Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-10-29
BALLARD FORCED Up
THE PRICE OF FLOUR
How Louisville Millionaire Miller
Compelled Smaller Concern
To Advance Price

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Thomas s. Rhea, Of the Democratic
State Campaign Committee, told how
s. Thurston Ballard, millionaire
louisville miller and candidate for
Liuetenant Governor on the Republi-
can ticket, forced up the price Of
flour to the consumer in Henry coun-
ty. The Henry county concern had
been selling -four at SLIPS a barrel un-
der the Louisville mill, when Mr.. Bal
laM's agents, in Henry put up the
price Of wheat cents on the bushel.
That soon brought the Henry county
mill to terms and it told the story
Of, how it was done in paid ad-
vertisement in Henry county news
paper Of July rs last, which reads as
follows:
Attention Farmersi
We are now and have been paying
$2.10 per bushel for No. 2 wheat de-
livered at our mill. Ballard Mills,
of Louisville, KY, through their
agents, have been paying this same
price at Turner'S Station, Campbells-
burg, Chopper and Shelbyville. This
is a reasonable, fair price, as estab-
lished by the United States govern
ment.
Thursday July II, the Ballard Mills
sent Mr.. E. w. Bates, of Turner's
Station, to Eminence and had him
put the price of wheat at Eminence,
KY, (only) to $2.15 per bushel, and
this price was continued until Monday
night, July 21st, and the Ballard Mills
bought in Eminence during this period
several thousand bushels Of wheat at
$2.15 per bushel.
Mr.. E. w. Bate only paid his
farmers at Turner's Station $2.10 for
their wheat, and Billiards. other
agents at Campbellsburg, Chopper
and Shelbyville have only paid the
farmers at these points $2.10 per
bushel for their wheat.
When we discovered that Eminence
was the only place in which the price
of wheat had been advanced, we ask
ed the agents of Ballard Mills why |
wheat had been advanced cents per
bushel at Enlinence and not advanced
at any other point? We were in
formed by these agents that the
reason was the Eminence Milling
Company was selling flour for SIPS
per barrel less than Ballard Mills
we're doing, and that Ballard wanted
20 fix US so we could not continue to
sell flour so cheaply, and was punish
ng US for having sold this cheap
ionr. We are not selling -four at
'1.25 per barrel less than Ballard
Mills but at the most our prices was
q cents per barrel under theirs.
We give the public these facts so
hey will know why the price of
Wheat was advanced to the Enlinence
armers and not advanced to the
armers of Turner's Station, Camp
Chopper and Shelbyville.
If you wish to verify the truth of
he above statement, we ask that you
all on Mr.. E. w. Bates, of Turner's
station who is the man that actual
Y did the work for the Ballard Mills. Z
all Mr.. Strother, of Campbellsburg, !
,ho is Billiards. agent there. Call
'erry & Mccain, Billiards. agents
{ Cropper, or Mr.. Ed Wilson, Bal
ards agent at Shelbyville, or Mr..
William Chreste, head wheat buyer
or Ballard Mills at Louisville and I
Tho is the man responsible for our g
eing thus punished. t
The above facts are true, and there t
, not one single mis-statement in +
his letter to the public. h