Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
GER MANS PLACE
CONFIDENCE IN THE
HOUSE OF KRUPP
Teuton 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 Germanys battle
ships, The house OF krupp, as a re-
cent writer has said. is a national instl-
tuition in the Fatherland, and its name
Is almost as revered as that OF Hohen-
Sollern itself krupp guns and armor
form a ring of steel about the Father
land which it will require a miracle, be-
lleVe the Germans. to pierce.
The ironmasters of Essen have ruled
hundred years; and now a queen and a
queen consort hold sway. The heads of
the houses have been: Frederick, found
er QsS,-lS26), Alfred GNl2-SIJ. Friedrich
Alfred C1Sj4-ly02l, and now Bertha, wife
Of krupp Won Bohlen und HalbaCh And
with the queen rules Dir. 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 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 to give up his house to
occupy Il small one-stOry laborers cot
taEe 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
frst Of the preseut-day Krupps condded
cast steel, which the latter developed sue
cessfully Alfred, with the indomitab.e
perseverance that captvates the imagina-
tion, continued in the face OF noun
famous difficulties his endeavors TO inn
prove the manufacture of steel
Then came the krupp oppOrtunity-the
obscure Rhenish stcelmaker from Essen
electrified the military universe with
siN-pOunder Of haWlesS cast steel Since
then the German army and navy have
bought 500 krupp guns And $1,000
kTgpp guns have been sold in the last
half century 10 - nations throughout the
worlds in Europe, Is in America, SIX
IN Asia, hye in Africa.
But the Krupps have never manufac-
tured munitions Of war for France.
Alfred Krupp's broech-Ioading rifle and
cannon. adopted by the Prussan army iu
1851. proved their superiority in the
Franco 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 VAS increased and
diversified by the Incorporation Of other
enterprises
And now the Krurp Won Bohlens not
only have the immense plant at Essen,
which comprises an area Of 1900 acres,
g35 of them under one roof but many
other plants as we'll At Essen, and at
the three ueighboring l5-mile long gun
ranges Of Meppen $4,000 men are en-
pIoyed
Al Krupp collIeries iu Rhirelaud- West
phalia ana Siesia 10000 miners dig coal
for Krupp branch works Al Amen and
Gruson. where armOT plate is made, and
for Krupp blast furnaces al Rhein-
hausen Druisburg, Ncuwed and Fingers,
which between them, keep another l5,-
900 pairs Of hands busy
At Kiel 500 shipwrEhts build battle
ships torpCdObOats and submarines I'm
Krupps 55-acre Germauia dockyard-