Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-11-17
LIVING IN
HARMONY
White. Man, Mexican, In
dian, Chinamap, Negro
Or. BOOKER 7. WASHINGTON
He Has an Article in the
Independent Magazine
Regarding His Recent
Visit to Phoenix, Arizo-
ma.

request from the white citizens and
colored citizens of that city. | delivered
an emancipation address at Phoenix.
the capital of the new state of Ari-
iona. The interesting thing about this
generation 10 ME was the number of
dlierent races and different types of
people who took part i'm il ANY one
who has travelled through this desert
country, with its red mountains and
yellow plains. has been impressed with
The violent contrasts i'm the colors of
'he landscape For my part. / was
even more impressed with the variety
and contrasts in the colors of the diff
ferent elements of the population.
met there not only black men and
white men. hut yellow men and red
men. with all the varying shades be-
tween them
Phoenix seems 10 be Il sort of melt
ing pot for all the races of the earth
In TINS southwestern country the tides
of immigration from Europe and Asia,
from north and south. meet and inter-
mngle. II seemed To me- while | was
there that | met white people and
union, and from some parts of Canada
as well. In fact. | am perfectly safe
in saying. | never had an opportunity
before, in so short a space of time. 10
meet. touch elbows and talk with SO
many kinds of white people. and SO
many kinds of colored people. as | did
i'm Arizona
All these people seemed 10 be taking
part, directly or indirectly. in the three
day celebration of President Lincoln's
emancipation proclamation When I
reached the city | found all the princi-
pal streets decorated with flags and
patriotic emblems. Excursion trains
were bringing in from many parts Of
the new state people To participate in
the celebration. In the procession which
escorted me from the hotel to the park
where | was to speak there were two
colOred bands; one of them was made
up of Indian students from the United
States Industrial school at Phoenix
and the other was made up of local
talent among the colored people of the
city. Part of the program of the cele-
bratiOn was a series Of three baseball
games between a negro and Mexican
team. During the time ! was there |
had an opportunity To witness a foot
race. in which an Indian. a white man
and a Mexican participated. A negro
was the timekeeper. Among the speak
ers on the program were the secretary
of the territory, whom the people now
refer to as governor" George L.
Young DR. Harvey J. Deere. pastor of
the First Baptist church. and DIR. W.
r. Ball. head of the negro college in
Seguin. Texas. Besides myself. DR..
Ball was the only other cOlored man
on the program.
The exercises were held in great
tent which had been erected at East
lake park. When il came time for me
! TO deliver my address ! was surprised
to find that my old friend. Rev. Sam
Small. whom | had known when he
was editor of the Atlanta Constitution.
and as an evangelistic preacher
throughout the south, had been chosen
to introduce me to the audience. ]
mention these facts merely to Illustrate
and emphasize the number and differ
| ent types of people who took part IN
this unique celebration. | want to
| speak however, less about the emanci-
patton celebration than about what /
/ was able to learn of the relation when
exists among the different racial eie-
ments which make up the population
of this cosmopolitan city and state.
Every one i'm Phoenix. | discovered.
has come from somewhere else. except
| the Indians The result is. you find
4 oil nf tho country
the most unexpected places. The little
hotel at which / stopped. for example,
was conducted by an American white
woman from the state of Idaho. Wren.
shortly after my arrival. | asked 10
have some breakfast sent up 10 my
room, I found that | was being served
by a Chnaman from Chinese resta-
raunt I had heard of Chinese resta-
raunts before. but / confess ! was sur
prised to find a Chinaman was run
ming a restaurant in such close con-
lnection with the hotel in which l was
| stoppinR. AS a matter Of fact as
was afterward informed. there are only
two restaurants in this city Of 10000
inhabitants which are not IN controi OF
Chinese. One Of these Is conducted oy
an American Wnlte man anu '"o o'o'
by an American negro.
/ Tho Chinese have control OF nearly
ALL the truck gardens in the suburbs OF
| the city and wagons driven by chi
nese drivers supply the hotels and
most of the homes. | confess II iooKeu
very strange to me to see Chlnaman
souatting on the front seat of a vege-
tabla wagon driving a horse. Before
came to Arizona | had seen pictures
Of Cinnamon drawing two wheel carts.
and I had seen other Cinnamon carry
ing bundles on their heads. but had
never before seen a Chinaman driving
a real live horse.
Meeting for the first time. in posi-
ton where one race either is. or soon
will be. crewding the other in the labor