reasons: first, because of the lad: of sufficient informa- 

 tion from operators to form an accurate and absoHixtoly T:or!r- 

 ing basis; second, "because of the lac!: of slcillod, accurate 

 and scientific management in operation of se.wmills , the 

 operators of which havo to deal with our timber, it pres- 

 ent we aro compelled to sell timber to operators under their 

 present system of management, bo it poor or good. 



In calculating logging costs, I consider first the 

 locality or situation of the timber which, in other words, 

 may mea^i its access ibility, c,nd the methods by which the 

 tinber is to be conveyed to the sa-vmill, according to mj 

 best judgment , provided I do not Lnow from tho operator 

 himself the method which he aims to uso in his logging oper- 

 ation. The hind of labor also must bo Imown to a certain 

 degree and the noro is Isnown of the !:ind of Ic.bor, the more 

 accuratoly tho labor costs in operation cr-n be accounted. 



Second, is to be consider the class of timber. If 

 tho timber runs up to a high per cent of high grade, natur- 

 ally this will proportionately reduce the operating coots, 

 because the higher the soiling price of the manufactured 

 product, the smaller proportionately will be the relation 

 between the operating costs and the ncrlzot price of the 

 product and therefore the higher the per cent of profit to 

 tho operator. Then, in counting the operating costs from 



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