Alfred Krupp: a sketch of his life and work, after the German of Victor Niemeyer . keeping and to the acquirement of other mer-cantile knowledge. Notwithstanding these efforts, formany years his reward for this life of hard work wasless than that now received by any one of the tiiousandsof mechanics employed in the vast establishment. Want, privation, hours of carking care, dwelt inthat little home, want and care such as to-day—thanksto the paternal interest of Alfred Krupp—not anemployee of the establishment need endure. Having himself experienced in these years, the bit-terest pressure of a
Alfred Krupp: a sketch of his life and work, after the German of Victor Niemeyer . keeping and to the acquirement of other mer-cantile knowledge. Notwithstanding these efforts, formany years his reward for this life of hard work wasless than that now received by any one of the tiiousandsof mechanics employed in the vast establishment. Want, privation, hours of carking care, dwelt inthat little home, want and care such as to-day—thanksto the paternal interest of Alfred Krupp—not anemployee of the establishment need endure. Having himself experienced in these years, the bit-terest pressure of a workmans life, in happier years,Alfred Krupp continually strove to better the conditionof the wage-earner, and his success in this effort placeshis name higher on the roll of fame than all his industrialachievements. Alfred Krupps humane, noble and filial disposition isshown by the eloquent, soulful inscription which heplaced upon an engraving of the little homestead, in1873, long after he had reached the zenith of his fame,and which he distributed among his workmen. 13 —. Fifty years ago this laborers cot was the refuge of my parents. Mayno workman of ours ever experience the sorrow that then enshrouded, us!For twenty-five years, the issue was in doubt, an issue which has since thenby degrees, so astonishingly rewarded the privations, the struggles, theconfidence and the perseverance of the past. May this example stimulateothers in distress, may it increase the respect for small domiciles and thesympathy for the greater cares that often dwell therein. The goal oflabor should be the common good—for then labor brings blessing, for thento labor is to pray! May each one of us, from the highest to the lowest, with like convic-tion, strive to found and to secure his fortune, gratefully, modestly. Thuswould my highest wish be fulfilled. Essen, February, 1873. ALFRED KRUPP. — 14 — At the beginning, the output was limited to tools,tanners scrapers, mint-rolls and dies, shea
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