The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-26

q popEun. and the hard metal is planed
down as a Carpenter planes q board.
The Krupps take fifty tons Of the tough
est metal and handle II As easily as the
blacksmith. the carpenter and the o
handle their tools
Everything Is done By machinery. and sv-
erything must be scientifically correct
II takes a long time TO make q gun. and
the biggest Of them. II I rightly remember
costs as much as 10000.
AMONG THE RRUPP woRKER2
But 1 cannot begin 70 describe the pro-
oesses- The machinery Is that Of . thou
sand workshops under one head
Rrupp has his own school OF inventors,
where men are always experimenting and
a~ksaying.
Re has . numb@ Of Asor.to1ea and At
Mappan there are large experimental
grounds. where runs and projsctiles are
shortly before he disd the Kaiser was
here examining some new guns. and only
thirty were present when h tests were
made.
The Krupp workmen are Of AL classes
II takes an army OF clerks for the onnces'
and there are hordes OF commercial travel
ers on the road.
He has more than LOO mechanics IN his
building department.. and dozens OF srcni-
tects and subarchitecu. The thousands or
men In the shops are dressed IN blus Jeans.
and many wear NOO1cu CAObb ~ IVY
well fed and more b ordinarily intslh-
gent
They are I'D to the best Of ths French
leborers. and better looking and better
dressed than those Of shefasid and Biz
HOURS OF WORE
As I went through the shops ] sked
something As to a and hours OF WORK
The usual day begins at 5 n at : the men
stop a quarter OF an hour for rest and .
cup OF coffee.
They then work on until noon. when their
wives or children bring their midday meal
They have an hour and q half At this time
and then work on until L
Then there is another fifteen minutes for
rest and coffee. or beer. when they 30 back
and work on until 6, putting IN on the
average q ten-hour day.
The men are paid by the hour and not By
the day. and they are glad TO work as
long as possible.
There are, am told, no trude unions
connected with the works. and % far no
trouble has been had with strikea. Wages
are much lower than with US. not only In
the foundries. but also In other branches
BrickIayers. for instance. vceiVe from .
to 8 cents an hour and common workmen
7 cents. Foremen get a0 q day.
The men are we'll treated
Every foundry has It's weschouss aro
bathroom. and each man has q locker for
his clothes.
Hot water for coffee il free. and every
employee has all the advantages OF the
Krupp w~orkingmen's clubs. the Krupp L.
brsries and Krupp stores, which I &C.
scribe further on.
Mr.. Rrupp tried to keep track Of his IN
He courted complaints anu was ready 20
remedy any injusice.
Men who were discharged without cause
were sure or reinstatement, and this fact
was 50 well known 20 the officials that few
such dismissals were made
The greatest care Is taken 70 minimiIe
accidents. All dangerous machinery 10
painted q bright red, which means BE
careful when you 90 BY
I spent a day IN going through the work
ingmen's colonies which krupp has built
especially for his men
There are large sections OF Essen given
I'D 10 such colonies. The ground Is Laid
out by The Krupps, and the buildings erect
ed to be rented cut 10 the workmen-
There are whole villages OF them. some
composed Of beautiful cottages with gar
dens and lawns otherz of sanitary tens-
ments about parks not far from the works
and others OF little houses for those too
old TO work. There are altogether about
600 apartments. renting from u to 80
. year.
sive buildings for the forsmen and officers
Of the works. and altogether q collection
OF the most wonderful workingmen's homes
Of this Continent.
IN THE TnNEMENTs.
The nrst colony I visited was near the
works. 1t IL composed of three and four
story buildings. situated along wide streets
shaded by forest trees The streets cross
one another NJ right angles. With = large
playground and park IN the center. where
there is music BY the KEEP Band several
times q week.
The Eats are OF two three ard four
rooms The 1rst one I entered had q bed
room, kitchen, living room and parlor. It's
tenant had hot and cold water and ths
Use Of Q laundry In The basement Ihs rent
who occupied 1t received 80 a ronth-
In another house ! visited . flt Of tvo