Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-25

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-. IGOR BY Frank G. Carpen-
CN!' "" teri
ssEN on the Ruhr,--l am In
III the heart Of the Prussian
III mack Country, where the
~ foundrles aud factories are as
III ,biek as in the Black Country
ia ahout Plttsburg, The land Is
pnderlaid with coal and iron,
Is and upon 1t has grown one
.1e greatest steel centers of the
IA rode here through forests OF
VIZ ras,ocks. There are cities and VII
'-' an about me which have steel and
mills solIngen, the Sheffield Of
S~ u-,y Is not far away, and within a
.1,ad.nus radius are towns making
''moa everything under the sun
-.,s arc wooden factories, and cotton
a,o,los silk mills and velvet mills.
1.,e are glass works, steel works, and
"a, shoDs for the equipment Of rail-
~ods. steamships and every other steel
Apg under the sun.
THE CITY OF THE KRUPPS
Nh. heart of this region is Essen and
bs soul Of il Is the klupps. The chief
sranp ia dead but his spirit remains
,ri Essen goes on as though he were
sIye The town was practically found
"A nv Kupp, II was built up by a
Erupp. and the krupp estate supports
When the first Krupp began work In
n. Wue foundry II was a village.
lorg In the Sos, when the second
Kupp had begun to make steel cannon,
h h1d only 10000, but today ii has more
top 10000 inhabitants. and 99-lOO OF
6.ge are supported by the krupps.
despair of giving you an adequate
mncepton OF the extent OF this steel
busIness which has been managed by
one man and Is now owned by one fam
Isl The word Krupp In Germany has
much the same place that Carnegie
ar tbe words THE United States Steel
company have In America. The
Kupps have vast properties Of many
hnis They own 500 different mines an
Germany and other mines in Spain
They dig their own coal, lud they
transport much OF their goods On their
own steamers. They have ships on the
rivers, wharyes at Rotterdam, miles Of
railroads. and thousands Of railroad
an They have their own telephone
and telegraph stations numbered by
hundreds, and they have great factories
q several places in Germany. Here at
Essen their employees are more in num-
lsr than was our army at the begin
hing Of the Spanish war, They have
gsa thousands in their shlpbuiding |
yards al Kiel and their workmen alto
Niher Approximate $4,000 men. the
ratest Industrial brigade that has
ever been commanded by a private in
tydual.
IT Is ALL KRUPP'S.
Essen practically belongs to the |
h'upps As you come here from the |
RaInt you pass a castle on a hill and |
ne told Il Is KTupps There is a rail-
l'ai station at the estate and a private
1iahoe where the emperor passes up |
2 visit the Krupp family. In Essen the |
lgel belongs 10 Krupp. There are a
AVpp hospital Krupp club houses and 7
Alupp schools. The most of the sub
.'N are made up Of Krupp's colonies
why by krupp architects and Krupp |
.akmen, and In one quarter you Will |
la me beautiful village which Krupp
rs erected for his men who are too Old
Y work There are scores Of Krupp
'Nes krupp factories and Krupp play
POUNDS for the children.
GERMANY's BIGGEST STEEL
MILLS.
I0t heart Of all this is the steel mills
.ly'e " factories and furnaces are
lH sending their volumes OF smoke
.W Ihe an Their buildings cover an
pa VI dozen good-sized farms. They
Asll on and on along wide streets. so
.a' ! Wearies you To walk from one
~. Of them 10 the other. They have
i, Wy windows blackened with smoke
'. lns lense clouds OF carb0nlzed va
y which hang above them are ever
ilpng SCOT
, H,'e ana there a gate opens into one
WI! VI another; but every gate has
Z guard and lf.q pcs.,s 49,. -. - III.