Jack Hayse on how lumbermen were paid

Interviewer: What was the money like?

Jack:  Well money you had to make your own money.  You get paid by the cord see.

Interviewer: So it all depended on how much you cut…

Jack: If you cut two cord, that was $5. I think twas $4 a cord one summer. A good woodcutter could cut six or seven cords.  You had to be a good woodcutter to cut six cords. My father, me and he used to cut four cords.

Interviewer: So you worked in groups or pairs…

Jack: Me and he worked together.

Interviewer: So was that a day.

Jack: In a day we would cut four cords, yeah. Send $5 to the crowd home.