Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
GERMANS PLACE
CONFIDENCE IN THE
HOUSE OF KRUPP
I euton Supremacy Depends
Largely on Superiority of
Amament-Works Grew
From Small Forging Plant.

Now in these days when the great ma
tions OF Europe are arrayed against Ger
many the Teuton places his faith in the
Kaiser the army, the navy-and Krupp.
In the krupp works, because Krupp rifles,
cannon and siege guns are the greatest
In the world admittedly; while Krupp
armor plate protects Germanys battle
ships The house of Krupp, as a re-
cent writer has said, is national insti-
tuition in the Fatherland, and its name
Is almost as revered as that OF Hohen-
2ollern itself. Krupp guns and armor
form a ring of steel about the Father
land which 1t will require a miracle, be-
heye the Germans, to pierce.
The ironmasters of Essen have ruled
hundred years; and now queen and a
queen Consort hold sway. The heads of
the houses nave been: Frederick, found
er lSS7-lS25l. Alfred GSl2-SD Friedrich
Alfred NS5i-lS02l, and now Bertha, wife
OF Krupp Won Bohlen und HalbaCh. And
with the queen rules Dr. Won Bohlen und
Halbach entitled by order Of the Kaiser
upon his marriage to designat, himself
Krupp Won Bohlen, thus keepi alive
the fanny name of the great gunmakers.
For the last male OF the line left only
daughters, Bertha and Barbara
Great oaks from little acorns grow"
So with the house of Krupp, which had
its inception in small forging plant near
Essen that at one time did not have
sufficient business to support it.
The founder Of the line Friedrich. who
was born in Essen, endeavored to make
cast steel, the secret of which was care
fully guarded in England. And in 1910
he founded a small forging plant near
Essen for the production of cast steel
after a process he had evolved. Mint
manufactured, but so small was the de-
mand, the works could not be kept in
operation. And, soon after 1920. Krupp
was Obliged to give up his house TO
occupy a small one-story laborer's cot
tage near his plant. The hut is still
preserved in the midst of the present
gigantic establishment
THE SECRET OF CAST STEEL.
Shortly before his death. however, the
first of the present-day Krupps conhded
TO his son, Alfred, the secret Of making
cast steel which the latter developed sue
cessfully. Alfred. with the indomitable
perseverance that captivates the imagina-
tion. continued in the face of noun
famous difficulties his endeavors to i'm
prove the manufacture of steel.
Then came the Krupp opportunity-the
great exhibition at London in 1851. The
obscure Rhenish steelmaker from Essen
electrified the military universe with
slX-pOuuder of fawess cast steel Since
then the German army and navy have
bought 29OOO Krupp guns And $1,000
Krupp guns have been sold in the last
half century 10 50 nations throughout the
worlds in Europe, lS in America, six
in Asia, five in Africa.
But the Krupps have never manufac-
tured munitions of war for France.
Alfred Krupp's breech-loading rifle and
cannon adopted by the Prussian army in
1861, proved their superiority in the
factory became world famous for its
manufacture Of heavy ordnance and
armor plate.
Under the next Krupp the output OF
the gun factory was increased and
diversified by the Incorporation OF other
enterprises
And now the Krupp Won Bohiens not
only have the immense plant AT Essen,
which comprises an area OF 1900 acres,
23i Of them under one roof but many
other plants as we'll. At Essen. and at
the three neighboring l5-mile long gun
ranges Of Meppen, $1,000 men are en-
p.oyed.
At Krupp collieries in Rhineland- West
phalia and SiIesia, 10000 miners dig coal
for Krupp branch works at Amen and
Grusou where armor plate is made, and
for Krupp blast furnaces al Rhen-
hauseu, Druisburg, Neuw.ed and Engers,
which between them, keep another 49,
600 pairs Of hands busy,
Al Kiel 800 shipwrights build battle
ships. torredoboats and submarines in
Krupp's 55-acre Germania dockyard,