The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-07-06
A MAN WHO EMPLOYS NEAR.
LY 10000 sEEN.

The following very graphic de-
scription of the immense works of
Herr Frederick Krupp, at Essen.
Germany, is contained in a pri-
vate letter from Hon. J. S. Potter,
United States Consel at Crefeld
Germany, who recently visited
the establishment in company with
Colonel Carroll D. Wright, chief
of the Massachusetts bureau of
statistics. Mr.. Potter says {:
At this time 1882 is the daily
average number of men employed
in this mandatory for the pro.
duction of everything that is COM
posed of steel-especially war
material. Steam and smoke were
issuing from countless chimneys
and smoke stacks, and rolling in
immense volumes over the $50
acres of buildings within the walls
which inclose his grounds. The
! view from the outside seemed to
indicate 8 tornado Of excitement
and a rush of business with in.
Upon entering, however, the scene
presented was surprisingly quiet.
When a man was seen, whether
workman or manager, be was as
serene as a morning in the trop-
les. There was NO excitement,
no rush every mans motions
being all in the line of system and
order. / do not, remember to
have heard loud word spoken
among the thousands of men in
the different buildings through
which we passed. But the un.
ceasing smoke and steam con;
tinued to ascend from pipes and
chimneys near and as far away as
the eye could see, and the sub
dued hum Of machinery every.
where. was as steady as the<roal
! of Niagara. Great cannon were
being moved as silently as if they
were going to the funeral of the
masses Of men they were made. tc
slaughter. One cannon recently
finished, weighing, with wedge
about eighty tons, and throwing 2
ahell. weighing one and -
half tons q distance of more
/ than ten miles, was being
placed in position. Only amile
word was occasionally uttered BY
| the man in charge, aad th'
great mass went steadily in tht
right direction. No fuss, no false
motions; every utterance and mo
ton was just the one that ought
to be made. The man in charg'
was q complete boss. . The ave
rage number composing the fam
lilies Of these 1882 men was foul
and q half to each-thus making
between eighty and ninety thou
sand human beings dependen'
upon the business, skill and man
agement of Herr Krupp, who wal
born lowly, and thirty years sg|
was poor man. He provides
every thing dwellings and homes
for all-schools, churches, preach
ers, supply-stores, bakeries,sl
ter-houses, butchers, doctors, bath
ing establishments, life insurance
and fire companies, pension iDsti
tutions, hospitals, undertakers
and funerals, and all works
smoothly and we'll. in reply to
question covering the vast respon
sibility, anxiety, care and difcul
ties in managing such q complex
and extensive establishment, be
said be had little anxiety and nc
difficulty in managing his increas
ing business, His care and re
sponsibility was chiefly exercised
in the selection of men for posi-
tions of management. He had Nc
friendship for bosses who were
not exactly fitted for the posi-
ton they we're engaged to fill
and no mercy for those found neg
ligent or inefficient. To his eau
tion in the selection of manager
be attributed the chief success ot
his life.