Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
GER MANS PLACE
CONFIDENCE IN THE
HOUSE OF KRUPP
Ieuton Supremacy Depends
Largely on Superiority of
Armament-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 Germany's battle
ships. The house of Krupp as q re-
cent writer has said. is national insti-
tuition in the Fatherand. and its name
is almost as revered as that of Hohen-
zol!ern itself. krupp guns and aTmor
form ring of steel about the Father
land which It will require a miracle, be-
.iere the Germans, to pierce.
The trOnmasters of Essen have ruled a
hundred years; and now a queen and
queen consort hold sway The heads of
the houses nave heen: Frederick, found
er QSSI-lS25), Alfred QS12-SO. friedrich
Alfred lS54-1s02), and now Bertha, wife
Of krupp Won Bohlen und Halbach. And
with the queen rules DR.. Won BOhlen und
Halhach, entitled by order of the Kaiser
upon his marriage to designat. himself
krupp Won Bohlen, thus keepi alive
tho 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 a small forging plant near
Essen that at one time did not have
sufficient business to support 1t.
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
dies, stamps for buttons, etc., were
manufactured, but so small was the de-
mand, the works could not be kept in
operation. And. soon after 1920, Krupp
was Obliged 10 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 conflded
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-
t!on. 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 steelmaksr from Essen
electrified the military universe with a
siX-pounder Of faw!ess cast steel. Since
then the German army and navy have
bought 900 krupp guns. And $1,000
Krupp guns have been sold in the last
half century to 50 nations throughout the
worlds in Europe, IS in America, six
in Asia, FIVE in Africa.
But the KTupps have never manufac-
tured munitions Of war for France.
Alfred Krupy's breech-loading rife and
. ka EfrF, L.,
1851 proved their superiority In the
ranco-Prussian war. From then on 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 Bohlens not
only have the immense plant at Essen.
which comprises an area Of 100 acres,
22j Of them under one roof, but many
other plants as well. At Essen. and at
the three neighbOrlng l5-mile long gun
ranges Of Meppen, 5000 men are EN-
poyed
At Krupp collieries in Rhineland-Wsst-
phalia and Silesia, 10000 miners dig coal
for krupp branch works at Amen and
Gruson, where armor plate is made, and
for Krupp blast furnaces at Rhein-
hausen, Druisburs, Neuwied and Fingers,
which, between them, keep another l5,-
900 pairs Of hands busy.
AT Kiel 600 shipwTights build battle
ships toTueIOboats and submarines In
Krupp's 55-acre Germania dockyard.