FOREST LABOR 45 
amined separately by the superintendent, foreman, and the 
hooktender, who write on a slip of paper their judgment as to 
what the base should be for that particular rollway. These 
figures are then averaged to determine the base. For all output 
over and above this base, each member of the yarding crew receives 
a bonus, payable at the end of the month, subject to certain general 
rules previously established. The rules of one company governing 
the payment of a bonus are as follows: 
GENERAL RULES 
1. "No employee will receive a premium for a fractional month's work. 
2. "The daily wage received when you enter our employ will be j'our 
wages for the 3'ear. 
3. "The scale of logs will be according to the scale rule we have used here 
in the past. The logs will be scaled by our scaler, but the employees have 
the right to call in a scaler if not satisfied. If these two cannot agree, they 
can select the third man whose decision must be final. The expense of the 
last two men must be borne by the employees. Any lost loads along our 
railroad will not be counted. 
4. "Allowance will be made for lost time for delays beyond our control 
when they exceed one-half a day but no credit will be given for any short 
delays that occur in any logging operations; * * * . 
5. "No premium on overtime will be allowed except when yarder is in 
actual operation; the amount of overtime to be allowed is at the option of 
the foreman. 
6. "The crews must go out when ordered by the foreman; if not the day 
will be charged up against them as a yarding day. 
7. "The premium will apply to all men handling logs from the time the 
logs are hitched to in the woods until they are dumped in the water to be shipped 
to market. It will not apply to construction men, shop men or any men that 
are not connected with the yarding or train crews. A different system of 
premiums will be applied to fallers and buckers. 
STANDARD OF PREMIUMSi 
"Men receiving the following pay per day will receive the premium per 
thousand feet opposite the respective amount. 
".$5.00 per day 9c per thousand feet 
"$4.75 " S^c 
"$4.50 " 8c " " 
"$4.00 " 7c 
* This method of distributing premiums is based on a principle similar to 
that used in the Brown's Bay System. The chief difference is that the pre- 
mium paid is stated in cents per thousand feet, log scale, while the Brown's 
Bay System allots the premium on the basis of percentages. 
