Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-14
KRUPP GUN FACTORY
MAKING KAISER RICH
HIS stock In Grcat Concern Brings
Him $1,000, coo n Week.

After having cal'c tho kaiser IL
Wurl'rer for more than three years
n may aurc.r In the nature NJ an
In'lrimay 10 can him a CRATER. %
-,trn O. uroltrcr. iu' the mtc 2. o'
uth MAZE tne 6or-uI. Empero
William is probably the grcatest
protite"r hat has been developed 10y
the war n hc IL alive when II ends
/ he viii have amasscd one OF The
greutcst private fortunes In the
world as a result OF the struggi.
/ Tho fact that Germany Will be
ruined viii not affect him. except
| that his own winnings win stand out
/ ~ hold rehef II ~ not now suR
/ re.ted 'hnt thc kaiser brought on
/ The war ul order that he mIEht be-
come tho richest man IN Germany;
hut ~ Nts .uriyutc fortune is incress-
oE Hl 'hr utc. say. Of 81 100000 o
week whIc ~" war lusts II is pia m
hat hn ne. struns personal inter
T for continuing tho war. ana that
he sacrifice Of the lucs OF q Jew
hundred thoustud ~ his slblec $
viii not he allowed to interfere with
ur u'1ns Tor senurln" a competence.
Wilhelm has several ways % maxi
ing money out ~ the war but IL Is
hls holdWgs ~ Krupp stock that
I have made him the richest man In
Germany IN the past three years.
The profits OF the great concern at
Essen have been fabulous They
were proiigious before the war be-
gan they have been record break
/ inr ever iuce
The names OF the shareholders In
The krupp business have never been
pulliyly announced, but II has been
said ON Nuellcnt authority that after
. Bertha krupp, the kaiser Is the chief
stock holder An efforts made before
tho war on the part OF German so
ciRlistS 90 nrobc into the kupp uf-
fairs were blocked, either at the
knlscrs orders or with his sanction,
Some l6 'ters ago when NorNaerts
directed an attack AGAINST the owner
OF the plant Frederick \ krupp.
accusing him OF the most frirhtful
immOralitN the kaiser put the ban
ON tho exposure and forbade the
ltdal heinE aired in court Despot
hat he was. II Is plain that he had
to WELD to krupp, for the latter
could. no doubt. have made dtscios
urcs concerning tho real ownership
of kmpp stock that would have
been extremely embarrassing.
when Frederick krupo died,
'caNiuI his business to Rertha krupp,
he was hy far tho richest nan In
Germany He had an income OF tj.-
900 0OO idiaCloscdD, while the next
wcalth.rst German admitted to an In
come of only about onetQurth oi
this Amo-nt A year or two before
tho war the Krupp publicity depart
ment made n determined campaign
in American newspapers 10 convey
the Impression thar the krupp FOR
tune had been built up hy honest In
dusirv alone There were touchins
stories about the original Freiderich
who established his iron forge IN
Essen IN 1910
Tho town thrn was smaller than
BrAutfprd Now u h. more than
Pittsburgh. and increased rrospcrit,
and population are almost wholly
due TO the expansion OF tho krupp
works From simple blacksmith
shop krupp has grown until II Is a
property OF vast mines steamships
ralHoads coke ovens. tremendous
ore bodies. newspapers. and. it has
been hinted. governments as we'll
Five year. agn about eightr thousand
people were working openly. FOR the
Krupps. and a good many more were
It's secret cm0Io'es Perhaps Nv ice
that number is NOW employed
II all made r'ne story but the
facts not mentioned we're brought to
light as result of charges made hN
LierkneCht uud tho Socialist news
paper Norwacrtg 10 was shown that
the kruups. 100 order 10 Increase
their tremendous annual sales to the