He spent all his limch hours trying to find another 

 Job» He was finally offered a Job in an automobile 

 parts store ^ and when ve opened a store near hlm^ 

 he applied for a job there. Thst was back about 

 1923 or 192l|., And he is now our best manager. A 

 ▼ery systematic person. He gets up at six o'clock 

 in the morning if necessary, gets down to the store 

 early. He puts his whole life into it. But it 

 takes a lot out of him« I don't wonder that the 

 other boys don't want to do that. 



On the other hand, we have a boy whose biggest 

 Interest is umpiring basketball ganes at night. 



Glib: You have three stores. Do you go around from one 

 to the other? 



Coggins: Well, not as anieh as I used to and not as anteh as 

 I otight to* 



Glib: How do you spend your time, on the average? 



Cogginss Everybody asks »e that* (laughter) 1 read the 

 mail, watch the invoices as they come in* I 

 tabulate costs and expenses to check on our profits 

 or losses* I do a little writing* 



dilbt At the store? 



Coggins I Yes, sosm times. 1 do con^ile figures. I compare 

 costs for last year to this year. Ve use those as 

 warnings if they are going up. We do find that our 

 margin of profit is getting less a3.1 the tini* 



