Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-11-17

are five colored barber shops i'm Phoe-
nix; one of them is to he located in
the magnificent new Adams hotel,
which is now in the course of erection.
What is even more important To my
mind than the successes of the few
individuals that / have named is the
general disposition among the leaders
of the negro people to consider seri-
ously the needs of their community
and take measures To protect them
selves against the danger which is
likely to come To them from that drift
ing class. who are a greater menace
i'm the case of cOlOred people than that
of any other race i'm this country
Another class of people with whom
the negro is coming into contact. not
only i'm Arizona. but all along the
southern border. is the Mexican. The
greater portion of the common labor
that is To say, work in the streets and
on the farms-is performed. by Next
cans. The Mexican is valuable farm
labOrer in this part Of the country. be-
cause he understands irrigation. The
MeXicans are also the most numerous
of the different colOred peoples in Ari-
IONA and are performing in this part
of the country much the same tasks
that the masses of the cOlOred people
are performing in other parts Of the
south | saw hundreds of them at
work in the streets and on buildings
i'm course Of construction while ] was
in Phoenix.
As a rule. people do not speak very
respectfully of the MeXicans. As a
class. they are regarded as unprOgres-
sive. unsteady and unthrifty The
Mexican seems to have two great diff
faculties In the first place. he does
not have the same ambition To get
education as is true, for example, of
the negro: and in the second place,
il is said that he spends almost all of
| his surplus for drink Unlike the Jap
anese and Chinese. but in that respect
like the negroes. the Mexicans are, for
the most part, citizens of the country
i'm which they live. one of the ques-
tiOns which is troubling the new state
of Arizona is what to do with them
as voters. Heretofore an attempt has
means Of an educational qualification.
coupled with a provision requiring
them To interpret . certain portion of
the constitution. At the time ] was
there. however. | noticed that both
political parties were actively organic
ing Spanish American clubs. ord
narily "A Mexican is known along the
border as "cholo" or greaser But
as soon as lie becomes desirable as a
voter he receives another name; ne is
called a Spanish American. just as
] the negro. wherever he is Il voter, Is
likely to be refer ID to as an Afro
/ American.
At the present time the Indian is q
mere spectator ! saw hundreds OF
them standing about on the street cor
ners in their picturesque Indian OF
| half civilized costumes. idly watching
/ the strange spectacle of the new CIVIL
cation which is pouring into this new
/ country. changing its physical charac-
ter and sweeping away all that re-
mains of the primitive life and civil
cation.
| have tried i'm what / have already
! written to suggest something OF th'
already complicated racial relations
/ which | found in Arizona. and To lndi-
/ cate in a general way the manner III
which these different races are learn-
| ing To adjust themselves To the new
conditions and To each other. As
matter of fact. / believe II VIII ne
found in this state that there are
greater variety of races and people
who are struggling up out Of print
tive and backward condition than IN
any other part of the United States