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BULLETIN 111, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



The following is a list of the wages — average, high, and low — 

 paid by logging companies on the west side of the Cascades in 

 Oregon and Washington during the last six or eight years. The 

 wages designated high and low do not represent extremes. For 

 example, the wages paid at times during 1914 and 1915 averaged 

 lower than those given in the list. Wages have remained at the same 

 general level, rising or falling with fluctuations in the demand for 

 labor. If there was any change, skilled labor received a little less 

 toward the close of this period, common labor a little more. During 

 slack times the wages of common labor are cut more heavily in pro- 

 portion than those of skilled labor. 



Table 2. — Average wages imid during the six years ending in 1916. 



Position. 



Head bucker or timber 

 inspector 



Headfaller 



Second f aller 



Bucker 



Filer 



Hooktender 



Rigging slinger 



Chokerman 



Chaser 



Swamper 



Sniper 



Signal man 



Yarding and road engine 

 engineer 



Yarding and road engine 

 fireman 



Wood buck 



Head loader 



Second loader 



Gypsy, or spool, tender. . 



Loading engine engineer 



Loading engine fireman . 



Pump man 



Blacksmith 



Wages per day. 



Aver- 



High. 



Low. 



age. 







$3.50 



S3. 75 



$3.25 



3.50 



3.75 



3.25 



3.25 



3.50 



3.00 



3.25 



3.50 



3.00 



3.75 



4.00 



3.50 



5.25 



6.00 



4.50 



3.50 



3.75 



3.25 



3.25 



3.50 



3.00 



3.25 



3.50 



3.00 



3.00 



3.25 



2.75 



3.00 



3.25 



2.75 



2.75 



3.00 



2i50 



3.50 



3.75 



3.25 



2.50 



2.75 



2.25 



2.50 



2.75 



2.25 



4.25 



4.75 



3.50 



3.50 



3.75 



3.25 



3.00 



3.25 



2.75 



3.25 



3.50 



3.00 



2.50 



2.75 



2.25 



2.75 



3.00 



2.50 



3.75 



4.00 



3.50 



Position. 



Master mechanic 



Carpenter 



Car tinkerer 



Pole road construction 

 foreman 



Pole road construction 

 men 



Landing construction 

 foreman 



Landing construction 

 men 



Locomotive engineer 



Locomotive fireman 



Conductor or head brake- 

 man 



Brakeman 



Section foreman 



Section men 



Railroad ■ construction 

 foreman 



Railroad construction 

 men 



Rafting, or boom, fore- 

 man 



Rafting, or boom, man.. 



Wages per day. 



Aver- 

 age. 



$4.50 

 3.50 

 3.00 



4.50 



2.75 



4.00 



2.75 

 4.00 

 3.00 



3.50 

 3.25 

 3.25 

 2.50 



4.50 



2.50 



3.50 

 3.25 



High. 



$5.00 

 5.00 

 3.25 



5.25 



3.00 



4.50 



3.00 

 4.50 

 3.26 



4.00 

 3.50 

 3.50 

 2.75 



5.50 



2.75 



4.00 

 3.50 



Low. 



S3. 00 

 3.00 

 2.75 



4.00 



2.50 



3.50 



2.50 

 3.75 

 2.75 



3.25 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 2.25 



3.50 



2.25 



3.25 

 3.00 



Certain employees who, as a rule, are paid by the month are not 

 included in the above list. The monthly salaries of these men are 

 about as follows, plus board : 



Foreman $125 to $250 



Bookkeeper 75 to 125 



Timekeeper 75 to 100 



Storekeeper 75 to 125 



Logging engineer 75 to 125 



Scaler 75 to 125 



Operators in the region feel that a well-fed man gives better service 

 and is more likely to be satisfied with his work, so that a well-con- 

 ducted boarding department is one of the features of most operations. 



