Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-23

I krupp's by tho German government
! has materially assisted the firm iu IFS
| foreign trade. orders have been fire.
/ quently captured abroad. notably from
| minor states such as Servld, in thf
/ teeth OF English American and French
| competition, pressure has been brought
! To boar on such states 10y the German
/ diplomatic representative. II is -tatc I
| In Germany by those who ought a.
| know that krupp's orders have some
! times boon made "a sine-qua- Co..
the obtaining Of loans AZ HdVantaa, nu .
/ terms in the Fathcrllud Nc.css.tou-
/ states have, IL is said. gone 50 far as
4 To give orders for batteries Of Qu Ok
! firing guns. merely because they stood
! In need Of financial support OtHct
| German and French ordnance factorlcs
are cmhittercd by such maueuVcrs.
This ombttcrment has recently found
expression In rcmonstrance i'm tho
German rClCn-t1g ufiuE the Il s,u+-
sion on the German naval bud -c-.
Count Oppersdort, an ultramontaue,
complained Of the monopoly granted
% Erupp and tho firms high prices "
In reply Admiral Won Tirpitz sto'cI
that the German government was rr-
spuusihlc Tor the enlargement OF tn
Krupp works begun In 1907 for rs en-
an additional loan OF $40 100000 wac
taken up, and that IL had bound ITSELF
10 accept no Other than krupp armo
plates and ordnance for "a series of
years. Krupp'S foreign trade is also
promoted by the German military lu-
strUctCrs serving ln foreign armies.
They have not boon slow TO foist Kru3p
guns, arnor plates and even torp ID
boats on tho Countries In which they
We're privileged 10 serve.
To gre At many people the nam, ~
Krupp only implies the vast gun aud
arm1r plate factory at Essen This
conception does not correspond TO facts,
The firm comprises, In addition O. the
Essen factory, huge Shiphuildiug
yard-the "Gcrmaula '--at KEEL three
coal mines employing 1000 men. ron
orc mines IN Germany and Spain. three
huge smcitlng works at Fingers. Neu-
wiCd and Sayu. the Gruson armor- plate
works uc1r Magdohurg the "Annoa"
steel Wol k at Amen, the Friedrich
Alfred" smelling works At Rheinhaus-
en- FricWcrsheim and a shipping wharf
with ocean going steamships al Rot
tcrdam. on the ist ~ February. 1910
there was a total 90 1852 men employ
cd AZ these establishments including
6,5i9 Officials
ITS HUMBLE ORIGIN.
As a striking instance of German
energy. tenaclty OF purpose and thor
oughness u IN interesting 10 60 back
20 the humble origin OF the mighty
concern.
At the opening OF the international
exhibition OF 1851. nov the crystal Pal
ace Sydeuham, London, a block OF
cast steel Weighing 500 pounds and
bearing the inscription "Largehlock" IN
bold. conspicuous lettering, attracted
general attention. Among the wonder
ing crowd was quiet individual who
slipping out ~ the throng, hurried rsp-
idly away. A few weeks latcr thor
stood side by side with the exhibit an
other block OF cast steel OF huge dimc1-
sions. Weighing 400 pounds on which
was stamped ia quite diminutive lot
tiers small block Tho quiet Individual
was Alfred Krupp, al that time un-
known To- the world. and the block ~
crucfble steel came from his humble
cottage factory az Essen, now standing
as a mcmento OF bygonc days in the