
by now had he wished to barter his
honor - but he has kept himself
clean and straight-AND POOR, as
most men do who are intent and in
tense In doing things to help and
protect Humanity.
l did not know that Mr.. Mccain
was in Chicago until he walked into
the Wilson & Co. restaurant, which,
by the way. is a big. democratic af-
fair where officials and workers dino
together in the same way that MEM
bers of family meet at their own
dining room tables. y
He told me he had come to Chi.
cago to investigate tho Wilson &
Co. business because his interest
had been aroused by reading these
letters that am writing to you. At
the end of the day he was good
enough 10 say that he found every
thing exactly as l have described it
to you-that is TO say, that there Is
Heart, Honor, and the Square Deal
all throughout the Wilson & Co. or
ganization.
Mr.. Mccain and once spoke
from the same platform at Saga.
more Beach, Mass, where intense
people gather and discuss the big
problems of the day. I will never
forget the great ovation Mr.. Nc
Cam received on that occasion. He
is a very dramatic and very intense
speaker. He had carefully prepared
a speech. but after its delivery the
large audience insisted on his con-
tinuing to talk. THEY WANTED
TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HIS
AGAINST IMPURE
FOODS.