Daily camera., 1898-11-18
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guns that have played: SO important a
part in modern warfare, but only a
compare lively few, know OF the nov
distinguished family, from which these
deadly weapons derive their name.
The esKrupps now enjoy q distinction so
long monopolized by the Rothschilds.
1t is that of being weather. than any
sovereign house in Europe and eNer-
cising a power in peace NO less than
that they supply in war. The town Of
Essen, which they built and virtually
own, is equal to small principality.
This realm of steel and iron is gov
erned by monarch without crown or
scepter, and yet when Prince Napo-
leon visited it he exclaimed Why,
this is a state within state and
then haste ned to idisclaim any intend
ed offense toward any government
that might take umbrage at such a
statement. ......
AS matter Of fact, the present head
of the house has under his orders more
subjects than has the prince OF
Schaumburg-Lippe, who married Prin-
cess Victoria, the" sister of Emperor
William, and is conceded the dignity
OF a dynasty. If the furnaces at Es-
sen were to be suddenly extinguished
and be kept out Of commission for any
considerable time, 81 900 workmen and
81, 900 women, children and aged per
sons would be forced to take their
chances with starvation. This grand
total Of 10000 people acknowledge
the sway of one ap-and are more
loyal to him than are the subjects of
many a ruler 'divinely" ordained.
The Krupp that laid the foundation
for the family's fortune and fame be-
longed to the old Protestant burghers
of Essen. At the beginning Of the sew
enteenth century one of his ancestors
had been the director OF a manufac,
tory of arms on the Rhine and trans
mitted to his descendants the secret Of
making "warlike implements which
had time and again been noticed as
hereditary in certain races" After
this descendant had first made some
money as a trader in coffee and sugar
he started the modest factory which
has since developed into the colossal
plant over which a descendant now
presides. His sons and all OF the male
line since have been trained as enRt-
neera
1t was q Krupp that was first to In
troduce into Germany the fabricat tion
Of molten Steel ant II was this same
representative Of the family that
wrecked its growing fortunes, He car
ried on simultaneously the most cost
y experiments and the most hazard.
Gus speculat!ons. He made his tnven.
lions and the name of his factory fa.
miliar to the world, but he ruined him.
self and died in 1890. HE son, but II
years old, without technical knowl-
edge, apprenticeship, money or cred.
it, became the representative of the
house and began the restoration Of Its
fortunes. He worked day and night,
lived without meat, because he could
not afford It,. sold the family plato to
keep the wolf from the door, fought
with varying fortunes until, at last,
about the middle of the century, he
had won the apparently hopeless ba t
tie. .a- g5if.at 81 ass- g-s,--.f
Tho man who had rsg~ined morn
than had been lost was Albert Krupp,
History might have, had a different
story to tell had France accepted bis
protfer to furnish his improved weap.
ons. The test that she made of them
before declining to adopt them was
what caused Prussia to equip her army
With them, and the guns rejected by
Marshal Soult afterward won Sadowa
and Sedan. Albert Krupp died II
years ago this month and his son
Frederick is now the ruler of Essen
1t was his daughter that the Austrian
heir apparent wanted to marry, i'm,
perial Intervention being credited
with preventing the match. How
much pride Germany has in the
Krupps Is indicated by the fact that
her people insisted that it would be
the best thing, the, HApsburg blood
could do to accent, an infusion of 70.
bust plebeianism.
But 1t must be kept in mind and cred
1t must be given to the Krupps that
| they are plebeians by choice, being
possessed by that sensible democracy
| which holds that every man should be
measured by his worth. The heads Of
the house, father and son. have con
sistently refused to be "ennobled'
through the proffered act of a, gra
cious sovereign. Now, according to al
unwritten law Of the dynasty, the un
crowned ruler in Essen must remain
commoner, and so must his successors
They are the only Germans in the his
tory of the race that have resisted the
temptations Of a title, and nothing els.
could have given them such prestig,
among the masses. Of the Fathsrland
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