Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-11-28
F. A. EMUNsON. PUBLISHER.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON, D. c.
Krupb and His Great Guns.

Every American mas AVL fS3A9 "S"iN
of the Krupp guns, and The house Of
Krupp has become world WIDE insti-
tuition. Though there are other gun
making plants. that Of KcupD's IS the
largest in existence, and the part 1T
has played in the present European
war is too well known to be rehearsed.
1t IS however, interesting to know
something of the institution and men
back of it.
'Tne first Of the Krupp ironmasters,
steel makers. gun builders. and armor
forgers, was Frederick. who was born
in 1877, and died IN 1926. The making
OF cast steal was a closely guarded
English trade secret. but Frederick
developed a cast steel process and In
1910 ne founded a small plant GEAR
Essen, where he made mint dies, stamps
for buttons and other relatively incon-
siderate things HIS trade was so
small that he could not keep his little
plant IN constant operation, and fortune
went so badly with him that in 1920 he
was compelled to give up his house to
occupy a small, one-story aborers
cottage near his plant, and this hut is
still preserved in midst of the present
great establishment.
Fre1erch krupp committed his last
steel process 10 his son Alfred, who
was born in 1912 and died in 1887. He
improved his fathers process and IN
the sciene Of steel making stood high
and gathered around him men OF com
mandlng attainments IN this vast branch
OF industry. The first krupp gun. a
SIX FOUNDER, Of steel was exhibited at
the London international exposition
in 1851 and marked revolution IN gun
making a recent winter on this sub
iect obtained statistics showing that
since that exposition the German
Army and Navy nave bought q, OOC
krupp guns. and that $4,000 krupr
guns have been sold IA the last halt
century, to fift;-two nations through
out the world twenty three in Europe.
eighteen IN America. six IN ASIA and
five in Africa.
After the death of Alfred his son
Friedrich Alfred, who was born IN 1854
and died IN 1902, was the head of the
house, which continued to grow in a
gigantic way as the German empire
deveovped and as other nations renew
ed. modernized and increased their
armament. Frederick Alfred S daugh-
ter Bertha. and her husband, who
was DR.. Won Bohlen und Halbach,
bat who under the order of the
Kaiser Is entitled to be called Krupp
Won Bohlen. are now the rulers of this
wonderful plant.
After the krupp Essen gun works
the best known is the Schneider Crue-
sot works of France. Sometimes the
French gun is spoken and written of
as the Cruosot gun. and quite often as
the Schneider gun, which often leads
readers to the conclusion that the Sch
nelder gun is also German gun. The
guns of the Cruesot plant are as highly
esteemed 10y ordnance experts freed
of national prejudice as are the Krupp
guns, ami there is perhaps more Crue-
sot field artillery IA use among the
armies of the world than there 5 hrupo
artillery.
The first mention of Cruesot. so far
as records show. was IN the year 1858,
when It was a farm under the name of
Willie de Cruesot In the sixteenth
cente'y coal WV discovered at Crues,.s.
though it was not until 200 years later
that company was formed to mine
it. Gradually IRON works were erected
there ana the manufacture of guns
start4j
In 1888 the iron pant was bougla by
two brothers and Schneider. and the
flrm of Schneider controls and operates
the great gun making plants today.