Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03

May being selected as the time The rail- roads extended courtesies and the citi- zens of Chicago raised $10000 in two hours time to entertain the people who would be there, and right royalty were they entertained. He said he was an in- tense southerner and was called the rebel in the north.
 He said the stars and stripes had never gone down and never would. He said 1T any fighting had to be done for the stars and stripes the southern people would be found shoulder to shoulder with thelf northern brother. The Confederate flag lost it's identity at Appomattox, but It takes both sections to make this great country.
 One hundred and seven thousand peo- pie attended the dedication of the Con federate monument, he said, and the peo- pie were packed and damned until you could hardly move. He said the flowers and trees sent there from the south were taken by the visitors as mementoes of the occasion.
 The people of that section he said are coming south, to the exposition as starting point, to meet tho southern peo- pie and help them. They are not com ing down here at your expense or on junketing trip, but will pay their own expenses.
 You want to reproduce the south, he said, so that you can give more Work for your labor. These people are coming down here to help reproduce this sec tion, and that is what I'm trying to do. You have iron of all kinds here, you nave coal you have energy, but you neea money. They have the money, but when I talk this way to them they won't be- lieve me.
 Now you want to bring them down here and when they see what you nave they will believe. You want to get some of their money to do that. You must in- duce them to come here.
 ''I want to succeed in this great under- taking of making the great northwest succeed through the south and l want your cooperation. l want you to send 100 men to Atlanta in November for the express purpose of meeting the Chicago people who will be there at that time Send your best men. When l go back l am going to tell the Chicago people that they must divide their time with the diff ferent cities. l am going to tell them that Birmingham will want a part of their time and they must give it to you l want you to show them your furnaces in blast, l want you to show them your mines.
 'I want you to cooperate with me in this work. 1 want you to extend to them the same courteses they extend to you.'
 The thanks of the club were extended General Underwood.
 J. ". Tomlinson said he felt sure that the club would take the matter suggest ed by General Underwood in hand, and offered the following resolutions. which were adopted, after which the club ad- journed:
 Whereas, The Chicago and Southern States association, composed of repre- sentative classes, both social and bus mess, intends visiting in a body, some time in November, the Cotton States and International exposition in Atlanta and
 Whereas, Birmingham recognizing Chi cago as the representative western city of this country, and wishing to promote better fraternal feelings between both the south and the northwest. most heart fly extends an invitation to said associa- tion to visit Birmingham during the pe- riod of their visit to the south; therefore be it
 Resolved. That the president of the Commercial club is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint committee of 100, of which he shall be one, to visit Atlanta at the proper time to meet and invite said Chicago and Southern asso- citation to visit Birmingham and par take of our hospitality