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was but a natural sesP forward, then.
at this moment to enter the field Of
freight cars. Accordingly the largest
Of the former Hindenburg Shops,
covering 18 acres Of floor space, was
equipped as a locomotive mandatory.
AS early as March, 1919-when the
allied engineers were in the very midst
of their work of observation-disclosures
began to build their first huge freight
locomotives. BY July, 1928, they were
producing 200 heavy locomotives and
$500 l5-ton freight cars Of Krupp
patented design annually.
But one of the great needs of Ger
many Immediately after the war was
the repairing of practically every piece
Of her broken down railway rolling
stock, for the better parts had had TO
be delivered to the allies in the repara-
lions program. Several other large
war shops were turned into railway
repair shops. The former Turret Gun
Shop was converted into plant for the
building of large-sized Diesel stationary
engines. The Howitzer Shop became
q factory for the manufacture Of auto
mobile trucks and other motor vehicles
In its immediate and careful survey
| of the urgent mechanical needs OF Ger
many itself, which Krupp6 had made,
1t had been revealed that agricultural
machinery had suffered badly. So sew
eral projectile shops, with foorage OF
81 acres, became the headquarters for
the manufacture Of agricultural me-
chinery Of every description. The FIRST
step was to acquire an old-established
agricultural machinery firm bag and
baggage. Its patents, designs and mod
els were turned over to the laboratory
and improved upon. The result was
new design moving and reaping ma
chimes, special steel ploughshares, har-
rows and sewers, cultivators, hoeing and
covering machinery, potato planters and
digeers and a score Of others. Ger
many, as well as the rest of Europe, had
hitherto been largely supplied by Amer
lea with these devices.
Continued shortage OF coal supplies
led to increased working of brown coal
and Ignite deposits, and this circum-
stance was the Krupps' reason for Sc
riously taking UP the invention and
production of mine excavators. which In
turn led to the manufacture on large
scale of building excavators with
extraordinary resistance against wear
and tear.
There still remained acres of shops
empty and thousands of skilled and
willing engineers idle. The search and
research continued night and day for
additional products that would help put
Germany to the fore and meet the
| time. This led gradually to a most
diverse program Of production.
| Among the first Of the numerous
machines projected was textile ma
chinery to be used in the many and
various processes for the separating and
| spinning Of cotton and WOOL
| Just as one field that American in
genuity had long since exploited-win-
ming the envy Of all foreign competitors
had been that Of harvesting innple-
ments; so had another been that of the
cash register. For years American cash
registers had flooded Germany and the
| rest Of the world. Krupp inventors and
engineers attacked the cash register
with will. At length the Krupp cash
register was evolved and before long
was being produced in quantities SUM-
Gent TO export and challenge American
supremacy.
To list all the Krupp products would
fill small book In itself. Krupps is
but symbol Of what the whole Of Ger
! many Is doing. Krupps is simply the
| monarch in the field of steel, raising a
mighty arm that needs watching, heavy
and uncannily effective with the steel
weapons OF peace. The challenge Is
not only to the makers Of many scores
Of machines and mechanical devices,
but to the gigantic producers Of raw
steel as well. Again Krupps Is in the
world market ready to offer steel by the
| thousands Of tons.
There remains another German chal-
lenge for supremacy in peace that has
recently engaged the attention and adj
| miration Of the world. 1t is Germanys
bid for maritime supremacy-at least
certain commercial phases Of 1t plying
| between Europe and America.
The announcement of the North Ger
| man Lloyd Steamship Company few
years ago that 1t intended to build
two giant liners that would surpass
{ anything on the sea was not taken
| altogether seriously.
Now, not only one but two giant
| liners have been constructed as an In
/ dication of Germany's industrial psy-
/ choloey and energy. A series Of mis-
| fortunes alone prevented the Lloyd
! company frnn doubling the pkenome-
| ,sal @nrSAA fifSx efeatNd when the Bremen