LOGGING IN THE DOUGLAS FIR REGION. 245 
The variation in the labor 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 da} 7 . 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 : 
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