The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-27

BERTHA KRUPP great Krupy
concern. 1t is one Of his duties L
receive inquisitive journalisfs. Hi
eyes twinkled. for one Of the mos,
closely watched places in all Ger.
many, SO far as the allies are con.
earned, is this, same Krupp plant
j There is an allied military com.
Y mission stationed in Essen. At its
\ iced are some British army Off.
4 GERS who know what is being done
4 and their frame of mind is any
thing but pleasant when French
politicians and journalists make
Wild assertions.
Certainly" said Herr. Homann,
you can visit the whole place. l
think you will find that the most
interesting from your point of view
are the three plants the allied COM
mission made us change" ;,
These three were the soscalled
Hindenburg plant IN which during
the war the great guns were made;
another in which the guns were re-
paired; and a third in which .armor
plate for ships, forts and other pur-
poses was manufactured. At the
allies order over 5000 machines.
worth in deprecated German mon
ey... billions q marks, had to be
scrapped. New machinery was in
stalled and now the things con-
nected with peaceful tabor are
turned out.
/ Making Locomotives.
The Hindsnburgtp plant is devoted
to railway locomotives and tend
ers. When l saw the place, 5000
men were at work.
In the; cannon repair plant thew
are now repairing locomotives.
The one-time armor pate factory
is turning out rods and rails.
Other new departures for Krupps
are cash reg sters, agricultural I'M
PIGMENTS, motor lorrfes, tractors
and other articles in which Amer
lea has hitherto led.
krupps are seeking q market not
only at home, but in South Amer
lea. Scandinavia, Spain and later
they expect to be in on the ground
floor in Russia.
This experience is so typical.
before the war Krupps used
5000 tons of iron ore wear
half came from their own iron
mines, S0l.000 tons from Spain and
the rest from Lorraine, then part of
Germany. Now the firm has to i'm
port so per cent of what it uses.
Supplies Are Cut.
Before the war, from its own
mines, krupps got 6,5O0,OOO tons of
ccal, using 100000 tons and SELL
ing the balance. Now, after deliy-
cries to the allies, the concern is
allowed only 2.OO0, 900 tons from its
own mines. 1t makes up the bal
ance by buying ligni.e, another
financial burden.
Due to the eight-ho law
krupps have to employ $4,000 men.
Where they used to have 10000.
The coal situation of Krupps is |
oAeudNOA VI IuOSl OtQoT U1R I
plants in Germany, which used to
import 100000 tons of coal and |
export 100000. but now has none
ior export and has to buy a great
deal.
The same loss of territory, which
brought Germany a precarious coal t
'ituation. has even more seriously
anected her as to iron ore, pig
ron and steel.
IL Is asserted that she was de-
rived OF four-fifths OF her pig iron
md one-third OF her steel. Ger
nan iron and steel masters say
aey face the future with the deep
So anxiety. One does see plants
Fhich are not working to capacity;
Ven some closed down, but Ger
IAN needs and export require
tents are sucA that, even with the,
andicap Of expensive ore and coal.
ley generally are managing to
airy on.
Tomorrow: .Germany's food
robiem. Il