The Kodak Salesman . with Mister Brown for no-ticing that something was wrongwith the window. May 5—We was going out foran auto ride to-night and we wasabout half way from the garadgeat the back of the house to thestreet when my dad who was driv-ing leaned over the side of the carand says Clara did you have thecar out this afternoon and mymother said she had and my fathersaid well its a wonder you wouldntkeep the machine in the drive—justlook at the edge of the lawn—itsrooned. Then I yelled and just in time,too, because wed reached the side-walk by this time and Deacon Hu-bert was passing by a
The Kodak Salesman . with Mister Brown for no-ticing that something was wrongwith the window. May 5—We was going out foran auto ride to-night and we wasabout half way from the garadgeat the back of the house to thestreet when my dad who was driv-ing leaned over the side of the carand says Clara did you have thecar out this afternoon and mymother said she had and my fathersaid well its a wonder you wouldntkeep the machine in the drive—justlook at the edge of the lawn—itsrooned. Then I yelled and just in time,too, because wed reached the side-walk by this time and Deacon Hu-bert was passing by and we justmissed him by two or three quar-ters of an inch. We would of hithim but my dad steered the carright through my mothers favoriteflower bed. There wasnt nothing more saidabout the lawn but the subjeck offlower bed come up from time totime. My dad says that when a fella thinks let the other fellado it, referring to work, the boss says let the other fella getit, referring to salary. 6 Sr/ie KODAK SALESMAN. «11^7HAT kind of a purchasing a-VV gent does Jenkins make, Sam? Ed doesnt do any buying, re-plied Sam as he looked at the bossin a puzzled fashion; hes a sales-man—and a good one too. Youknow that. ?Yes, I know hes a good sales-man. Sam. and so I suspect thathes a good purchasing agent, two jobs go together. Youknow what a purchasing agent is,of course? Sure I do, replied Sam, as yetuncertain as to whether or not theboss was serious, but determinedto play safe; a purchasing agentis the chap that does the necessaryoutside buying for a concern—coal,for example, or raw product. He doesnt just buy. Sam,—hebuys judiciously and makes his knowledge of hisfirms needs and his knowledge ofwhat the market offers unite in eco-nomical buying. With him it isnta question of price but value. Heuses his firms money and his ownbrains at one and the same the job of the purchasingagent. I understand all that. said Sama trifle impatiently, bu
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