Daily Republican., 1889-03-20
FARMER POLITICIAN.
AN Ex-u. s. MARSHAL TALKS
ABOUT THEM.


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Ex-United States Marshal H. II. Nc
Mullin was In tho city yesterday, never
looking better, and ready as ever for a
little chat. The marshal does not live
very far from the city, and yet 1t was
wonderful, he said, how soon we get
weaned away from a place. He still
liked to come to Wilmington, but as he
was practical farmer, he found his
greatest pleasure to consist In raising
crops, taking care OF stock and trying to
meet the late trying exigencies that have
been thrown upon the farmer by the ex-
ceeding low price Of grain and the
Chicago beef monopoly, that has knocked
out the raising of fattened cattle as q
paying industry of Delaware farmers.
The marshal never made the raising ol
fattened cattle q speciality, but lie recog'
nized Its Importance to those who had
| followed it largely. He had confined
himself more to the raising Of cereals,
fruit and truck, and only in the first had
| he felt the depressing effects OF Western
competition. He believed, however, thai
he could yet compete with the West IN
the raising of wheat by superior cultiva-
tlon OF the ground, and sowing a superior
grade Of wheat that he believed coule
easily be made TO produce fifty bushels tC
the acre. ''If we can get our lande to de
that" said the marshal, "we will have
the call on those Western wheat growers
as we then can raise wheat at q profit, ;
He was trying to do this, and he woult
soon see whether 1t could be done, as h
had rot some of DIR. GreenleaPs bes
varieties of prolific wheat, which b
soWed last fall, and which now look
very fue.
The marshal looked with alarm at tn
rapidly decreased value OF farms. Re
ierring to some of the finest farms In 81
Georges and Appoguinimink Hundreds
he said they had decreased fifty Ler cent
in value. He named over several this
were now in the market and for whlc
$50 an acre could not be obtained fC
them. The decrease OF the price of farm
farther up towards Wilmington was nC
so great, probably % or 80 per cent. a
thy were nearer the local home marke
Referring to three classes of farms, Ii
man who owned his farm clear of deb
the man whose farm was heavily NOR
, gagged aud the renter, he believed u
: latter was the better of. He owned b
, stock, In which there was no depreciatiC
OF value, for milch cows, horses, shet
and swine were as high in price as eve
! he sold his butter, milk and truck to
good advantage, raised as little of Il
cereals as possible as they did not bril-
, much, and he rented his farm at 10
!, figure. He had so much to pay down
hard cash as rental and then he vi
done.
a He was net pestered and bother'
), making fences, improving buildings, pa
L.. N..x tf,tA ~ aud h
: things that iell TO the lot of the ownt
. Indeed the improvements made upon /
y farm were a great advantage to t
! renter, as the latter by judieious mansl
!, ment did the work, boarded the han,
% aud by the end Of the year he had
most Of his rent paid by work instead
money. The man though who boup
his farm at a high figure and had
y heavily mortgaged was to be pitied.
~ was being ground to the earth by t
= neither millstone, and II he escaped I
li sheriif's clutches 1t w.uld be by
miracle.
Leaving farm topics the marsh
branched off to politics, as tho
who knew him best know that he W
L never averse 10 taking hand in th
y game, aud what he didn't know in po
b tics was hardly worth looking after
. "Wh0 is going to be United Stat
d Marshall" asked the eX-marshal as IL
y thought the representative of the II
l. PUBLICAN, with whom he was talkin
q could at once solve the knotty probleI
y Upon being told that the newspaper mi
!. could not see through that mystiiied su
IS ject, he said he believed there were |
% less than seven candidates for the off
e from Christlana Hundred alone, to 8
e nothing of the hundreds who had the
II candidates or would have them If the
n were any chance of success.
|. The ex-marshal smilingly referred
y the manner in which he was cavalier
IS turned out of his Office by Mr.. Bayal
C fifteen months before his term expire
He expressed quite desire to ses NJ
Bsyard that he might congratulate hi
on being relieved from the anxisties al
perplexities of political life so soon aft
u he retired him from the marshals otilC
The ex-marshal said that during L
election of 1884, Mr.. Bayard took ur
BRACE at him becaute he Unlisted up
the appointment of Deputy United Stat
Marshals at the election to be held, al
Mr.. Bayard said 10 him: "Msrshal NJ
Mullin, there Is possibility of chan
In the administration" TO which he l
/ piled, change or no change, he intend
TO do his duty.
!. he says he is looking forward to t
d time when he can meet Mr.. Bayard, Ia
him cordially by the hand, look him
/; the eye and eay: "Well, Mr.. Bayard, '
have both realized that administIaio
do change"
The marshal was sure the Republics
It party had come into power In Delawa
d to stay, and that though he bad no p
a litical aspirations, even with his party
4 power, he was pleased to see the setIil
q OF Mr.. Bayard's political sun.
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