LOGGING IN THE DOUGLAS FIR REGION. 
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The wages paid the different members of the felling and bucking 
crew vary. 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 man than others. Then in the same camp some of the men, 
because of special fitness, receive a larger compensation than the 
others. For these reasons it is difficult to state the average wages 
paid the different members of these crews during the past several 
years. 
The following list is intended to approximate the wages — average, 
high, and low — paid the members of the felling and bucking crews 
by the logging companies in the region during the six years ending 
1916: 
Position. 
Wages per day. 
Average. 
High. 
Low. 
S3. 50 
3.50 
3.25 
3.25 
$3.75 
3.75 
3.50 
3.50 
4.00 
$3.25 
3.25 
3.00 
3.00 
Filer 
3.50 
The wages given in the column headed "Low" do not represent 
the lowest wages that have been paid. Camps that have paid the 
wages included in column headed "Average" paid the following 
wages in October, 1915 : 
Per day 
Head bucker $3.00 
Head faller 3. 00 
Second faller 2. 75 
Bucker 2. 50 
Filer 3. 00 
The scale of wages for head buckers and filers is less standard 
than for the other members of the crews, hence the wages listed for 
them are more or less deceptive. Then, too, head buckers are paid 
more now than they were two or three years ago, some of them now 
being paid $5 or more per day. A good head bucker can easily earn 
this amount. Filers are paid from $3.50 to $5.50 per day, depending 
on their ability, the character and amount of work, and whether 
they are working as head or second filers. 
A small percentage of the operators do the felling and bucking by 
contract, payment being made on the basis of the thousand feet net 
or gross log scale. The contract may be let to one man who employs 
labor by the day to do the work, or directly to the workers. Contract 
felling and bucking has not been popular in this region, chiefly for 
the following reasons: (1) The character of the work varies so much 
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