Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-25
His Company Manufactures
AeropIane Parts and Other
Things Britain Needs


Hermsn Ridder, whosas president
and editor OF the New York Stats
Zcitung has been a leader in condemn
ing the export Of arms, ammunition
and war supplies to the Allies, is also
president If d COMPANY which is tiding
over its financial difficulties by making
aeroplane parts and other war supplies
for the British government, says the
/ Boston Post of May 80.
This concern, the International
I. Typesett!ng Company, is at present
executing in its Brooklyn factory an
order for 400 aeroplane parts from
plans furnished by the British govern
ment
WorkmcH in the Ridder plant are
executing one large contract for Great
Britain, according to sketches bear
ing the imprint Of me Royal Aircraft
factory CT FarRshorough, England,
which is operated by the British war
office. j.:
Joseph E. Ridder, son of Hermann
Ridder, and secretary and treasurer OF
the International Typesetting Machine
Company, has a desk in the factory in
the same room with Capt. Charles ID.
Palmer, the personal representative of.
Erskine Hewitt, the receiver. i.
Although Herman Ridder has said
that he has surrendered the company's
management to the receiver, his son
has been found to be in close and
constant touch with the receivers rep
rcsentative at the Bidder factory, and
to be constantly inspecting the work
Of employees. 49,. =
When shown a Photographic fac
simile of the Royal Airship factory
sketches, neither Joseph E. Ridder,
Capt. Palmer nor William H. Orpen, 4
super .ntendent CT the Ridder factory,
attempted to deny that it represented
a large British war order. Joseph +.
Ridder said his father had nothing
more to say On the subject Receiver
Hewitt refused to see newspapermen.
Making Shell Gauges. Il.
Another large gang Of workmen in
the Ridder factory has been employed
in the manufacture of gauges and tools
fer the manufacture Of guns and shells. /
According to former workmen, some
of these orders are being executed /
according to blue prints supplied by
the Remington Arms Company Of the I
United States; and the Rose Hill Arms |
Company Of Canada. ."..- s.. 4
War supply machinery and parts are !
being shipped to various concerns !
holding contracts for the Allies. On
May %, for example, a consignment /
of aeroplane parts went to the Curtiss |
Aeroplahe Company, Buffalo, n. Y.
The flood OF supply work which has |
caused the Ridder factory to run over. {
time began last March. The company I
went into the hands of a receiver on /
Dec. Is, 1914. s
On March i, 1915, new company I
was incorporated, entitled w. H. Or
pen, Inc Mr.. Orpen has long been su-
of the International Type +
setting Machine Company, which was
and financed by Herman: Rid
der and his sons, and still occupies
that position. Nearly all of the new
war supply contracts are being
handled through w. H. Orpen, Inc.
One of the Ridder workmen was F.
w. Schmitz of 100 West One Hundred
and Ninth street, New York, employed
as toolmaker in the Ridder Brooklyn
plant He said: -~.... +. ...@
Il worked in the tool room OF the
Typesetting Machine
Company, Brooklyn, from May to
May 10. 1915. We were so busy with
war supplies that two and three work
men we're using one wise. :.'..-:
The jobs upon which worked were
jigs and gauges, which were set up
and finished from blue prints bearing
the name of the Remington Arms Com
pany, Ilion, n. Y. The parts upon
which ! worked were tools used in
making guns and fixtures for guns.
Charles Heyde, secretary of the
Metal Workers Union, said: Several
have told me that war sup
plies were being manufactured in the Il
Ridder plant for the Allies. Mr..
Schmitz, for example. stated that the
factory was turning out work for not
only the Remington Arms Company Of
the United States, but also the Rose
uill Arms Company of Quebec"
with this inspector going about the
Joseph Ridder is frequently seen
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