The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-21

+ - oVl1 -dAF nE those who ought TO know
| mat hrupp 5 orders have somo+i1,, W
/ 'eeH mace SINE qua non for +ba ~
."-A mug OF loans at advantageous tarn,.
IN the Fatherland. Necessitons st t,.ns
! ma t. Il IS SAID, gone so far as to r;,ro
| oi"elS Tor batteries of Quick -fTinr
guns mercy because they stood in 1aa3
| OF huahcla! support. Other German ~
! I fehth ordnance factories are emhi+.
/ tcfed hE such maneuvers. This or
/ pl'tefhent has recently found exnras.
! son III remonstrance in the Garmor
| t'e4chstag during the discussion on +ba
herman Naval Budget. Count Onners
/ dorf, an nItramontane. complaines of
/ the monopoly granted to Krunn : and
ne hrm high prices Tn ran11.
Admiral Won Tirpitz stated that tha
I German government was responsible fnr
me enlargement Of the Krnpp Works
begun IN 1907. for which an additional
/ loan Of sl2.5o0, DOC was taken nm ana
that It had bound itself to accent No
I 'Pher than krupp armor-plates and
ordnance fer series of years. Krrnn :
foreign trade : also promoted hv tba
/ German military Instructors seryinr in
foreign armies. They have not been
slow to folst krupp guns, armor-nlates
ana even torpedo boats on the countries
IN which they Were privileged to serve
10 great many people the name
OF hfupp only implies the vast onn
and armor-plate factory at Essen
Ihls conception does not correspond
TO facts. The firm comprises. in al.
dit1on to the Essen factory. a buge
shlphulldlng var6-the Germania-at
Mel three coal mines employing 10000
men; IRON or mines in Germany and
SPAN; three huge smelling works at
Engers. Nelwied and Sayn; the Gruson
armor-piate works near Magdeburg: the
Annen Steel Works at Amen: the
friedrich Alfred smelling works at
hheinhausen-F'rieme and a shin
ping wharf with ocean going steamships
at Rotterdam. On the first of Feb,
ruary, 1910. there was a total of 81,
6o2 men employed at these establish
menrs, including 6,179 officials.
German Tenacity.
As striking instance of German
energy. tenacity Of purpose, and thor
oughness it is interesting to go back
to the humble origin Of the mighty
concern.
At the opening of the international
Exhibition Of 1851, now the CRYSTAL
Palace, Sydenham, London, a block of
cast steel weighing FIVE cwt, and bear.
1ng the inscription Large Block in
bold, Conspicuous lettering, attracted
general attention. Among the wonder
ing crowd was a quiet Individual, who.
SLIPPING out Of the throng, hurried
rapidly away. A few weeks later there
stood side by side with the exhibit
another block OF cast steel of huge
dimensions, weighing forty-five cwt. on
which was stamped IN quite diminutive
letters ''Smau block. The quite in
dividual was Alfred Krupp, at that
time unknown TO the world, and the
block Of crucible steel came from his
humble cottage factory at Essen, now
standing as a memento Of hygone days
IN the midst of one Of the greatest
factories in the world.
Starting in 1870 IN the small cot
tage factory with six workmen, Fred.
erick Krupp began operations with the
logged purpose Of achieving fame.
Sacrificing both resources and health
al his death in 1926 nothing but a
small forge and his secret of making
crucible steel TO his son Alfred. then
fourteen years Of age. How this lad,
imbued by similar spirit converted
as if by magician 5 wand the little
forge into the huge works Of the pres.
ent dav. works that have made his
name renowned in every quarter of the
globe. j a matter Of common know
ledge. Alfred Krupp died, and his son,