PAPER COMPANY'S FORESTRY PRACTICE 



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A TYPICAL LUMBER CAMP OF THE INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. 



MOUNTAINS 



IN THE GREEN 



Company's bosses cooperated with the 

 markets in every way. 



These difficulties show that besides 

 marking the timber for cutting we must 

 reorganize our logging operations if we 

 expect to accomplish the best results. 

 Under the present system all the har- 

 vesting is done by poorly paid men. 

 Perhaps the lumber companies of the 

 past have been right in this policy, for 

 stumpage was not valuable enough and 

 labor was cheap enough so that a little 

 waste did not count. 



THE NEW STYLE OF CAMP BOSS 



As stumpage increases in value the 

 camp boss will be a very different class. 



First. He will be a man with the for- 

 estry point of view, having as much 

 interest in the future crop of timber as 

 in the present cut and will know what 

 should be left for the next crop. 



Second. He will locate his roads on 



definte grades with definite knowledge 

 of what grade gets logs onto the yards 

 cheapest with the least wear and tear 

 on the teams. These roads will "be lo- 

 cated as much in reference to the tim- 

 ber that is being left as to that which 

 is being taken. 



Third. This new type of boss will 

 be an expert in every part of the opera- 

 tion, not only knowing all the old effi- 

 cient methods but continually thinking 

 out and learning from other people new 

 and better ways of doing things. He 

 will not be tied down by tradition or 

 precedent. 



Fourth. This man will improve the 

 character of his help by paying for effi- 

 ciency. 



Fifth. The lumber operation of the 

 future must be run on a financial basis 

 and the boss must know how much a 

 certain type of road ought to cost and 

 if the cost for a given week runs too 

 higli. he is going to know the reason. 



