Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-20

Prussia gave him the contract for her new breech-
leaders. The Khedive Of Egypt followed this with
large order for war, material, and Russia fol-
lowed with contracts for large quantities of new
weapons.
While the Essen works were designed for gen
eral foundry work. the output for many years has
consisted almost entirely of heavy guns but it
was not until 1916, 20 years after his fathers
death and SO years after the founding of the firm,
that Alfred Krupp began gunmaking. His first
results were pieces of small calber. AS ne be-
came interested in the science, and his dis
coveres in steel casting developed, the size and
weight Of the cannon he able to construct
increased steadily until these war monsters, which
have become world-famOus, became common oc-
currences in the Essen works.
The Krupp field gun is the basis of the mobile
artillery of Germany Austria Hungary, Italy, Rus
sia and Turkey. Under the administration OF
Friedrich A. Krupp, Essen turned out the great
pieces which guard Germany's fortresses and are
mounted in her coast defenses. Krupp answered
Krupp from the emplacements of Port Arthur
against the siege batteries Of Japan And side
by side with the instruments of war Essen placed
thousand and one steel products, illustrating
Alfred Krupps first and chief maxim: No good
steel without good iron, used in todays TOOLS ma
chinery railroads, and ships.
Krupp ordnance has roared all over the world.
Some of the guns that fired at Dewey's squadron
at Manila came from Essen. The siege guns used
IN the ErancO-lIeTman7 war ana IN use at JIG
bombardment of Paris were from this factory,
and the Parisans terror of them was not dimin-
shed by the memory of one Of the Krupp master
pieces which had been exhibited in their city in
1867 1t weighed $4,000 kilograms, and made away
with $500 worth of powder and iron every time It
was fired. After that war the Krupps refused to
make cannon for France.
AS the business grew collateral industries were
developed and Essen, which had been tiny vii
lage expanded to town of over 100000 inhabi-
tants all dependent on the Krupp industries Coal
Mines coke ovens, iron Mines steamships, rail-
roads and blast furnaces were bought. In 1877
Alfred Krupp owned Ala iron ore diggings and
when his son Friedrich died he owned over 500
Upon Alfred's death, July IA, 1887, Friedrich A.
Krupp became the head of the establishment It
has been said of him that he devoted himself to
the financial rather than the technical side of the
business but In 1902 at the annual meeting in
London of the Iron and Steel institute, the Besse
mer gold medal for scientific research was award
ed to him. This is one Of the highest honors that
can be paid to any man in the iron trade It was
given to him for his discoveries in the manufac-
ture Of armor plate. The son was thus following
in the footsteps of his father
Both Alfred and Friedrich A. Krupp declined
titles One was offered to the father by King
William afterward Emperor William /, in 1854,
and Williams son, the present emperor, renewed
the offer to Krupp's son. Neither would accept.
At the time of his death he was by far the rich
est man In Germany, and was called the German
Morgan" The imperial income tax returns
showed that in the year before his death he had
yearly income Of between 20000.000 marks ($4,-
760,000) and 21.00O.0O0 marks The second
wealthiest man iii the empire hal an income Of
only 100000 marks.