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The variation in the hibor cost of sorting and rafting is due to 

 differences in the conditions under which the men work, or the 

 average volume of timber sorted and rafted per man. In the case of 

 a tidewater operation, a crew of seven men, working under favorable 

 conditions, sorted and rafted 500,000 feet per day. The crew and 

 wages were as follows : 



Foreman .$125. 00 per month. 



Boom man 3. 50 per day. 



4 rafters (each) 3.00 per day. 



Under adverse conditions when the wind is blowing in the wrong 

 direction this crew will do less. In running water where the current 

 carries the logs down the rafting pockets, a crew of four men may 

 average as much as 500,000 feet per day. As a rule, each member of 

 the crew, including the foreman, will average from 40,000 to 60,000 

 feet per day. 



TOWING. 



In the Columbia River and Puget Sound regions the cost of towing 

 the logs from the booms to the mills, as a rule, is borne by the manu- 

 facturers, while in the Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay regions this 

 cost, as a rule, is borne by the independent loggers. The operation 

 is performed by separate companies at fixed rates per thousand feet. 

 The rates charged in the Columbia River, Puget Sound, and Grays 

 Harbor regions are as follows : 



