men of all ages, nationalities, and characters, be at home with them and yet 

 not be pulled down by them. In a word he will encounter a set of con- 

 ditions which may not be of the type which he likes. 



Hence, if he has not a great liking for the work and is not adapted to 

 it he had better go to making suits, repairing watches, selling groceries or 

 automobiles, or preaching sermons, for he will never succeed where his 

 interest does not lie. 



Life for nearly every person who does not inherit a fortune or a 

 "pull" means work; work often repeated becomes drudgery, and the con- 

 ditions surrounding the work irksome, unless viewed in the proper light. 



The life of the logging engineer has many compensations. It is one 

 of the most healthy lives that can be led. A man tramping over the hills 

 day after day breathing the kind of air which can never be found in a 

 large city will have few of the ailments common to most people. The 

 appeal of the life among the trees and flow r ers, birds and scenery, is strong 

 to all but the most callous. The work itself is of absorbing interest. Xew T 

 problems which keep coming up every day, each of which must be solved 

 in a different way, constantly keep a man's mind bright and the realization 

 that one is a part of a large business, and a rather responsible and im- 

 portant part, gives him a feeling of self-satisfaction. 



The statement is often made that the profession of logging engineer- 

 ing does not permit of home life. This is not true, for many of the 

 engineers are married and live in cottages at the camps or in the small 

 towns nearby, and they can usually spend more time with their families 

 than is often the case with persons engaged in other professions. 



The future of the logging engineer depends a great deal upon himself 

 and on the conditions that he encounters. At the present time with many 

 kinds of business blaming the war in Europe, the removal of the protective 

 tariff, the regulation and restriction of freedom of large organizations by 

 the government, the contraction of credit, and so on, for the hard times, 

 a man holding any kind of position had better keep it and a man out of 

 employment had better take whatever he can. Prosperous times are sure 

 to return and with prosperity will come new life in the lumber industry. 

 Many companies who should have an engineer but who, in hard times, try 

 to get along without one, will demand them with the return of better 

 conditions. 



Promotion of the logging engineer will depend quite a little upon his 

 executive ability and also upon his ability to mix with the men with whom 

 he has to associate. He should be friendly with the foremen and cooperate 

 with them, for no superintendent will promote a man who can not get 

 along with other men. He should constantly have the best interests of 

 the company at heart. He is an employee of the company, but if he 

 joins with some of the employees in killing as much time as possible and 

 not preventing the many leaks in the treasury as far as he is able he will 

 never get very far. 



His first line of promotion will probably be from location of the 

 spurs to general charge of the construction of these spurs. If he makes 

 good at this he may in time be given charge of the landing construction 

 and later perhaps laying of the steel. Then perhaps some morning he 

 wakes up with an offer to become head of a whole operation. As time goes 

 on his salary increases and perhaps he is given a small interest and be- 

 comes part of the company. 



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