 Lowe began to look at Texas Distributors as less as an instrument for the production of wealth than as a device that could create well-being for the growing number of people who were a part of it.In the early 1970s, the company was not exceptionally productive, and while sales were up, income was not.Morale was low in some areas, and lowe came up with the idea of meeting with small groups of employees at his home.