The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
oCopyns-,. --ss by Curtis BroEn-l

ERLIN. June 22--It Is enc of the
grim fronies CT fate that a young
% girl barely OF age should be in
- a sense responsible for the blood
shed in the struggle between Russia
and Japan. owing 70 the fact that she
supplied both 9aWers with practically
al of rheir guns The young lady in
question Is Mss KrupP. who on the
death of her father became chief pro
prieror OF the worId-famed KruDp
works al Essen, and Likewise became
The Vealrhis=t woman in the world
This SRI holds the fate Of nations II
her hand. for Il the KruDp works re-
fused 20 supply any country with guns,
that country would be in q bad way as
2 military power The entire artillery
of Russia and Japan. France. Germany
and Italy vas manufactured AT the
krupp works. and during the South
African war. when the artillery made
iu English arsenzls proved worthless.
England had 70 apply TO the krUPp
works 90 suD1ly the urgently needed
weapons. Practically every gun on
every Russian and japanese warship
vzs constructed in the KrupD works at
Essen ana similarly every gun mount
ed n every German Warship. every
Austrian varshi9 and every Italian
Varshir bears the krupD trademark
Sweden and Norway. Denmark HoI-
land BslE GUM. S1ain. Portugal Greece,
Turkey. Switzerland and All the South
American countries are equally de-
pendent IA the Kruop works for their
naval and military armaments.
To the soldiers OF sailors whose
limbs are torn ssunder by fragments
from shells Manufactured by the krupp
works and fred from guns constructed
a. the Krupp works. the fair and
youthful Miss Eru1p must appear ss a
veE table angel OF death
She owns = Big CITY.
IN reality Miss Erunp Il a charming
Teutou maiden. who wieIds her inn
merse cover with discretion and gen
ercsirv- The city OF Essen with its
loo 390 inhabitants. s practically her
private property. 50 that she possesses
almost Eee1oric power over her en-
pioyes and rhei- families The magni-
nude q the Erup1 works can only be
zed hy those who have visited Es-
=-a md viewed n person the amazing
- the organizing genius OF Miss
father and grandfather
wc-ks contain II huge steam
which are Piled with deafen-
f0r twenty hours every
5he week I500 large ovens. the
11ch are never let out. and
machines. which are in
al WORK No less than 2500
p coa- are burned every day 70
rhe necessary furnaces alght-
ks are fErersected ~ krupp's
-rr always which. though only
rhr -hz Boundaries Of the establish
r=-- have a total length Of over hfty
miles. n addition. there are 200 miles
0f telegraph wires and q complete net
work of telephone wires for the ex-
elusive f the Krupp works
Thtrry-three locomotives are N Use on
the private railways and 500 operators
are employed 70 manipulate and super
wise telegraph and telephone arrange
nents- Besides its ordinary factories
and workshops the Krupp works pos
sess -heir oWu gzsw0rzs. electric gen
Grating stations. q chemical laboratory,
e factory f1r hreprOof stones and Two
oricz Elns-
The emuioyes number over 5000
and special houses. schools. pubic
baths public restaurants. cooperative
stores. and hospitals have been erected
for them by the firm which has also
provided lts own four mills bakeries.
lauEhter-houses- hat- clothes and shoe
factories Tor the supply CT necessaries
&C the hands
During he last decade. the Krupp
works have sold 25000 big artillery
Eurs 10 - different countries. besides
iEEeEse Quantities q steel rails AID
al sorts u other steel products Apart
frorl ne works themselves. the Erupp
pos9esssCns Include extensive coal and
frou ere mines near Bilbao. IN Spain.
$50 co1I ard iron ore mires IN Ger
uz1V ard 2 score OF stone cuzrries