Show in these days when the NOW great nations of europe are arrayed against germany the places his faith in the kaiser the army the navy and krupp la the krupp works because krupp rifles cannon and guns are the greatest in the world ad while krupp armor plate on germany s battleships Is the most am penetrable the bouse of krupp as recent writer has said Is a national in in the fatherland and its name Is almost as revered as that of the itself krupp guns and armor form a ring of steel about the fatherland which it will require a miracle believe the germans to pierce the Iron masters of essen have ruled a hundred years and now a queen and queen consort hold sway the heads of the houses have been founder alfred 1812 87 alfred 1854 1902 and now bertha wife of krupp von boalen und and with the queen rules dr von bohlen und halbach entitled by order of the kaiser upon bis mar arlage to designate himself krupp von bohlen thus keeping alive the family name of the great gun makers for the last male of the line left only daugh lers bertha and barbara from a small beginning great oaks from little acorns grow so with the house of krupp which had Us inception in a small forging plant near essen that at one time did not have sufficient business to support 11 the founder of the line who was born at essen endeavored to make cast steel the secret of which was carefully guarded in england and in 1810 he founded a small forging plant near essen tor the production of cast steel after a process he had evolved mint dies stamps for but tons etc w ere manufactured but so small was the demand the works could not be kept in operation and soon atter 1820 krupp was obliged to give up his house to occupy a small one story laborers cottage near bis plant the hut Is still preserved in the midst of the present gigantic establishment shortly before his death however the first of the present day krupps confided to his son alfred the secret of making cast steel which the latter developed successfully alfred with the indomitable perseverance of the a perseverance that captivates the imagination continued in the face annen and where armor plan la made and for krupp blast turna cei at Dula burg and angera which between them keel another 16 calra ot hands busy at kiel shipwrights ship wrights build bat torpedo boats and i in krupp a 65 acre germanda Ger manla dockyard in germany and far away spain 6 00 miners are disemboweling disembowel ing ore iron krupp iron mines which in the cast of that mined in spain la shipped it krupp steamers that unload their bur den at krupp docks at rotterdam there to be transshipped trans shipped down tb for all those employed emp loyes the krupi pay roll totals a year bertha krupp sole owner when the last of the krupp men alc he gave the krupp works to bertha his oldest daughter now twenty eight she married after a love affair a rome a young prussian diplomat ab cached to the legation there dr krupi von boalen und halbach he Is managing director of tha vast basum of which she Is sole owner he no longer Is merely bertha krupp s husband however he no longer Is alm ply the man who married the greatest fortune in germany he has become the master 0 essen in reality tha 76 members of the krupp staff and the community ot souls dependent upon krupp employment today look upon krupp von bohlen with the same spirit ot reverential loyalty that inspired three generations 0 workmen to regard the as their liege lords in the men about the kaiser frederick william wile palata about the couple a happy picture the vast bulk ot their time he writes Is devoted to their home their three ahll dren and their work people the social work ot the krupps at their foundries and factories among their work people dates bak to 1861 at that time finding there were not iq essen sufficient houses for their cm aloyes the krupps began building dwellings now some tour hundred houses are provided many being rent free to widows of former em aloyes A operative cooperative co society divider profits according to the amounts purchased A boarding house for bacan elors now accommodates 1000 bath houses are provided and employed emp loyes receive free medical attention accident life aid sickness insurance docto it mountainous difficulties bis endear in to improve the manufacture 0 ideel then came the krupp opportunity ae great exhibition at london in 1851 abe obscure from essen electrified the military universe with a six of flawless cast since then the german army and avy have bought 29 krupp gund and 30 krupp guns have been sold u be last half century to 62 nations throughout the world 23 in europe 18 in america six in asia five in at lea but the kruppa have never manu actu red munitions of war for france alfred krupp s breech loading rifle md cannon adopted by the prussian irmy in isail proved their superiority n the franco prussian war from then m the factory became world or its manufacture of heavy ordnance ind armor plate under the next krupp the output of lie gun factory was increased and di by the incorporation of other and now the krupp von boelens not aly have the immense plant at essen comprises an area of 1 acres 35 of them under one root as it shot beld and pittsburgh had miraculously bipeen transplanted and rolled into ono area but many other plants is well at lessen and at the three IS mile iong gun ranges of kleppen ll eppen 39 men are employed at krupp s collieries colli eries in rhineland westphalia and silesia elnen HE coal for krupp branch works at ethea among the men are given 60 a year by the firm for their support there la a tri fund of one quarter million dollars for the benefit of aba needy who are not qualified to re ceide pensions there Is also a fund for a building association and tech and manual training schools alq provided altogether sums up mr wile tb krupp von boelens are inspiring ro minders that the age of luxury and splurge la etall adorned by folk tc whom great riches can never be 4 curse and it Is in the hands of the crupt t von boelens that the fate of germany may rest |