Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-15

is granted than the sum given, though
it must be ample and of long term
80 to 40 years-since it will take
Germany into the next generation to
became again somewhere near normal
industrially, he pointed out. In ad-
d;tion, self interest alone ought to
convince the rest of the world it IL
necessary to re-establish her credit,
as otherwise Germany will be unable
to meet her obligations.
Germany today is in the position
of an industrial enterprise, which
though sound and strong in founda-
ton, has-whether by some fault its
own, or not may be left out of the
question undergone series OF hea-
wv losses in consequence of which it
has run into debts considerably eX-
ceeding it's own resources" said Herr
Krupp Won Bohlen.
"No managing director Of such d
concern with any sense of his respon-
sibility in its future would think OF
starting anew by spending all his
working stock in paying his present
liabilities. On the contrary he would
try to secure new means in order to
enlarge ris present stock and meet his
past and present obligations by the
future products of his work. Ger
many has been crippled by the war
and it is for the new generations
growing into manhood to come to the
! test of strength. They will have to
L bear the greatest part of the present
burdens, which if paid off by the
D present generation, wounded and bled
" as it is after five years of warfare,
would kill Us and our offspring, thus
= preventing Germany's present credi-
/ tors from getting the greater part of
: what is their DUE"
- Previous to meeting Herr Krupr
9 Won Boiler VI had already talke1
/ with several of the leading men Of
= Krupps who are interested in seeing
'e their country and their plant back or
IL their feet. Among these were Herr
D. Fritz Homann, Herr Geheimrat WED
IS feldt and DR.. Gorge Speirit. All eX
IL pressed positive and none too optimis
TIC views OF Germany's present stu
u alton, but had certain degree O.
10 hope for the future, provided thu
o" rest of the world was willing to "bur.
S. the Ratchet" and extend credit. Her
n Homann showed me over the i'm
n mense plant l saw big guns bein
IS broken up and scrapped. l saw hoy
"a big departments formerly devoted t
TO fulfillment. of the Hindenburg pre-
IS gram either were budding into manu-
Is. factories of locomotives, cars, tire'
ny accounting machines, cream separs
III tors, etc., or were temporarily idit
IL awaiting the time when Krupp e.
he ficiency should transform them int
- factories, pulsating with peace tim
en- pursuits.
he 1--WE are ready to undertake ans
ty thing which can be proftably mad
VI and which will conform with til
se Krupp standards of efficiency an
cir quality" Herr Krupp Won Bohel tol
ey ne. "For instance, we may make
a single item a portable dust and r.
ID fuse receptacle. Heretofore, thes
,or wre produced by individuals but The
ar can be made on large scale, a
cording to certain standards.
Oh 1--WE expect in the course of Il
nal rext six months to turn out one /
comotive and 10 cars daily. We a
inc ready to supply entire railway sy
nil tens. All we need now is orders.
on It may be stated that Krupps
ma tend to remain a German concer
ted Incidentally Herr Krupp Won BOIL
'eal l;diculed the idea that the former ki
to- ser was a stakeholder, or even tn
can the government was interested tina
the ctally in Krupps.
Employees in the Essen plant pre-
: er in July 1914, were 41,26S and
ether works 39,O2S, total of SO,2
IL, In June 1918 Essen employed 1925
"-S and the outside works 1854, to
Jul CT 171,OO1. Today the Essen pl;
.o0s has 44,75S and the outside works a
49, 116, total of 84,874.
nued
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