The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-16
DEAR FOLKS:

n ~
wv conscient iously to
achieve a result and you feel
down deep that you have
succeeded--don't you like 1t
very. VERY much when
somebody comes along that
you know is an expert and
he tells you that your work
is splendid and he congratu-
lates you?
Is IL not just human for
all Of us 10 like TO hear praise
Of our work?
Well, / saw a very happy
group Of workers assembled
in the CANNED GOODS
DEPARTMENT of the VIII
son & Co. plant, Chicago, on
Friday, March 18th.
I call your attention 70 the fact
e ss1 f' @iS T !, soas I'd s luck 20 iar
the Wilson Co. organization Is con-
eerned. IL fits the Cycle OF Hig.
which In such a dominant factor IN
tbs business. and brings so much
happiness and success.
In the group Of workers
was Thomas +. Wilson, Pres
ident Of Wilson e. Co., who
is as intense and as en-
thusiastic as any Of the 49,
900 workers in his organiza-
ton. There were also in the
group three vice presidents
|of the company. ] mention
this TO prove what ! have
been telling you, that the
Wilson & Co. organization
represents DEMOCRACY OF
WORK, which starts with
the head and goes all through
the ranks. One man is as
good as another in this Or
ganization; one woman is as
good as another; and both
men and women are on a
basis Of equality in the mat
ter of recognition and reward
for service well rendered.
Now ] 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 4 co.
CERTIFIED BRAND or CANNED
MEATS. VEGETABLES AND
FRUITS. AND THEN SAID:
II TAKE OFT MY HAT To
THESE PURE FOOD PRODUCTS.
YOU HAVE PRODUCED A VERY
FINE AND A VERY WONDERFUL
LINE. AND I CONGRATULATE
YOU"
Wouldn't IL make you happy II
you. like the Wilson & Co. workers.
had been working hard 10 perfect
food products. and felt sure that you
had succeeded. 10 have Mr.. Mccain
IA man who knows what pure food
is--teil you tina; you had achieved a
wonderful result,
You bet II would.
Well. the Wilson 4 Co. workers are
the same kind Of human beings ~
you are--so they were made very
happy when Mr.. McCann. who had
selected at random from the i'm
mense stocks OF canned goods--cans
OF Corn. Peas. Beans. Aspara gus.
Meats. Preserves. etc.--and had them
OPP ned up and then tasted and tested
them-gave them his splendid in
dcrsemcnt.
know Mr.. Mccain personally and
Intimately. He II an honest, fear
less, able man. Nobody on earth haa
ever yet been able TO control his opin-
ions or his pen. Both are owned By
himself and by nobody else.
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 &c :
he had not thought they were q. X.
in all particulars. the tender OF q
million dollars cash on the spot
would not have made him indorso
them.
Mr.. Mccain could have been rich
by now had he wished 10 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 pro-
tect Humanity.
I did not know that Mr.. Mccain
was in Chicago until he walked into
the Wilson 4 Co. restaurant. which.
by the way. Is a big. democratic az
fair. where officials and workers dino
together in the same way that men,
bers of a family meet at their own
dining room tables.
He told me he had come to Chi.
cago to investigate the Wilson 4 Co.
business. because his interest had
been aroused by reading these let
tiers that I am writing to you. At
the end OF the day he was good
enough to say that he found every
thing exactly as I have described IL
10 you--that is TO say. that there Is
Heart, Honor and the Square Deal
all throughout the Wilson & Co. or
ganization.
Mr. Mccain and I once spoke from
the same platform at Sycamore
Beach. Mass. where intense people
gather and discuss the big problems
OF the day. I win never forget tho
great ovation Mr.. Mccain received
on that occasion. He Is q very dra-
matte and very intense speaker. He
had carefully prepared a speech. but
after its delivery the large audience
insisted on his continuing to talk.