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some extent in the same camp with the character of the chance ; or 

 the size of the timber, roughness and steepness of the ground, length 

 of haul, amount of down timber, etc. When labor is scarce and hard 

 to handle, operators not infrequently find it desirable to carry extra 

 help in the rigging crew in order to provide for sudden vacancies. 



The basis of employment and payment of labor in this region is a 

 10-hour day. with a charge for board. Hook tenders are sometimes 

 paid by the month. 



During certain years, or parts of years, wages are higher than in 

 others. At a given time some camps pay 8 to 10 per cent more per 

 day per man than others. In some camps some of the men, because 

 of special fitness or length of service, receive a larger compensation 

 than others for the same class of work. For these reasons it is diffi- 

 cult to give the average wages paid the different members of the 

 yarding crew. 



The following list is intended to approximate the wages — average, 

 high, and low — paid the labor working in ground yarding crews 

 b}' the logging companies in the region during the past six years : 



Approximate tcages of (/round yarding crews. 



Position. 



Wages per day. 



Average. 



High. 



Low. 



Hooktenders . . 

 Rigging slinger 

 Choker men . . . 



Chasers 



Swampers 



snipers 



Signalman 



Engineer 



Fireman 



Wood buck 



$5.25 

 3.50 

 3.25 

 3.25 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 2.75 

 3.50 

 2.50 

 2.50 



$6.00 

 3.75 

 3.50 

 3.50 

 3.25 

 3.25 

 3.00 

 3.75 

 2.75 

 2.75 



$4.50 

 3.25 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 2.75 

 2.75 

 2.50 

 3.25 

 2.25 

 2.25 



The wages given in the column headed " Low " are not the lowest 

 wages that have been paid. Camps that have paid the wages included 

 in tlie column headed "Average " paid the following wages in Octo- 

 ber, 1915 : 



Per day. 



Hook tenders $3. 50 



Rigging slingers 2. 75 



Choker men . 2.50 



Chasers 2. 50 



Swampers 2. 25 



Snipers 2. 25 



Signalman 1 2. 00 



Engineer 3. 00 



Fireman 2. 00 



Wood buck 2.25 



