such as challenging the other driver to get more customers on a particular route than he could obtain. Ewing says, “I got practice in selling and that proved to be beneficial later in life.” R. A. Long made money not only at the laundry business but also on patents, one of which was a form fit for the collar of a shirt what would hold the shape of the shirt. He showed his young protégé that one could make money with brains as well as brawn. Kauffman commented, “He was quite a man and had quite an influence on my life.”