The Washington times., 1919-02-24
DEAR FOLKS

wilson q Company pant,
Chicago, are employed, in
Vited me to sit in his Office
all of one morning and look
over the men who applied
for jobs. | accepted his in
Iyitation and had a most IN
|tereSting experiences WI
tell you about it.
In the first place / heard prac
'ticalIy every man say =
want to work heres boss De.
cause Wilson & Company
treat men right and you give
them a chance to get higher
up in the ranks when they
make goodF'
In the second place I notced,
with great personal satiSfacuon,
that the manager Treated evefg
applicant for a Job with as much
courtesy as II be were receiving
him IN his own home.
In the third place I got the suT-
prise of my Hfe when saw
men,, who had been told by the
that he could not give
them anything to do Just then,
leave the Office with a smile and
a thank you.
I wondered why men could smile
and say thank you after being tod
that there was nothing for them
to do. So ] asked one Of them what
there was to smile about and WhV
he said thank you, and he said, IN
effect, this:
"Ch, the boss, there, Is always
kind to everybody and like kind
ness. I know he would give me q
job If he could. ] am eoming back
again until get q Job with tbs
company. / want TO work here be-
cause ] am sure Of getting q square
deal"
And he went away happy; 50 did
the others.
However, men keep on applying foE
work m the Wilson & Company
plant in spite Of the fact that they
know the company Is always fun Up
with laborers who never want g
leave their jobs.
The manager is the type that Mr.
Wilson selects to deal with his
army Of workers. He won't have
a man unless love for his fellows
is thoroughly developed IN him
unless he is a good judge Of human
nature unless he has the quality
of selecting workers who WIN keep
up the good fellowship and the
loyal spirit that exists so markedly
in all departments Of the Wilson
& Company plant
He made no mistakes in CHOOSING
the manager Of the Mems Employ
ment Bureau, who Is a nan Of big
frame, big heart, big character and
with a big idea Of his duty toward
his company and toward his fellow
man.
Among the number who. applied fer
jobs while ! was in the managers
office was a soldier IN uniform. His
and manner and eonver-
sation indicated that he was q ~
fined educated man.
The manager told him that be
guessed he had made q mistake n
applying TO him for q jOb-that eyi-
IDENTIFY he wanted an office position,
Or, perhaps, wanted to 20 on the
road as a salesman-that he eIn-
ployed men only who were wiling
10 work with their hands. Marx
what this soldier said:
NO, I don't want an easy job. I
want to work with my hands. i
found myself overseas. Living IN
trenches and going over the top
made a different man Of me. That
hard work gave me health and
never felt better IN my
life. ! wahE. to keep my body as
healthy and as strong as It is now.
want a job that requires the use
If my hands, arms, legs, shoulders,
ieet. / can use my head, too, n
ioing manual labor. want very
much to work for this company. ]
rear everybody speak so well Of the
] will appreciate e
greatly if you viii give me an ep-
1ortunity to work as q laborer. III
axe my chance on working my way
ID. The president Of your company
got to the top by starting at the
)Ottom of the ladder. Maybe / can
limb to the top, too, if / am not
oo particular about the kind 0f
work I start to do"
The manager said to him: 'Rou
ire all right, my lad; you've gSe
he right stuff IN you. Come here
lext Monday and win start you
o work. We want men Of y0lP
nit"
he came to work the following
Monday.
Ie has already made a hit with
us fellowworkmen.
Thev like him a lot and are vePv