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Wilson entered his new duties with a will, and was so successful 

 in organizing and whipping together the disintegrated interests 

 that at the time his option expired, the shares he held were worth 

 nearly four times as much as when he received his option. This 

 gave Mr. Wilson a high financial rating and has enabled him to 

 proceed even further with the extension and organization of the 

 business. On July 21, 1916, the firm name was changed to 

 Wilson & Co. 



Wilson & Co. is among the largest of meat packing concerns 

 in the world having packing plants at Chicago, Oklahoma City, 

 Kansas City, Los Angeles, Calif.; Sioux Falls, S. D. ; Nebraska 

 City, Nebr.; Albert Lea, Minn.; Natchez, Miss.; Wheeling, 

 W. Va.; Chatham, Ontario, Canada; Buenos Aires, A. R. South 

 America and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Wilson & Co. have branches in 

 all principal European countries and do a large export business. 

 In 1918, the company showed total assets of $129,891,945.30. 



Mr. Wilson was elected first president of the Institute of 

 American Meat Packers, which organization he was instrumental 

 in forming. The Institute comprises in its membership nearly 

 every large and small meat packer in the United States. Mr. 

 Wilson is a director of the International Livestock Exposition, 

 a director of the Wabash Railroad and president of the Oklahoma 

 City Stock Yards Co. In 1918 he also was elected president of 

 the Chicago Shorthorn Cattle Club. Edellyn Farm is near Lake 

 Forest, 111., where Mr. Wilson indulges his passion for breeding 

 and raising pure blooded horses. Shorthorn cattle, Duroc Jersey 

 hogs, poultry and game. He has specialized in Shorthorn cattle 

 and Clydesdale draft horses. 



Mr. Wilson is one of the most popular of the greater officials 

 in Chicago, and has a wide club membership and an even wider 

 friendship. As an example of the success that can come to the 

 youth of humble origin who possesses brains and industry, Mr. 

 Wilson stands almost supreme and his career is a direct challenge 

 to every young man of ability. 



