Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-12
DEAR FOLKSs|

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achieve result and you
feel down deep that you have
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 congratulates you?
Is it not just human for all of y
us to like to hear praise of our
work?
Well, | 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
FrluaE with its SIX LETTERS carries
with It goG1 'uck so far as the. Wilson 4
the Cycle of six which is such doni-
nant factor in the business and brings
so much happiness and success.
In the group of workers was
Thomas E. Wilson, President of
Wilson & Co., who is as intense
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. | mention this
to prove what I have been tell
ing you, that the Wilson & Co.
organization represents DE-
MOCRACY 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 matter of recog-
milton and reward for service
well rendered.
Now I will tell you why they
Were so happy:
ALFRED w. McCANN, THE FA-
NOUS PURE FOOD EXPERT HAD
JUST FINISHED TASTING AND
TESTING THE WILSON & co.
ERTIFIED BRANDS OF
CANNED MEATS, VEGETABLES
AND FRUITS. AND THEN SAID:
81 TAKE OFF MY HAT TO
THESE PURE FOOD PRODUCTS.
YOU HAVE PRODUCED A VERY
FINE AND A VERY WONDER
FuL LINE. AND l 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.. McCann
"a man who knows what pure food
is-tell you that you had achieved a
wonderful result?
You bet it would.
Well, the Wilson e. Co. workers
are the same kind of human beings
as you are-so they were made very
happy when Mr.. McCann, who had
selected at random from the inn
mense stocks of canned goods-cans
of Corn, Peas, Beans, Asparagus,
Meats, Preserves, etc.-and had them
opened up and then tasted and
tested them,-gave them his splen-
did endorsement.
I know Mr.. McCann 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.
l know he meant what he said
when he told those workers that
their Certified foods are o. X. in all
particulars, and l know also that If
he had not thought they were o. K.
in all particulars, the tender of a
million dollars cash on the spot
would not have made him endorse
| them.
Mr.. McCann could have been rich
by now had he wished to barter his
honor - but he has kept himself
clean and straight-ANE POOR, as
most men do who are intelt and in
tense in doing things to help and
protect Humanity.
| did not know that Mr.. McCann
was in Chicago until he walked into
the Wilson & Co. restaurant, which,
by the way, is big, democratic af-
fair where officials and workers dine
together in the same way that MEM
bers of family meet at their own
dining room tables.
He told me he had come to Chi
cago to investigate the Wilson &
Co. business because his interest had
been aroused by reading these let
ters that | am writing to you. At
the end of the day he was good
enough to 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.. McCann and | once spoke
from the same platform at Saga
more Beach, Mass, where intense
people gather and discuss he big
problems of the day. | will never
forget the great ovation Mr.. McCann
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. THEI WANTED
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